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    The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (reporting mark RGS, also referred to as "The Southern") was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad which ran in the southwestern...
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    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...
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    and most of the cars came from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. The D&RG painted a narrow-gauge engine and...
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    The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado was a heritage railway that operated from 2006 to 2019 in and around the San Luis Valley as a subsidiary of...
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    The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad (formerly the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad) is a class III railroad operating in south-central Colorado. It...
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    Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor No. 2 (nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 2) is a gasoline engine-powered narrow gauge railroad motorcar. It was...
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    Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor Number 6 (affectionately nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 6) is a gasoline engine powered narrow gauge railroad...
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    & Southern rotary snow plow No. 99201 Rio Grande Southern "Galloping Goose" No. 2 Rio Grande Southern "Galloping Goose" No. 6 Rio Grande Southern "Galloping...
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    Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1895. It was purchased by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) in 1917 and later...
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    The Rio Grande Southern Railroad Derrick Car is a railroad derrick car which was produced in 1948 for the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. It is one of only...
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  • Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The first company was formed in 1968 and was later known as Rio Grande Holding...
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  • Restoration". Durango Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved August 6, 2020. "Colorado Railroad Museum News Release: Rio Grande Southern No. 20". "A Ticket...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western 223 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Grant...
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    the construction of the Galloping Goose railcars built by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) from used Buick and Pierce-Arrow automobiles with a custom-built...
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    population of Trout Lake grew after the construction of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad and the nearby Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant in the 1890s...
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    1968. The route was originally opened in 1882 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) to transport silver and gold ore mined from the San Juan Mountains...
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    Galloping Goose (railcar) (category Rio Grande Southern Railroad)
    (officially designated as "motors" by the railroad), built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) and operated until the end of service...
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  • Thumbnail for Rio Grande class K-27
    Rio Grande Western K-27 is a class of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by...
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    The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning...
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  • of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company by Rio Grande Industries, the company that controlled the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. October...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad together, but transferred direct ownership of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to the Southern Pacific Transportation...
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    Royal Gorge along a famous section of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. In the late 1870s, miners descended on the upper Arkansas River...
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    Rio Grande City is a city in and the county seat of Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,317 at the time of the 2020 census. The city...
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    Pass and the Toltec Gorge. Originally part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's narrow-gauge network, the line has been jointly owned by the...
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  • following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad or its predecessors. Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union...
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  • (BSR) Blacklands Railroad (BLR) Border Pacific Railroad (BOP) Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG) CMC Railroad (CMC) Corpus Christi...
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    to April 1881 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG, later known as the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad) as part of their efforts to reach...
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    purchased by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and its subsidiary Cotton Belt. Southern Pacific's version has a 4...
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    The Rio Grande (/ˌriːoʊ ˈɡrænd/ or /ˌriːoʊ ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈβɾaβo...
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    Tramway Heritage Society) Rio Grande Scenic Railroad Royal Gorge Route Railroad Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad (The South Park) Deseret Western...
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