D&RGW History?

[BoxcabE50]

What years were Wilson McCarthy/Henry Swan the appointed receivers? What was the date the RR emerged from being entrusted?

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Boxcab E50

[r_i_straw]

Originally posted by BoxcabE50:
What years were Wilson McCarthy/Henry Swan the appointed receivers? What was the date the RR emerged from being entrusted?

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Boxcab E50 If I recall correctly, it was November of 1935. I don't know how long it lasted.

[slimjim]

What years were Wilson McCarthy/Henry Swan the appointed receivers? What was the date the RR emerged from being entrusted?November 1935:
D&RGW placed into receivership, with Wilson McCarthy and Henry Swan appointed as receivers. (Athearn, p. 307) D&SL was also placed into receivership in December 1934 with McCarthy appointed as the receiver. (Athearn, p. 304)

April 11, 1947:
Property of the D&RGW was sold to the reorganized D&RGW, merging the old D&RGW with the Denver & Salt Lake Railway, the Denver & Salt Lake Western Railroad (the Dotsero Cutoff), the Rio Grande Junction Railroad, and the Goshen Valley Railroad. (Athearn, p. 328; LeMassena, p. 163)

Source:
Don Strack (http://www.utahrails.net/drgw/rg-in-ut-1908-1988.php)

[BoxcabE50]

Thanks! That's plenty of info.

Do you have any further info on the Denver, Salt Lake & Western? Was it merely a paper entity? Or actually considered to be an operating company?

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Boxcab E50

[4X2DSP]

Check out this one for some info that Hemi passed on to me, it looks like they built some trackage at least:

http://www.ghostdepot.com/rg/maps/profiles/drgw%20profile%209.gif

Here's the home page for lots more info:

http://www.ghostdepot.com/

[ June 25, 2005, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: 4X2DSP ]

[BoxcabE50]

Jeff-

Good information in that profile page link. Sometimes this railroad history stuff can sure be a tangled web!

Thanks!

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Boxcab E50