Rio Grande in Utah
This page was last updated on March 6, 2013.
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This group of pages includes information about Denver & Rio Grande, and all its variations — D&RG, RGW, and D&RGW.
Rio Grande in Utah, before 1908
Denver & Rio Grande Railway (in Colorado) ( 1870-1880) — Information about D&RG in Colorado, before it came to Utah.
Scofield Railroads — Information about the three railroads controlled by Charles W. Scofield; controlled by D&RGW in 1880 and sold to D&RGW in 1882-1883.
- Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd Railroad (1872-1881)
- Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad (1872-1882)
- Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway (1875-1881)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway (1881-1889) — Information about the original Rio Grande lines in Utah, until the organization of the Rio Grande Western
Rio Grande Western Railway (1889-1908) — Information about the D&RGW after it was reorganized to be converted to standard gauge.
Rio Grande in Utah, after 1908
Rio Grande In Utah 1908 to 1988 — An index page of information about Denver & Rio Grande in Utah, from 1908 to the SP merger of 1988.
Rio Grande In Utah 1988 to 1996 (as part of SP) — A chronological listing and research notes of events and history on D&RGW trackage and locations in Utah from 1988 to 1996. I call this Rio Grande's Merger Era. This was when D&RGW was associated with Southern Pacific.
Rio Grande In Utah After 1996 (as part of UP) — A chronological listing and research notes of major events on and around former D&RGW trackage and locations, after control of D&RGW and SP by Union Pacific in September 1996.
Other Rio Grande in Utah Information
Rio Grande Western, Standard Gauged (1890) — Information from the January and November issues of Railroad gazette, about the RGW being converted to standard gauge.
Rio Grande, West Of Grand Junction — A summary of all of the Rio Grande stations and sidings along Rio Grande's main line in Utah. (incomplete, work continues)
Rio Grande in Utah - Branchline Summary — A summary of all of the Rio Grande branch lines in Utah.
Rio Grande In Utah - Sunnyside Branch — A separate page for Rio Grande's Sunnyside Branch in eastern Utah.
D&RGW System Maps — Single page images of various D&RGW system maps
D&RGW Condensed Track Profiles — Pages form D&RGW's Condensed Profile books for the Salt Lake Division in 1923 and 1934, and for the entire system in 1969.
D&RGW Employee Timetables — A summary of D&RGW's Utah lines by using the employee timetables from 1938 through to the SP era after 1988.
"When Thistle Vanished" — An article by Hol Wagner about the Thistle slide of April 1983, taken from Trains magazine, July 1983. (used with the author's permission)
Copper Plant Accident — The ICC report of the March 5, 1912 accident at the Copper Plant Spur, just north of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cuprum Accident — The ICC report of the February 15, 1912 accident at Cuprum Yard, in Bingham Canyon, Utah.
Thistle Accident — The ICC report of the October 14, 1914 accident at Thistle, Utah.
Soldier Summit Accident — The ICC report of the October 16, 1917 accident at Soldier Summit, Utah.
Rio Grande in Utah, General Notes
Utah Copper Trackage Agreements — Information about joint trackage agreements between D&RGW and Utah Copper, transcribed from Agreement cards on file at D&RGW Utah Division offices in August 1983
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