History
This railroad was founded in 1870.
What is the Denver & Rio Grande?
How did the D&RGW Reclassify their engines after the 1924 reorganization?
Wheel Arrangement (C- For Consolidation, K - For Mikado) And X- Number for Tractive Effort (27 For Twenty Seven thousand pounds of Tractive Effort)
The Denver, South Park, & Pacific Railway built this tunnel to get to Gunnison, Co.
What is the Alpine tunnel?
This was one of two engines on the D&RGW To have Syphons in the firebox.
What is the D&RGW 491?
RGS #20 Made an appearance in this 1950 movie.
What is ''Ticket to Tomahawk''?
This was the name of this railroad after it reorganized in 1924?
What is the Denver & Rio Grande Western?
Which Unique locomotives did the DSP&P Purchase for their railroad in 1880's.
What are the Mason Machine Works Mason Bogies?
This line branched south from Antonio, Colorado and went into New Mexico.
What is the Chili Line?
This setup has the wheels inside the locomotives frame and the counterweights outside the frame.
What is outside frame?
D&RGW 315 Made an appearance in this 1948 film.
What is ''Colorado Territories''?
A truck load of what was responsible for the resumption of passenger service between Gunnison and Montrose in 1944.
What are Eggs?
This steam locomotive was meant to go to the D&RG, but due to reasons. It was never sent.
What is the Mosca?
The Rio Grande ran through this canyon that was so deep that light didn't reach the bottom of it.
What is the black canyon of the Gunnison?
The D&RGW Had what running from the boiler to the journal boxes in emergencies to put out journal fires.
What are Keely lines?
This narrow gauge u.s army diesel was dressed up as what during the filming of ''Around the World in 80 days''.
What is a baggage car?
What was the name of the engineer who wrecked D&RGW Number 346 on Kenosha Pass.
Who is Eugene ''Mickey'' McGowan?
This was the D&RG's first locomotive?
What is the D&RG Class 25 ''Montezuma''.
This line still exists today and connect two towns in Colorado via a loop.
What is the Georgetown loop?
This gauge is 36 inches apart, rather than the standard 56 and a half inches.
What is narrow gauge?
A epic wreck scene was filmed for this movie in the summer of 1951.
What is the movie ''Denver & Rio Grande''?
The Rio Grande Southern built what as a cost saving measure in it's final years of service.
What are the RGS Motorcars?
This locomotive was purchased by Colorado Railroad Museum Founder Robert. W. Richardson from the Montezuma Lumber Company for $1,000.
What is the D&RGW 346.
This railroad used switchbacks and steep grades via two foot gauge to haul gold.
What is the Giplin Tramway?
This type of setup has the boiler run all the way through the cab, instead of the usual cab design.
What is a Deckless Engine?
The Cumbres & Toltec was used in the filming of this movie.
What is ''Indiana Jones''?