The D&RGW operated the highest mainline rail line in the United States, over ...
The Denver and Rio Grande was not the only narrow gauge railroad to
By July of 1882, the tracks to Silverton were completed, and the train began ...
The Rio Grande was the only railroad in Texas and one of the few in the United States to be built to a track gauge of forty-two inches. Its route was relatively ...
First established as a resort community, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reached the area in 1883 with its narrow gauge tracks and constructed the wood ...
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 narrow gauge steam locomotive.
They probably did not realize it then but D&RG's promoters spearheaded America's second-most popular gauge. A rail-width of less than 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches had ...
The new standard gauge rail lines between Denver and Salt Lake City were ...
Denver and Rio Grande Rail Road Project. South Fork to
mileage in 1917, the Rio Grande was operating nearly 6000 miles of track.