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D&RGW 169 Power type Steam Reference [1] Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 7028 Build date 1883 Configuration 4-6-0 UIC classification 2′C n2 Gauge 3 ft (914 mm) Driver diameter 46 in (1,168 mm) Weight on drivers 50,643 lb (23.0 t) Locomotive weight 70,550 lb (32.0 t) Fuel type Coal Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 14 × 20 in (356 × 508 mm) Tractive effort c. 12,000 lbf (53.38 kN) Career D&RG » D&RGW Class D&RG: 47,
DRGW: T-12Number D&RGW: 169 Last run 1938 Retired 1941 Current owner City of Alamosa Disposition Static Display Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No.169
Location: Along Chamber Dr. within Cole Park, Alamosa, Colorado Coordinates: 37°28′10.6″N 105°51′43.1″W / 37.469611°N 105.861972°WCoordinates: 37°28′10.6″N 105°51′43.1″W / 37.469611°N 105.861972°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1883 Architect: Baldwin Locomotive Works Architectural style: Narrow gauge steam locomotive Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 01000230[2] Added to NRHP: March 12, 2001 Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 169 is a 4-6-0, Ten Wheeler type, narrow gauge steam steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the second largest drivers used on any three foot gauge D&RGW locomotive. (The K-37s which were originally standard gauge have 55 in (1,400 mm) drivers.)[1]
During its operational life it was used on all of the major D&RGW narrow gauge lines. It appears in two Otto Perry photographs on the branch to Santa Fe, New Mexico in April 1933.[3] It was taken out of service in 1938 and then refurbished in 1939 to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941, the railroad donated it to the City of Alamosa and it has been in Cole Park there since.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No.169 in 2001.[2]
References
- ^ a b Official Roster No. 11 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad System. Denver: The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad System. April 1, 1923.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Perry, Otto. "D&RGW #169 (photograph)". Photos West. http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00007423+OP-7423. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "The History of Engine 169 And Railroading in Alamosa, Colorado". Museum Trail.org. http://museumtrail.org/Engine169.asp. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
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