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Denver & Rio Grande Western

D&RGW Kenilworth Branch
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1926
abandoned 1960

Kenilworth & Helper RR
Built by Independent Coal & Coke Co.
to Kenilworth & Helper RR 1911
controlled by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR
abandoned 1926

Rifle Creek to Grand Junction CO
62.091 miles
Built by Rio Grande Junction Ry 1889-90
leased to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR

Salina UT to Nioche UT
20.00 miles
Built by Castle Valley Ry 1903
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
track removed 1942
route approximate
see http://www.drgw.net/info/CastleValleyBranch

Crestone Jct to Cottonwood CO
16.96 miles
Built by Rio Grande Sangre de Cristo RR 1901
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
abandoned 1929
see http://www.drgw.net/info/CrestoneBranch

Texas Creek to Westcliffe CO
Built by Rio Grande RR 1901
to Denver & Rio Grande RR 8-1-1908
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Delta CO to Somerset CO
Built by Rio Grande RR 1902
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Pagosa Jct to Pagosa Springs, CO
Built by Rio Grande Pagosa & Northern RR 1900 as 36" gauge
controlled by Pagosa Lumber Co.
see http://www.drgw.net/info/PagosaBranch
route approximate

Durango to Chama
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1881 as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 7-11-1921

Denver CO to Florence CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Salt Lake & Eastern Ry
Sugarhouse to Parleys Canyon

Santa Fe NM to Espanola NM
Built by Texas Santa Fe & Northern RR 1886
to Rio Grande & Santa Fe RR 7-2-1895

Espanola NM to Antonito CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Antonito CO to Alamosa CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Alamosa to Wagon Wheel Gap CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1883

Wagon Wheel Gap CO to Creede CO
Built by Rio Grande Gunnison Ry 1891

Creede to North Creede CO
Built by Rio Grande Gunnison Ry 1891

Alamosa wye

Alamosa CO to Villa Grove CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1890

Alamosa CO to Garland CO

La Veta CO to Garland CO

La Veta Pass New Route
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1899

Reliance Branch
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
abandoned 1899 when new route built
relaid 1912 as standard gauge

LaVeta Pass old route
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1877 as 36" gauge
to standard gauge 1899

La Veta Pass old route
abandoned 1899 when new route built

Russell CO to Grayback Mine
Built by Denver & Rio Grande 1881 as 36" gauge
to Trinchera Estate RR ca1904

Walsenburg to La Veta
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1876-7? as 36" gauge
to standard gauge 1899

Walsenburg CO to Cuchara Jct
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1876-77? as 36" gauge
to standard gauge 1899

Cuchara Jct to El Moro CO
3rd rail added 1888

Lascar CO to Cuchara Jct
3rd rail added 1888

Pueblo CO to Lascar CO
3rd rail added 1888
abandoned 1924-25

Pueblo trackage

Florence CO to Canon City CO

Canon City CO to Texas Creek CO
Built by Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR (AT&SF) as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1880

Texas Creek CO to Salida CO

Salida CO to Leadville CO

Malta CO to Rock Creek CO

Glenwood Springs CO to Rock Creek (Minturn)
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887

Rifle to Glenwood Springs CO

Glenwood Springs west old alignment
realigned on Colorado Midland grade

New Castle to Glenwood Springs
Built by Colorado Midland Ry 1889
D&RGW relaid on grade Glenwood to 7.5 miles west in 1967

Grand Jct to CO/UT State Line

Grand Jct to Montrose CO

Ridgway CO to Ouray CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887 as 36" gauge

Ridgway CO to Montrose CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1887 as 36" gauge
abandoned

Gunnison CO to Montrose CO
abandoned 1949-53

Salida to Gunnison CO

Villa Grove to Orient CO

Mears Jct to Villa Grove

Chama NM to Antonito CO

Antonito spur

CO/UT State Line to Pleasant Valley Jct (Colton) UT
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 1882 as 36" gauge
to Rio Grande Western Ry 5-16-1889
to standard gauge 1906??

