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The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado, in 1870.
Denver and Rio Grande is a 1952 American Technicolor Western film, directed by Byron Haskin and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a dramatization of the building of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which was chartered in 1870.
Jun 9, 2023 · Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway. As a result, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway was organized on July 21, 1881 with rights to build from the state line to Salt Lake City via Green River, Soldier Summit, and Provo.
The railroad became the Rio Grande Western Railway in 1889 and built several branch lines in Utah to reach lucrative coal fields. In 1901, the Denver & Rio Grande merged with the Rio Grande Western, consolidating in 1908.
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Founded by Gen. William J. Palmer, a Union veteran of the Civil War, the Rio Grande started building a narrow gauge line south from Denver in 1871 toward Mexico. At its peak mileage in 1917, the Rio Grande was operating nearly 6,000 miles of track.
Denver & Rio Grande: Directed by Byron Haskin. With Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers. A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.
Nov 26, 2019 · The Denver & Rio Grande of 1870 was not that railroad. Much later, however, it came to serve an admirable public purpose, earn the appreciation of its shippers and passengers, and return a substantial profit. The Rio Grande was conceived by former Union Brig. Gen. William Jackson Palmer.
