The eight Class 45.5 units were 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler type units purchased from Baldwin in 1882 to take over passenger train duties on the expanding narrow gauge network.

D&RG Class 45.5 Narrow Gauge 4-6-0
UnitMfgr.ClassSerialBuiltNotes
D&RG 158Baldwin45.55954Dec-1881Sold to D&RGW1 as 158 1886
Renumberd to RGW 20 during 1889
Sold to RGS as #22 Apr-1892
Scrapped by the RGS 1916
D&RG 159Baldwin45.55960Dec-1881Sold to D&RGW1 as 159 1886
Renumberd to RGW 21 during 1889
Sold to RGS as #23 Apr-1892
Scrapped by the RGS 1916
D&RG 160Baldwin45.55963Dec-1881Scrapped 1916
D&RG 161Baldwin45.55966Dec-1881Scrapped Jun-1916
D&RG 162Baldwin45.55969Dec-1881Scrapped Jan-1916
D&RG 163Baldwin45.55970Dec-1881Rented to UP Nov-1985 to Jan-1896
Scrapped Jun-1916
D&RG 164Baldwin45.55974Dec-1881Rented to UP Nov-1985 to Jan-1896
Scrapped Jun-1916
D&RG 165Baldwin45.55977Dec-1881Sold to D&RGW1 as 165 1886
Renumberd to RGW 22 during 1889
Sold to RGS as #24 May-1892
Sep-1900 Sold to SS & WM Rice (Hyatt, TX)

Notes:

1 This D&RGW is the Denver & Rio Grande Western that existed in Utah in the 1880s as a predecessor to the Rio Grande Western's (RGW) creation in 1889.

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