Denver & Rio Grande

Locomotive History

Last Update: 09/03/2000
Road: Denver & Rio Grande Road #: 411
From: 1881 To: 1888 Class: 70 Gauge: N
Acquired: New Name: Quartz Creek
Builder: Baldwin, # 5756, 1881 Wt: 68000 Tract. Eff.: 17055
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Converted to SG and renumbered
Photographs: p 53 [1]
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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 Road #: 802
From: 1888 To: 1898 Class: 74 Gauge: S
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5756, 1888 Wt: 70000 Tract. Eff.: 0
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Converted to NG and renumbered
Photographs:
Drawings:
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Road: Denver & Rio Grande Road #: 402
From: 1898 To: 1916 Class: 74 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5756, 1888 Wt: 70000 Tract. Eff.: 0
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Sold to RGS, 11/1916
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Road: Rio Grande Southern Road #: 40
From: 1916 To: 1943 Class: 70 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5756, 1881 Wt: 68000 Tract. Eff.: 17055
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Dismantled 1943
Photographs: p 211 [1], p 212, 247, 359, 375, 381, 433, 437, 439-40, 454-5, 534-5, 600 [2], p 202 [3], pp 25-27 [8]
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