Springville UT to Pleasant Valley UT
Built by Utah & Pleasant Valley Ry 1879 as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 6-14-1882
to Rio Grande Western Ry 5-16-1889

Provo UT to Springville UT
Built by Utah & Pleasant Valley Ry 1878 as 36" gauge
to Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 6-14-1882
to Rio Grande Western Ry 5-16-1889

Salt Lake City UT to Provo UT
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 1882 as 36" gauge

Salt Lake City station lead

Salt Lake City to Centerville
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 1883

Centerville UT to Ogden UT
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 1883
abandoned

Ogden trackage existing
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 1883

Lake Park Jct to Lake Park UT

Pleasant Valley Jct to Scofield UT

Thistle to Manti UT
Built by Rio Grande Western Ry 1890

Durango CO to Silverton CO

D&RGW Cox Extension
abandoned

Roy to Hooper UT
Built by Rio Grande Western Ry 1905

Kingsville Jct to Kingsville UT

Kingsville to Farnsworth

DRGW South Syracuse Branch

Mill Creek to Park City UT
Built by Salt Lake & Eastern Ry 1889 as 36" gauge
to Utah Central RR 1-3-1898
mapped by Don Strack (Utah Rails.com)

Mill Creek to Wilford UT
Built by Utah Central RR 1908
mapped by on Strack (Utah Rails.com)

Salt Lake & Eastern Ry
Sugar House to Millcreek; generally followed the Jordan & Salt Lake Canal; realigned along 1100 East to become D&RGW's Interstate Brick Spur
mapped by Don Strack (Utahrails.com)

Salt Lake & Fort Douglas
Built by Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry 1887 as 36" gauge
to Utah Central RR 1-3-1898
mapped by Don Strack (Utah Rails.com)

Popperton Park
Built by Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry 1887 as 36" gauge
to Utah Central RR 1-3-1898
mapped by Don Strack (Utah Rails.com)

Dry Canyon Branch
Built by Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry 1887 as 36" gauge

Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry

Emmigration Canyon Line

Salt Lake & Eastern Ry

SL&E / UC / RGW connection
Connection after 1900 to access Sugar House spurs from line to Roper

Salt Lake & Eastern
Original pre-1900 line

Untitled Path

Sandy to Midvale UT
Built by Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd RR 1873
to Denver & Rio Grande Western Ry 9-1-1881

Midvale new connection

Midvale to Bingham UT
Built by Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd RR 1873

Bingham abandoned
Built by Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd RR 1873

Bingham new route

Dalton to Lark UT
Built by Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co
to Rio Grande Western Ry 1903

Welby to Garfield UT
Built by Rio Grande Western Ry 1905

Bacchus Spur

Sandy to Wasatch
Built by Wasatch & Jordan Valley RR 1873
mapped by Don Strack (Utahrails.com)

Wastach to Alta
Built by Wasatch & Jordan Valley RR 1876
mapped by Don Strack (Utahrails.com)

Wasatch to Alta-2
Built by Wasatch & Jordan Valley RR 1876

Provo to MP 11
11 miles

Vivian Park to Heber City UT
Built by Utah Eastern Ry 1898
to Heber Valley RR

MP11 to Vivian Park UT
Built by Utah Eastern Ry 1898

Old route

Manti to Marysvale UT
Built by Rio Grande Western Ry ??

Nephi to Draper Jct
Built by San Pete Valley Ry 1882

Draper Jct to Chester UT
Built by California Short Line Ry 1884
to San Pete Valley Ry 8-31-1889

Ephraim to Morrison UT
Built by San Pete Valley Ry 1893-94

Ephraim to Chester UT
Built by San Pete Valley Ry 1893

Draper Jct to Wales UT
Built by San Pete Valley Ry 1882
abandoned before 1908

Nebo Jct to Cooper UT
route assumed to be where road is

Stone Quarry spur

Scofield to Clear Creek UT
Built by Carbon County Ry 1899

Clear Creek UT abandoned
Built by Carbon County Ry 1899

Scofield to Winter Quarters UT

Scofield old route

Old route Detour to West Summit

Old route Soldier Summit

Old route S Soldier Summit
possibly old highway

Potters Quarry Spur

Spring Canyon Branch

Acco Mine Spur

Mounds to Sunnyside UT
Built by Carbon County Ry 1899

Sunnyside loop

Columbia Jct old alignment

Old route Verde to Woodside
mapped by James Sonntag

Old route
mapped by James Sonntag

Old route Whitehouse UT to Mack CO
mapped by James Sonntag

Brendel to Potash UT
"Cane Creek Branch"
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1963

