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slimjim
December 19th, 2005, 11:06 PM
December 19th, 1882,

Denver & Rio Grande reaches Utah border. Because the D&RG had no charter to operate in Utah, William Palmer incorporated the mileage in that state separately as the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway.
BoxcabE50
December 20th, 2005, 12:35 AM
Jim-

Where did the Rio Grande Western RR fit into this picture? It's always been a bit confusing to me.

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Boxcab E50
Stourbridge Lion
December 20th, 2005, 03:22 AM
I didn't know that...

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HemiAdda2d
December 23rd, 2005, 11:08 PM
Yeah, the RGW, DRG, and DRGW always mixes me up too...
slimjim
December 24th, 2005, 07:18 AM
Denver:

Starting point


Rio Grande:

Build south to the Rio Grande River then on to points south


Western:

Build west from Denver
Originally posted by BoxcabE50:
Jim-

Where did the Rio Grande Western RR fit into this picture? It's always been a bit confusing to me.

graemlins/headscratch.gif

Boxcab E50
chessie
December 30th, 2005, 03:22 AM
O.K.... good info!

Harold