Rio Grande Diesel Locomotives

Compiled by Don Strack

This page was last updated on December 20, 2002

Rio Grande Diesel Locomotive Roster — An index page for a complete roster listing of D&RGW's diesel locomotive fleet, from 1941 to eventual retirement and disposition by Union Pacific.

Rio Grande Diesel Roster Notes — A page of additional information about the use of steam generators, and external changes to the carbodies on D&RGW F units.

Rio Grande Diesel Roster Sources — A list of sources used to compile the accompanying D&RGW diesel locomotive roster.

Rio Grande Motive Power Chronology — A chronological listing of D&RGW standard gauge steam and diesel locomotive purchases and retirements from 1941 to 2002.

Rio Grande Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes — A narrative of the colors and paint schemes used by D&RGW for its diesel locomotive fleet.

How Many EMD F5s Did Rio Grande Have? — A page that discusses the interim F5 locomotive from EMD, and its place in D&RGW diesel locomotive history.

EMC's FT Locomotive — A discussion of EMC's FT locomotive by Wallace Abbey, former EMD employee.

Rio Grande's F3s and GP7s — A discussion about modeling D&RGW's F3s and GP7s.

Rio Grande's SD40T-2s — A compiled listing of features of D&RGW's SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, from the D&RGW discussion groups at Yahoo Groups.

D&RGW Locomotives on UP — A list of D&RGW locomotives and their corresponding UP road numbers.