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.
Unit
Numbers | Mfgr. | Type | Class | Era | Unit
Roster | Notes |
|---|
| CB 1-5 | Lima | 0-4-4-4-0T | Shay | 1900-1936 | Y | - |
| K&H 150-151 | Lima | 0-4-4-4-0T | Shay | 1911-1936 | Y | - |
| 01 | Baldwin | 2-8-0T | C-41 | 1937-1946 | Y | - |
20-22 (D&RGW)
805-807 (D&RG) | Alco | 0-6-0 | S-23
96 | 1900-1936 | Y | - |
50-59 (D&RGW)
831-840 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 0-6-0 | S-33
149 | 1906-1952 | Y | - |
60-62 (D&RGW)
841-843 (D&RG) | Alco | 0-6-0 | S-33
149 | 1909-1952 | Y | - |
503-505 (D&RG late)
155-157 (D&RG early) | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | 46S | 1881-1906 | Y | - |
500-501 (D&RGW)
540-549 (D&RG) | Rome | 4-6-0 | T-17
115 | 1889-1947 | Y | - |
505-538 (D&RGW)
506-538 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | T-18
106 | 1887-1926 | Y | - |
520-528 (D&RGW)
712-718 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | T-19
130/145 | 1892-1926 | Y | - |
530-533 (D&RGW)
740-743 (D&RG) | Alco | 4-6-0 | T-24
161 | 1901-1928 | Y | - |
535-546 (D&RGW)
700-711 (D&RG) | Baldwin
D&RG | 4-6-0 | T-26
150 | 1896-1926 | Y | - |
575-579 (D&RGW)
805-826 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | G-20
100 | 1891-1936 | Y | - |
590-591 (D&RGW)
940-943 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | G-28
154 | 1898-1926 | Y | - |
592-597 (D&RGW)
950-955 (D&RG) | Alco | 2-6-0 | G-28
154 | 1901-1937 | Y | - |
600-626 (D&RGW)
630-672 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-26
120 | 1889-1951 | Y | - |
630-691 (D&RGW)
555-629 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-28
113 | 1888-1951 | Y | - |
| 720-739 | Brooks | 4-6-0 | T-28
170 | 1899-1934 | Y | - |
750-759(D&RG/D&RGW)
1001-1010 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | T-31
179 | 1902-1939 | Y | - |
| 760-793 | Brooks | 4-6-0 | T-29
184 | 1908-1948 | Y | - |
| 795-796 | Schenectady | 4-6-0 | T-33 | 1907-1948 | Y | - |
800-805 (D&RGW)
1001-1006 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 4-6-2 | P-44
261 | 1913-1953 | Y | - |
900-903 (D&RGW)
960-963 (D&RG) | Richmond | 2-8-0 | C-38
183 | 1900-1936 | Y | - |
| 915-925 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-39
172/187 | 1905-1941 | Y | - |
930-934 (D&RGW)
990-994 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-40
199 | 1901-1946 | Y | - |
940-944 (D&RGW)
980-984 (D&RG) | RLW/Alco | 2-8-0 | C-40
186 | 1901-1936 | Y | - |
950-964(D&RGW)
901-915 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-41
185 | 1900-1946 | Y | - |
| 970-973 | Richmond | 2-8-0 | C-42
180 | 1900-1936 | Y | - |
1000-1029 (D&RGW)
1101-1130 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-41
190 | 1902-1950 | Y | - |
1031-1039 (D&RGW)
111-123 (D&SL) | Alco | 2-8-0 | C-43 | 1908-1955 | Y | - |
| 1131-1199 | Alco | 2-8-0 | C-48
220 | 1906-1956 | Y | - |
| 1200-1213 | Baldwin | 2-8-2 | K-59
280 | 1912-1956 | Y | - |
| 1220-1229 | Lima
Alco | 2-8-2 | K-63 | 1915-1956 | Y | ex-D&SL |
1400-1409 (D&RGW)
1250-1259 (D&RG) | Alco | 2-10-2 | F-81