Glenwood Springs CO to Aspen CO

Glenwood Springs existing

Old route Tennessee Pass

Leadville to Leadville Jct
"Ryan Cutoff"

Leadville abandoned

Leadville CO to Kokomo CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate in Kokomo area

Kokomo spur

Kokomo to Wheeler CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate

Wheeler to Dillon CO
abandonment approved 12-1-1923
route very approximate

California Gulch Branch
Built 1883 as 36" gauge

Graham Park Branch
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1898 as 36" gauge

Wolfstone Branch
Built 1900

Graham Park Jct to Ibex

Ibex spur

Ibex Spur-2

Banker Mine spur

Fortune Mine spur

Fryers Hill Branch
Built 1881 as 36" gauge

Denver abandoned

Military Jct to Fort Logan

Lehigh Branch
Built 1883 as 36" gauge

Louviers Branch

Hathaway spur
abandoned after 1923

Madge Quarry Spur

Lake Jct to Lake City CO
to San Cristobal Ry 1932
operated 1 year
removed 1936
route approximate

Aberdeen Quarry Spur

Gunnison to Crested Butte CO

Crested Butte to Anthracite CO

Crested Butte to Floresta CO
abandoned 1949-53

Poncha Jct to Maysville CO

Maysville to Monarch CO

Hecla Jct to Calumet CO

Howard to Calcite CO

Canon City to Westcliffe CO

Crews to Colorado Springs
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Colorado Springs to Manitou Springs CO

Chandler Jct to Chandler CO

Fremont Spur

Oak Creek Branch
miles

Coal Creek Branch

Canfield Jct to SE

Old route Swallows to Pueblo
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Ry 1871-72

Pueblo old route

Carbon Jct CO to Farmington NM

Arboles old route

Tropic Spur
removed 1935

Walsenburg to Alamo CO
Built to Pictou 1888
to Strong 1904
to Toga 1907
to Alamo 1923 removed 1924 to 1968

Rouse Jct to Rouse

Old Rouse

Engleville to El Moro CO
removed 1930

El Moro to Trinidad CO
Built by Trinidad & Denver RR 1887
route uncertain

Boncarbo to Longdale Jct CO

Trinidad unknown
D&RGW???

Larimer to Mustang CO

Taos Jct to La Madera NM
route uncertain

Walsenburg to Southern Jct
Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR 1910-11
operated jointly with C&S

Denver & Salt Lake

Utah Jct (Denver) to Steamboat Springs
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Utah Jct (Denver) to Steamboat Springs CO
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Utah Jct to Pullman
Built by Northwestern Terminal Ry 1906-08
controlled by Denver & Salt Lake Ry

Moffat Tunnel

Rollins Pass
Built by Denver Northwestern & Pacific Ry 1903-1909
to Denver & Salt Lake RR 5-1-1913

Craig to Steamboat Springs CO
Built by Denver & Salt Lake RR 1913
to Denver & Rio Grande Western RR control

Craig to Axial CO
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1978

Empire Spur

Ute Spur

Adams Jct to Energy CO

Curtis Mine Spur
Built by Denver & Salt Lake RR

Routt-Pinnacle Mine

McGregor Mine Spur

Dotsero Cutoff
Built by Denver & Rio Grande Western RR 1932-34
see http://www.drgw.net/info/DotseroCutoff

Springville UT to Elberta UT
Built by Tintic Range Ry 1892

Elberta UT to Eureka UT
Built by Tintic Range Ry 1892

1940 line relocation

Line relocation?

Pearl UT to Dividend UT

Flora UT to Iron King UT

Summit UT to Gemini UT

Summit UT to Eagle & Blue Bell Mine

Eureka UT to Silver City UT
Built by Tintic Range Ry 1893

Silver City to Tintic Mills