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D&RGW 489 and 463 on the Cumbres and Toltec
On August 24 and 25, 2018, we visited Chama, New Mexico for the Trains Photo Charter. In addition to the special, I also shot 489 and 463. This was the first time I've seen 463 in action. D&RGW 463 is a 3 foot narrow gauge, Mikado type, 2-8-2 steam railway locomotive built for the Denver and...- Yard Limit
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- Forum: Videos - Tourist Railroads and Museums
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Colorado Narrow Gauge in the Fall
Colorado Narrow Gauge in the Fall If you haven't been out to see any of the Colorado Narrow gauge railroads, do yourself a favor and get out there! Only had a brief morning encounter with the Durango and Silverton. 1. Durango and Silverton pulling in to the Rockwood Station. SC8A8535 by...- brad_in_omaha
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- c&ts colorado cumbres & toltec d&rgw durango and silverton narrow gauge new mexico
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- Forum: Tourist Railroad and Railway Preservation Photos
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History rusting before you
Lost piece of history rusting away .Just surprised The Up did not scarp it along time back.It one said "Property of D&RGW RR CO Persons Entering Upon Or Assume Or Crossing Are trespassing and assume All Risks"Wow how times have changed!- drgw#1
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- Category: Buildings and Structures
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D&RGW #3633, Aztec, NM, August 21, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
D&RGW #3633, Aztec, New Mexico, August 21, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. There's a long story to this, here is the short story. My friend, Chris Burritt, died this week (January 7, 2008), he's the guy on the left in the photo. So I'm thinking about my mortality, wondering about all these...- Media item
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- Category: Freight Cars
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D&RGW K-37 492, Gato, CO, Aug 19, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
D&RGW K-37 492, near Milepost 400, approaching Gato, CO, August 19, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler There is a long story and a short story to this photo, here is the short story. When I was 17, me and two friends set out on a trip from Chicago to Colorado and return to photograph the last...- Media item
- 492 d&rgw gato k-37 k37
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- Category: Human Interest Photos
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D&RGW F-7 #5654, Denver, CO, Aug. 20, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler
Denver & Rio Grande Western F-7 #5654 at Denver Union Station, Denver, Colorado, August 20, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. According to http://www.drgw.net/info/index.php?n=Main.F7, it was completed June 1950 (c/n 11406 on EMD order #6093), retired from the RIo Grande in May 1970, to Alaska...- Media item
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- Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
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D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762
D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762 sit under some partly cloudy skies at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden. LOCATION: Golden, Co RAILROAD: Denver & Rio Grande Western LOCOMOTIVE/TRAIN: EMD F9A & F9B DATE: August 2007- Empire Builder
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- #5762 #5771 & 5762 5771 co colorado d&rgw denver emd f9a f9b golden grande museum rail rio western
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
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F9A #5771
D&RGW F9A #5771 sits under sunny skies at the Colorado Rail Museum.- Empire Builder
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Inside the cab of #683
1st off, sorry about the glare coming in from the windows. 2nd off, this is a pic. of the boiler & engineer's controls inside the cab of D&RGW #683- Empire Builder
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- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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- Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
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Hanging out the window
This is the view hanging out the side window on the engineer's side of #683.- Empire Builder
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- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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Engineer's view
This is the view out the front window from the engineer's "seat" of D&RGW #683- Empire Builder
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- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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Scenic Line of the World
#683's tender sports Rio Grande's "Scenic Line of the World" logo above the Denver & Rio Grande western lettering.- Empire Builder
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- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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D&RGW 2-8-0 #683
D&RGW 2-8-0 # 683 sits on dispaly at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden, Co. Built in October 1890 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as D&RG #583, it was renumbered to D&GRW #683 in 1924, she had a long & successful career before being retired in 1955. #683 is the only surving example...- Empire Builder
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- #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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Rio Grande 5507
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- d&rgw unit unpatche
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Coal loads exit Tunnel 7
West of Plainview, CO, at Tunnel 7, coal loads and their trailing DPUs exit the solid rock tunnel.- hemiadda2d
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- Category: Tunnels
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Flatirons at First Light
The Flatirons, west of Denver, CO on the old D&RGW, at first light, after a foot of wet, heavy snow. This is the Tunnel 2-8 area. Sharp-eyed readers will see Tunnel 2, 3 and 4 all on the right side of the pic..... Rainbow Cut is immediately behind me, as is Plainview Siding...- hemiadda2d
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- d&rgw flatirons tunnel
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- Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
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BNSF loads grind out of Tunnel 27
BNSF manifest tonnage thunders out of Tunnel 27, deep in South Boulder Canyon. The area is east of Pinecliffe, CO, along the old D&RGW.- hemiadda2d
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- bnsf d&rgw tunnel
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Westbound empties at East Plain
East Plain Siding, Plainview, CO, New Years Eve, 2004: An empty coal train attacks the 2% grade, while entering the siding. With the bulk of the train occupying unknown degrees of tortuous curvature, the prime movers remain at full song. And the stack talk was incredible!!- hemiadda2d
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- coal d&rgw moffat up
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- Category: Western United States
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