429 | 1922-1955 | Y | - |
| 1501-1510 | Alco | 4-8-2 | 377
M-67 | 1922-1955 | Y | - |
| 1511-1520 | Alco | 4-8-2 | 383
M-78 | 1923-1955 | Y | - |
| 1521-1530 | Alco | 4-8-2 | 378
M-67 | 1923-1955 | Y | - |
| 1550-1553 | Roanoke | 4-8-2 | M-69 | 1926-1948 | Y | - |
| 1600-1609 | Baldwin | 4-8-2 | M-75 | 1926-1949 | Y | - |
| 1700-1713 | Baldwin | 4-8-4 | M-64 | 1929-1956 | Y | - |
| 1800-1804 | Baldwin | 4-8-4 | M-68 | 1937-1954 | Y | - |
3300-3307 (D&RGW)
1050-1057 (D&RG) | Alco | 2-6-6-2 | L-62
340 | 1910-1952 | Y | - |
| 3350-3351 | Alco | 2-6-6-2 | L-76 | 1942-1952 | Y | - |
| 3360-3375 | Alco | 2-6-6-0 | L-77 | 1942-1952 | Y | ex-D&SL |
3400-3415 (D&RGW)
1060-1075 (D&RG) | Alco | 2-8-8-2 | L-95
458 | 1913-1952 | Y | - |
| 3500-3509 | Alco | 2-8-8-2 | L-107
532 | 1927-1956 | Y | - |
| 3550-3564 | Roanoke
Baldwin | 2-8-8-2 | L-109 | 1943-1951 | Y | - |
| 3600-3609 | Alco | 2-8-8-2 | L-131 | 1927-1956 | Y | - |
| 3610-3619 | Alco | 2-8-8-2 | L-132 | 1930-1956 | Y | - |
| 3700-3714 | Baldwin | 4-6-6-4 | L-105 | 1938-1956 | Y | - |
| 3800-3805 | Alco | 4-6-6-4 | L-97 | 1943-1947 | Y | - |
Unit
Numbers | Mfgr. | Type | Class | Era | Unit
Roster | Notes |
|---|
| 1-109 (D&RG) | Misc | Misc | Misc | 1871-1924 | Y | - |
| 150-154 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | 45 | 1881-1902 | Y | - |
| 158-165 (D&RG) | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | 45.5 | 1882-1916 | Y | - |
| 166-177 | Baldwin | 4-6-0 | 47
T-12 | 1883-1924
1924-1941 | Y | - |
| 200-227 | Grant | 2-8-0 | 60
C-16 | 1881-1924
1924-1941 | Y | - |
| 228-295 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | 60
C-16 | 1877-1924
1924-1955 | Y | - |
| 300-306 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | C-17 | 1924-1938 | Y | - |
424-429 (D&RG)
315-320 (D&RGW) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | 72
C-18 | 1917-1924
1924-1954 | Y | - |
400-422 (D&RG)
340-349 (D&RGW) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | 70/74
C-19 | 1881-1924
1924-1962 | Y | - |
430-431 (D&RG)
360-361 (D&RGW) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | 93
C-21 | 1916-1924
1924-1951 | Y | - |
432 (D&RG)
375 (D&RGW) | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | 112
C-25 | 1916-1924
1924-1949 | Y | - |
| 450-464 | Baldwin | 2-8-2 | 125
K-27 | 1903-1924
1924-1962 | Y | - |
| 470-479 | Alco | 2-8-2 | 140
K-28 | 1923-1924
1924-1981 | Y | - |
| 480-489 | Baldwin | 2-8-2 | K-36 | 1925-1970 | Y | - |
| 490-499 | Baldwin | 2-8-2 | K-37 | 1928-1970 | Y | - |
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.
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.
- Hauck, Cornelius W., and Robert W. Richardson. Steam in the Rockies - A Denver Rio Grande Roster. Golden: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1963.
- Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society website rosters at http://www.drgw.org
- Don Strack's RGW roster information at http://www.utahrails.net
- Polley, Rodger. Uintah Railway Pictorial - Volume I - Mack to Atchee. Denver: Sundance Books, 1999.
