Denver
& Rio Grande
Locomotive
History
Last
Update: 09/03/2000
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| Road:
Denver & Rio Grande |
Road
#: 406 |
 From:
1881 |
To:
1924 |
Class:
70 |
Gauge:
N |
| Acquired:
New |
Name:
Cumbres |
| Builder:
Baldwin, # 5712, 1881 |
Wt:
68000 |
Tract.
Eff.: 17055 |
| Wheel
Arr.: 2-8-0 |
Cylinders:
16x20 |
Drivers:
37.00 |
| Disposition:
Re-classified/renumbered |
| Photographs:
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| Drawings:
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| Notes:
Engines 400-411 assigned to helper service on the 4% grades
of Veta, Marshall and Cumbres Passes [1] These engines (400-411)
were the largest narrow gauge Consolidations built for the
D&RG. |
| Road:
Denver & Rio Grande Western |
Road
#: 346 |
| From:
1924 |
To:
1947 |
Class:
C19 |
Gauge:
N |
| Acquired:
Used |
Name:
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| Builder:
Baldwin, # 5712, 1881 |
Wt:
74260 |
Tract.
Eff.: 18947 |
| Wheel
Arr.: 2-8-0 |
Cylinders:
16x20 |
Drivers:
37.00 |
| Disposition:
To Montezuma Lumber Co. 5/19/1947 |
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Photographs:
pp 234, 531 [2], p 61 [3], pp 87-88 [8]
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OP-7512,
D&RGW 346, 09/29/36, Sheridan Junction, CO, Perspective:
3/4R, leased to Colorado & Southern
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OP-7513,
D&RGW 346, 09/29/36, Denver, CO, Perspective: 3/4L, leased
to Colorado & Southern
- OP-7514,
D&RGW 346, 09/29/36, Denver, CO, Perspective: LS, leased
to Colorado & Southern
- OP-7515,
D&RGW 346, 05/10/39, Gunnison, CO, Perspective: 3/4L
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OP-7516,
D&RGW 346, 06/28/46, Durango, CO, Perspective: 3/4L, stored
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OP-7890,
D&RGW 346, 09/23/36, Sheridan Junction, CO, westbound,
Freight, 14 cars, 15 mph, on the Colorado & Southern,
near Sheridan Junction, C&S 5 & D&RGW 343 in rear pushing
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| Drawings:
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| Notes:
Leased to C&S 1935-37. Wrecked in 1936 in runaway on Kenosha
Pass. Rebuilt by CB&Q Denver shops. To R. W. Richardson 7/1950,
later Colorado Railroad Museum |
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