Denver & Rio Grande

Locomotive History

Last Update: 09/03/2000
Road: Denver & Rio Grande Road #: 79
From: 1880 To: 1886 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: New Name: La Plata
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: Sold to D&RGW (Utah)
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Road: Denver & Rio Grande Western Road #: 79
From: 1886 To: 1889 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: D&RGW (Utah) reorganized as RGW
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Road: Rio Grande Western Road #: 79
From: 1889 To: 1891 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: Sold to RGS
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Road: Rio Grande Southern Road #: 34
From: 1891 To: 1892 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: Sold to Silverton Railway
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Road: Silverton Railway Road #: 101
From: 1891 To: 1896 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: Transferred to SN
Photographs: pp 149, 185, 209, 258, 308, 309, 316, 318, 320 (as SN #1) [2]
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Road: Silverton Northern Road #: 1
From: 1896 To: 1924 Class: 56 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5226, 1880 Wt: 56000 Tract. Eff.: 12450
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 15x18 Drivers: 36.00
Disposition: Dismantled 1920s
Photographs: p 41 [2], pp 149, 171, 185, 209, 258, 270-1, 308-9, 316, 318, 320 [4]
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Notes: Rebuilt with larger airpump and extended smokebox in 1904.
 
 

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