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Purpose of Railroad C R Terminal (connecting) Railroad, in Industrial region F R Branchline Railroad built to connect with farming area IR Industrial Railroad, serving a factory and or being operated by such L R Lumber Railroad, serving lumber area M R Branchline Railroad built to serve mines T R Tourist Railroad U R Urban Railway, Tramway X X Major carrier

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Name Gauge/Time/Purpo se Route Remarks Raton Coal and Coke Company NG / 1886 - 1906 / IR Mine in Starkville   Rawhide Shortline SG / ???? - Today / CR Platte River Junction (BN) - Rawhide Power Plant (north of Ft. Collins)   Rio Grande Junction RY SG / / XX Grand Junction - Glenwood Springs Operated by Colorado Midland and Denver and Rio Grande Western Rio Grande Pagosa and Northern RR NG / 1899 - 1908 / LR Pagosa Junction - Pagosa Springs (Conecting with Denver and Rio Grande) Bought by Denver and Rio Grande 1908 Rio Grande Pagosa Springs RR NG / ???? - ????/ MR Lumberton - Edith - Flaugh Connected with Denver and Rio Grande Western West of Chama Rio Grande Southern NG / 1889 - 1951 / XX Ridgway - Vance Jct. - Rico - Dolores - Mancos - Durango Branchlines: Ridgway - Ouray Vance Jct. - Pandora Rico - Black Hawk Rico - Enterprise Red Rock - Red Rock Quarry May Day Jct. - May Day Mine Hesperus - Hesperus Mine Ute - Ute Mine See Article on this Homepage Rio Grande Western SG / 1889 - 1908 / XX Ogden - Provo - Mine Branches (Utah) Salt Lake City - Grand Junction Colorado Springs - Leadville - Glenwood Springs (ex Colorado Midland) Branchlines in Utah and Colorado to mines and quarries Purchased 50 percent shares of Colorado Midland Ry in 1900 Merged with Denver and Rio Grande 1908 Rocky Mountain RY SG / 1905 - 1908 / TR Lumber Mill at Monarch Lake - Granby Connected with Moffat Road at Granby Mill burned in 1908 Routt County Fuel Company NG / 1909 - 1915 / IR Coal Mine at Oak Creek Connected with Moffat Road Routt Pinnacle Coal Company SG / 1926 - 1934 / IR Coal Mine near Lyons Successor to Pinnacle Coal Company Royal Gorge RR SG / 1996 - today / TR Royal Gorge near Canon City on Ex-Tennessee Pass mainline Tourist Ry operating ex Canadian F-Units in Rio Grande Single Stripe paintscheme through Royal Gorge Royal Gorge Incline RY NG / ???? - Today / TR Royal Gorge near Canon City nr. Ex-Tennessee Pass mainline Tourist Ry leading from top down into the Royal Gorge RUST Logging Company NG / ???? - ???? / IR RUST logging venture Rust - Lumber Spur Connected with Rio Grande Southern

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Name Gauge/Time/Purpose Route Remarks St. Vrain RY SG / 1877 - ???? / MR Erie - St.Vrain Mine Mule drawn carriage San Cristobal RY NG / 1933 - 1939 / MR Lake City - Sapinero   San Luis Central RY SG / 1913 - ???? / FR Sugar Factory Monte Vista Potatoe Farms   San Luis Southern RR SG / 1908 - 1928 / XX Blanca - Jaroso (in St. Lusi Valley) Connected to Denver and Rio Grande San Luis Valley Southern RR SG / 1928 - 1955 / FR Blanca - Jaroso Successor to San Luis Southern San Pete Valley RY SG / 1874 - 1908 / MR Draper Jct. - Chester Bought by Denver and Rio Grande 1907 Silverton RR NG / 1887 - 1904 / MR Silverton - Albany   Silverton RY NG / 1904 - 1921 / MR Silverton - Albany Successor to Silverton RR Silverton Gladstone and Northerly RR NG / 1899 - 1915 / MR Silverton - Gladstone Bought by Silverton Northern RR in 1915 Silverton Northern RR NG / 1895 - 1938 / MR Silverton - Eureka - Animas Fork Silverton - Gladstone (Ex SGaN)   Snowmass Coal Company SG / 1981 - ???? / IR Coal Mine at Carbondale Connected with Denver and Rio Grande Western Southern Colorado Power RY Company SG / 1908 - 1909 / UR Cokedale Bought by Colorado Railway Southern Pacific RR SG / 1983 - 1997 / XX Denver - Salt Lake City Denver - Pueblo Pueblo - Salt Lake City Bought by Denver and Rio Grande Western Name instated as Company name Southern St. Luis Valley SG / 1955 - 1957 / FR Blanca - Jaroso Successor to San Luis Valley Southern RR Stone Mountain Quarry Company SG / 1890 - 1895 / IR Sandstone Quarrie above Lyons

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Name Gauge/Time/Purpose Route Remarks Texas Santa Fe and Northern RR NG / 1880 - 1889 / XX Espanola - Santa Fe Went bancrupt before completion Treasury Mountain SG / 1909 - 1915 / MR Marble Quarry near San Juan   Trinchera Estate Company NG / 1881 - 1918 / MR Placer - Iron Mine Wagon Creek Jct - La Veta   Trinidad Electric SG / 1903 - 1908 / MR Trinidad - Starkville Trinidad - Sopris Trinidad - Cokeville   Trinidad Electric Transmission and Gas Company SG / 1911 - 1950 / UR Trinidad

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Name Gauge/Time/Purpose Route Remarks Uintah RY NG / 1903 - 1939 / MR Mack - Dragon 7.5 percent grades, 75 degree curves so tight special equipment was needed. Replaced by a pipeline in 1939 Union Pacific RR SG / 1845 - today / XX Denver - Salt Lake City Denver - Pueblo Pueblo - Salt Lake City (abandoned) Denver - Cheyenne Pueblo - Kansas City (abandoned) Took over Southern Pacific in 1979 Union Pacific Denver and Gulf RY SG / 1880 - 1899 / XX Cheyenne - Fort Collins -Denver Walsenburg - Trinidad merged into Colorado and Southern U.S. Government SG / ???? - today / ?? Branchlines nr. Denver to weapons arsenal   Utah Rwy. SG / 19XX - 2003 / XX Helper UT - Provo, UT Coal Carrier operating alongside D&RGW. Purchased 2003 by Genesse & Wyoming RR. U.S. Portland Cement Company SG / 1900 - 1927 / IR Coal and Limestone Quarries nr. Florence

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Name Gauge/Time/Purpose Route Remarks Yule Creek RY NG / ???? - ???? / MR Marble - Yule Quarry (South of Glenwood Springs)

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