Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Company
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft narrow-gauge line running south from... Wikipedia
Founded: 1870
Founder: William Jackson Palmer
Successors: Southern Pacific Transportation Company and Union Pacific Railroad
Headquarters: Denver, CO
Reporting mark: DRGW
Track gauge: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge