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By:Wil Hata
Dates:1/1/1930 - 12/31/1956
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Washout Wreck
Title:  Washout Wreck
Description:  Taken during the 1910s on the Rio Grande between Chama & Durango.
Photo Date:  1/1/1915  Upload Date: 9/12/2021 8:49:32 PM
Location:  Tiffany, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
D&RGW 488
Title:  D&RGW 488
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Photo Date:  1/1/1925  Upload Date: 12/22/2015 6:46:58 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Baldwin Loco Works
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Views:  561   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-2 1608
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-2 1608
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/5/1932  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:54:02 AM
Location:  Helper, UT
Author:  Unknown
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D&RGW 4-6-0 172
Title:  D&RGW 4-6-0 172
Description:  Photographer unknown. Rio Grande narrow gauge T-12 Class 4-6-0 number 172.
Photo Date:  8/1/1936  Upload Date: 5/13/2015 8:41:25 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
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The Scenic Limited
Title:  The Scenic Limited
Description:  D&RGW 1801 gets underway out of Denver with the Scenic Limited in tow.
Photo Date:  3/13/1938  Upload Date: 9/16/2021 5:10:53 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  263   Comments: 0
D&RGW 4-6-0 761
Title:  D&RGW 4-6-0 761
Description:  Taken circa 1939 by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1939  Upload Date: 2/13/2022 7:44:25 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-4 1712
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-4 1712
Description:  Posing near the depot in Grand Junction was 4-8-4 1712, a 1929 Baldwin product. 1712 was in passenger service until being dismantled in January 1955.
Photo Date:  9/14/1939  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:13:05 PM
Location:  Grand Junction, CO
Author:  Joseph Schick
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1712(4-8-4)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
D&RGW Scenic Limited
Title:  D&RGW Scenic Limited
Description:  Photographer Unknown, Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1941  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 12:32:42 PM
Location:  Pando, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  230   Comments: 0
D&RGW 4-6-6-4 3802
Title:  D&RGW 4-6-6-4 3802
Description:  Taken circa 1945
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/12/2021 8:40:06 PM
Location:  Grand Junction, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  562   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3509
Title:  Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3509
Description:  Taken during the 1940s
Photo Date:  1/1/1945  Upload Date: 2/12/2022 9:48:55 PM
Location:  Salida, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  245   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-6-6-4 3705
Title:  Rio Grande 4-6-6-4 3705
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/28/1945  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:38:31 PM
Location:  Grand Junction, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  91   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-2 1552
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-2 1552
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  10/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:53:25 AM
Location:  Grand Junction, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-4 1707
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-4 1707
Description:  Posing for its portrait at Denver is 4-8-4 1707, a 1929 Baldwin product. Seen in November 1945, 1707 would be dismantled in June 1950.
Photo Date:  11/1/1945  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:11:24 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  H. L. Younger
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1707(4-8-4)
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Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 3702
Title:  Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 3702
Description:  Posing at Helper, UT, L-105 3702 waits to head out with a freight. 3702 was built by Baldwin in 1938. It would be cut in April 1951.
Photo Date:  6/8/1947  Upload Date: 10/4/2023 9:30:01 PM
Location:  Helper, UT
Author:  Joseph Schick
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3702(2-6-6-2)
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Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 3714
Title:  Rio Grande L-105 4-6-6-4 3714
Description:  L-105 3714 was snapped waiting at Helper, UT during August 1947. 3714 came from Baldwin in 1938 and would be scrapped in January 1951. Prominent are the safety stripes on the front of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  8/31/1947  Upload Date: 10/4/2023 9:31:18 PM
Location:  Helper, UT
Author:  Joseph Schick
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3714(2-6-6-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
DRGW 1212
Title:  DRGW 1212
Description:  Rio Grande K-59 Class 2-8-2 stored in Salt Lake City, UT. Photo by Richard Kindig.
Photo Date:  9/4/1949  Upload Date: 5/9/2015 9:26:37 AM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Richard H. Kindig
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Rio Grande L-132 2-8-8-2 3613
Title:  Rio Grande L-132 2-8-8-2 3613
Description:  Taken in the early 1950s, L-132 3613 puts on a big show as it gets a freight underway. Built by ALCo in 1930, the big articulated would be scrapped in May 1956.
Photo Date:  1/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/4/2023 9:28:17 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3613(2-8-8-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 2-6-6-2 3300
Title:  Rio Grande 2-6-6-2 3300
Description:  Pictured by the coaling tower at Salt Lake City, time had just about run out for 2-6-6-2 3300. Built by ALCo in 1910, 3300 was due for retirement and scrapping in July 1950, two months after this photo.
Photo Date:  5/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:32:23 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  T. M. Flattley, Jr.
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3300(2-6-6-2)
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Rio Grande 2-6-6-2 3350
Title:  Rio Grande 2-6-6-2 3350
Description:  Sitting in storage at Salt Lake City is 2-6-6-2 3350. Built by ALCo in 1916, 3350 was originally Norfolk & Western 1453. It was sold to Rio Grande in 1942 to ease the wartime power shortage. 3350 would be scrapped in July 1952.
Photo Date:  5/1/1950  Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:33:58 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  T. M. Flattley, Jr.
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3350(2-6-6-2)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 2-10-2 1406
Title:  Rio Grande 2-10-2 1406
Description:  1406 is seen pictured in storage at Salt Lake City during May 1950. The 1916 built 2-10-2 would be dismantled in May 1955.
Photo Date:  5/7/1950  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:09:53 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  T. M. Flattley, Jr.
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1406(2-10-2)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3504
Title:  Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3504
Description:  Steaming into Salt Lake with a freight from Ogden, 2-8-8-2 3504 creeps up to the camera. The 1923 ALCo product had about a year left at the time of this photo. It would be cut in June 1951.
Photo Date:  5/13/1950  Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:36:14 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  T. M. Flattley, Jr.
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3504(2-8-8-2)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-4 1703
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-4 1703
Description:  Taken during the early 1950s at what may be Denver, 4-8-4 1703 was near the end of its service time. The 1929 Baldwin built 1703 would be dismantled in January 1955.
Photo Date:  1/1/1953  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:10:26 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1703(4-8-4)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 4-8-4 1709
Title:  Rio Grande 4-8-4 1709
Description:  Taken circa 1955/1956, 4-8-4 1709 was sitting in the deadline at Pueblo. Baldwin built 1709 in 1929 and it would be dismantled in June 1956.
Photo Date:  1/1/1955  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 10:12:17 PM
Location:  Pueblo, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1709(4-8-4)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Rio Grande K-36 2-8-2 489
Title:  Rio Grande K-36 2-8-2 489
Description:  Paused at Durango is K-36 489, a 1925 Baldwin product.
Photo Date:  5/26/1955  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 8:45:17 PM
Location:  Durango, CO
Author:  Dave Gross
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Locomotives:  DRGW 489(2-8-2)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Double Light
Title:  Double Light
Description:  Taken at Alamosa during the mid-1950s, 486 and another K-36 run light through the yards. Note the Rio Grande panel truck to the left.
Photo Date:  1/1/1956  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 8:43:23 PM
Location:  Alamosa, CO
Author:  Andrew Wittenborn
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Locomotives:  DRGW 486(2-8-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Rio Grande 2-8-2 1207
Title:  Rio Grande 2-8-2 1207
Description:  Taken sometime during 1956, 2-8-2 1207 awaits scrapping at Pueblo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1956  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 9:34:13 PM
Location:  Pueblo, CO
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  DRGW 1207(2-8-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 0


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