Rio Grande 169
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 169 is a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type narrow gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the second largest drivers used on any three foot gauge D&RGW locomotive. (The K-37s have 44 in (1,100 mm) drivers.)[1]
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During its operational life it was used on all of the major D&RGW narrow gauge lines. It appears in two Otto Perry photographs on the branch to Santa Fe, New Mexico in April 1933.[3] It was taken out of service in 1938 and then refurbished in 1939 to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941, the railroad donated it to the City of Alamosa and it has been in Cole Park there since.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No.169 in 2001.[2]
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References
- Official Roster No. 11 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad System. Denver: The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad System. April 1, 1923.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Perry, Otto. "D&RGW #169 (photograph)". Photos West. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- "The History of Engine 169 And Railroading in Alamosa, Colorado". Museum Trail.org. Retrieved 27 January 2010.