Introduction

This is a mostly complete steam roster of the D&RGW. In addition, most of the units from the predecessor D&RG are included. Other predecessor roads (particularly the RGW) are less well represented. There are a few oddball units missing, and I'll be adding those in the near future.

D&RG / D&RGW Standard Gauge Steam Rosters
Unit
Numbers
Mfgr.TypeClassEraUnit
Roster
Notes
CB 1-5Lima0-4-4-4-0TShay1900-1936Y-
K&H 150-151Lima0-4-4-4-0TShay1911-1936Y-
01Baldwin2-8-0TC-411937-1946Y-
20-22 (D&RGW)
805-807 (D&RG)
Alco0-6-0S-23
96
1900-1936Y-
50-59 (D&RGW)
831-840 (D&RG)
Baldwin0-6-0S-33
149
1906-1952Y-
60-62 (D&RGW)
841-843 (D&RG)
Alco0-6-0S-33
149
1909-1952Y-
503-505 (D&RG late)
155-157 (D&RG early)
Baldwin4-6-046S1881-1906Y-
500-501 (D&RGW)
540-549 (D&RG)
Rome4-6-0T-17
115
1889-1947Y-
505-538 (D&RGW)
506-538 (D&RG)
Baldwin4-6-0T-18
106
1887-1926Y-
520-528 (D&RGW)
712-718 (D&RG)
Baldwin4-6-0T-19
130/145
1892-1926Y-
530-533 (D&RGW)
740-743 (D&RG)
Alco4-6-0T-24
161
1901-1928Y-
535-546 (D&RGW)
700-711 (D&RG)
Baldwin
D&RG
4-6-0T-26
150
1896-1926Y-
575-579 (D&RGW)
805-826 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-6-0G-20
100
1891-1936Y-
590-591 (D&RGW)
940-943 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-6-0G-28
154
1898-1926Y-
592-597 (D&RGW)
950-955 (D&RG)
Alco2-6-0G-28
154
1901-1937Y-
600-626 (D&RGW)
630-672 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-8-0C-26
120
1889-1951Y-
630-691 (D&RGW)
555-629 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-8-0C-28
113
1888-1951Y-
720-739Brooks4-6-0T-28
170
1899-1934Y-
750-759(D&RG/D&RGW)
1001-1010 (D&RG)
Baldwin4-6-0T-31
179
1902-1939Y-
760-793Brooks4-6-0T-29
184
1908-1948Y-
795-796Schenectady4-6-0T-331907-1948Y-
800-805 (D&RGW)
1001-1006 (D&RG)
Baldwin4-6-2P-44
261
1913-1953Y-
900-903 (D&RGW)
960-963 (D&RG)
Richmond2-8-0C-38
183
1900-1936Y-
915-925Baldwin2-8-0C-39
172/187
1905-1941Y-
930-934 (D&RGW)
990-994 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-8-0C-40
199
1901-1946Y-
940-944 (D&RGW)
980-984 (D&RG)
RLW/Alco2-8-0C-40
186
1901-1936Y-
950-964(D&RGW)
901-915 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-8-0C-41
185
1900-1946Y-
970-973Richmond2-8-0C-42
180
1900-1936Y-
1000-1029 (D&RGW)
1101-1130 (D&RG)
Baldwin2-8-0C-41
190
1902-1950Y-
1031-1039 (D&RGW)
111-123 (D&SL)
Alco2-8-0C-431908-1955Y-
1131-1199Alco2-8-0C-48
220
1906-1956Y-
1200-1213Baldwin2-8-2K-59
280
1912-1956Y-
1220-1229Lima
Alco
2-8-2K-631915-1956Yex-D&SL
1400-1409 (D&RGW)
1250-1259 (D&RG)
Alco2-10-2F-81
429
1922-1955Y-
1501-1510Alco4-8-2377
M-67
1922-1955Y-
1511-1520Alco4-8-2383
M-78
1923-1955Y-
1521-1530Alco4-8-2378
M-67
1923-1955Y-
1550-1553Roanoke4-8-2M-691926-1948Y-
1600-1609Baldwin4-8-2M-751926-1949Y-
1700-1713Baldwin4-8-4M-641929-1956Y-
1800-1804Baldwin4-8-4M-681937-1954Y-
3300-3307 (D&RGW)
1050-1057 (D&RG)
Alco2-6-6-2L-62
340
1910-1952Y-
3350-3351Alco2-6-6-2L-761942-1952Y-
3360-3375Alco2-6-6-0L-771942-1952Yex-D&SL
3400-3415 (D&RGW)
1060-1075 (D&RG)
Alco2-8-8-2L-95
458
1913-1952Y-
3500-3509Alco2-8-8-2L-107
532
1927-1956Y-
3550-3564Roanoke
Baldwin
2-8-8-2L-1091943-1951Y-
3600-3609Alco2-8-8-2L-1311927-1956Y-
3610-3619Alco2-8-8-2L-1321930-1956Y-
3700-3714Baldwin4-6-6-4L-1051938-1956Y-
3800-3805Alco4-6-6-4L-971943-1947Y-
D&RG / D&RGW Narrow Gauge Steam Rosters
Unit
Numbers
Mfgr.TypeClassEraUnit
Roster
Notes
1-109 (D&RG)MiscMiscMisc1871-1924Y-
150-154 (D&RG)Baldwin2-6-0451881-1902Y-
158-165 (D&RG)Baldwin4-6-045.51882-1916Y-
166-177Baldwin4-6-047
T-12
1883-1924
1924-1941
Y-
200-227Grant2-8-060
C-16
1881-1924
1924-1941
Y-
228-295Baldwin2-8-060
C-16
1877-1924
1924-1955
Y-
300-306Baldwin2-8-0C-171924-1938Y-
424-429 (D&RG)
315-320 (D&RGW)
Baldwin2-8-072
C-18
1917-1924
1924-1954
Y-
400-422 (D&RG)
340-349 (D&RGW)
Baldwin2-8-070/74
C-19
1881-1924
1924-1962
Y-
430-431 (D&RG)
360-361 (D&RGW)
Baldwin2-8-093
C-21
1916-1924
1924-1951
Y-
432 (D&RG)
375 (D&RGW)
Baldwin2-8-0112
C-25
1916-1924
1924-1949
Y-
450-464Baldwin2-8-2125
K-27
1903-1924
1924-1962
Y-
470-479Alco2-8-2140
K-28
1923-1924
1924-1981
Y-
480-489Baldwin2-8-2K-361925-1970Y-
490-499Baldwin2-8-2K-371928-1970Y-
D&RGW Steam Survivors

Most of the surviving Rio Grande steam exists today on the D&RGW's two successor narrow gauges - the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic. These two roads hold the largest collection of Rio Grande steam engines anywhere, and most still operate.

Only one standard gauge steam engine survives today - D&RGW 683, kept at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Credits

Clearly I didn't live through the D&RGW steam era, nor am I adequately omnicient to just come up with this information. Thus, it's only fair that I acknowledge those who have come before me and put the pieces together from which the steam rosters draw.

  1. Hauck, Cornelius W., and Robert W. Richardson. Steam in the Rockies - A Denver Rio Grande Roster. Golden: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1963.
  2. Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society website rosters at http://www.drgw.org
  3. Don Strack's RGW roster information at http://www.utahrails.net
  4. Polley, Rodger. Uintah Railway Pictorial - Volume I - Mack to Atchee. Denver: Sundance Books, 1999.
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