D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle

D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Cimarron, Colorado
Coordinates:	38°27′06″N 107°32′59″W / 38.45167°N 107.54972°W / 38.45167; -107.54972Coordinates: 38°27′06″N 107°32′59″W / 38.45167°N 107.54972°W / 38.45167; -107.54972
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1880
Architectural style:	Pratt truss
Governing body:	BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
NRHP Reference#:	76000172 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 18, 1976

The D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Narrow Gauge Trestle) is a narrow gauge railroad trestle crossing of the Cimarron River, located near Cimarron, Colorado, United States. It is within Curecanti National Recreation Area, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The trestle was built in 1895 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad replacing a wooden trestle that was built sometime around 1882. The trestle was originally 288 feet (88 m) long but only a small portion of it remains today. Today the D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle is the last remaining railroad trestle along the Black Canyon of the Gunnison route.

The bridge has a steam locomotive, boxcar, and caboose on display (all from the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge). The steam locomotive is D&RGW #278, a 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1882. The D&RGW used the designation C-16 for this class of locomotive; the letter C stands for consolidation (2-8-0) and the 16 for the number of thousands of pounds of tractive effort of the locomotive. The boxcar, D&RGW #3132, was built in 1904 by the American Car and Foundry. Caboose #0577 was manufactured in 1886.

References

1. ^ "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. 

External links

• National Park Service: Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit