List of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lines

The following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad , often shortened to Rio Grande or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, is a defunct U.S. railroad company. The railroad started as a narrow gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado in 1870; however, served mainly as a transcontinental...

or its predecessors.

Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union Station

Union Station (Denver)

Union Station is Denver, Colorado, USA's historic train station at 17th and Wynkoop in the LoDo district. The station first opened in 1881.-History:...

) to Pueblo

Fort Logan Branch: Englewood (Military Junction) to Fort Logan
Lehigh Branch: Louviers
Louviers, Colorado
Louviers is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census. The Louviers Post Office has the ZIP Code 80131.-Geography:Louviers is located at ....

(Lehigh Junction) to Lehigh Mine
Castle Rock Branch: Castle Rock
Castle Rock, Colorado
The Town of Castle Rock is the county seat of Douglas County, Colorado, United States and is named for the prominent castle tower-shaped butte near the center of town. It is part of Colorado's Front Range Urban Corridor and is located roughly 28 miles south of Denver and 37 miles north of...

to Hathaway
- O'Brien's Quarry Spur: Hathaway to O'Brien's Quarry
Douglas Quarry Spur: Douglas to Madge Quarry
Manitou Branch: Colorado Springs (Manitou Junction) to Manitou

Royal Gorge Line: Pueblo to Salida via Royal Gorge

Royal Gorge

The Royal Gorge is a canyon on the Arkansas River near Cañon City, Colorado. With a width of at its base and a few hundred feet at its top, and a depth of in places, the 10-mile-long canyon is a narrow, steep gorge through the granite of Fremont Peak...

Coal Creek Branch: Florence to Coal Creek
Oak Creek Branch: Florence (Oak Creek Junction) to Oak Creek
Oak Creek, Colorado
Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 849 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated in 1907 as a coal mining town.-Geography:Oak Creek is located at ....
Chandler Creek Branch: Chandler Junction to Chandler Mine
- Fremont Branch: Fremont Junction to Fremont Mine
Grape Creek Branch: Canon City (Grape Creek Junction) to Westcliffe
Westcliffe, Colorado
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Westcliffe Branch: Texas Creek to Westcliffe
Westcliffe, Colorado
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Howard Branch: Howard's Quarry Junction to Calcite

Tennessee Pass Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Tennessee Pass

Tennessee Pass (Colorado)

Tennessee Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.The pass traverses the continental divide north of Leadville in a gap between the northern end of the Sawatch Range to the west and the northern end of the Mosquito Range to the east...

Calumet Branch: Brown Canon (Hecla Junction) to Calumet
Calumet, Colorado
Calumet is a former mining town founded in 1904, near the portal of the Calumet Coal Mine complex . Calumet is now a ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, northwest of Walsenburg. One of the mines, Calumet No. 2, was briefly owned by Henry J. Kaiser and maintained by Kaiser Steel...
Leadville Branch: Malta to Leadville
- California Gulch Branch: Oro Junction to Rowe Mill
- Ibex Branch: Leadville to Ibex
  - Graham Park Branch: Graham Park Junction to Tucson
- Blue River Branch: Leadville to Dillon
  Dillon, Colorado
  Dillon is a home rule municipality in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 802 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dillon is located at ....
Ryan Cut-Off: Leadville Junction to Leadville (Leadville Branch)
Aspen Branch: Glenwood Springs to Aspen

Gunnison Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Marshall Pass

Marshall Pass

Marshall Pass is between Salida and Gunnison at the Continental Divide. Marshall Pass was discovered by, and named for, Lt. William L. Marshall of the Wheeler Survey in 1873...

and Black Canyon

Monarch Branch
Monarch Branch
The Monarch Branch was a branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western which left the narrow gauge transcontinental route at Poncha Junction a few miles west of Salida, Colorado. The narrow gauge branch built in the 1880s served Colorado Fuel & Iron limestone quarry at Monarch, Colorado...

: Poncha Junction to Monarch
Monarch, Colorado
Monarch, formerly named Garfield, is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located near Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The Monarch U.S. Post Office has the ZIP Code 81227....
Mears Junction-Alamosa Line: Mears Junction to Alamosa
- Orient Branch: Villa Grove
  Villa Grove, Colorado
  Villa Grove is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The Villa Grove Post Office has the ZIP Code 81155.- History :...
  
  to Orient
- Crestone Branch: Moffat
  Moffat, Colorado
  Moffat is a Statutory Town in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The population was 114 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Moffat is located at ....
  
  to Cottonwood
  Cottonwood, Colorado
  Cottonwood is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 931 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a census-designated place...
Pitkin Branch: Parlin
Parlin, Colorado
Parlin is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The Parlin Post Office has the ZIP Code 81239....

to Quartz
Crested Butte Branch: Gunnison to Anthracite
- Ruby-Anthracite Branch: Crested Butte
  Crested Butte, Colorado
  Crested Butte is a Home Rule Municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. A former coal mining town now called "the last great Colorado ski town," Crested Butte is a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities...
  
  to Floresta
Baldwin Branch: Gunnison to Baldwin
- Kubler Branch: Castleton to Kubler
Aberdeen Branch: Gunnison (Aberdeen Junction) to Aberdeen Quarry
Lake City Branch: Sapinero
Sapinero, Colorado
Sapinero is an unincorporated community now located on the shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir in the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Gunnison now serves Sapinero postal addresses.-Geography:Sapinero is located at...

to Lake City
Lake City, Colorado
The Town of Lake City is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 375 at the U.S. Census 2000...
Ouray Branch: Montrose to Ouray
Ouray, Colorado
The historic City of Ouray is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 813 at the U.S. Census 2000 and 1,000 as of the U.S. Census 2010...
North Fork Branch: Delta (North Fork Junction) to Oliver

Utah Division: Grand Junction to Ogden

Ballard and Thompson Railroad: Thompson to Sego
Sego, Utah
Sego is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It lies in the narrow, winding Sego Canyon, in the Book Cliffs some north of Thompson Springs. Formerly an important eastern Utah coal mining town, Sego was inhabited about 1910–1955...
Cane Creek Branch: Brendel to Potash
Sunnyside Branch: Mounds to Sunnyside
Spring Canyon Branch: Helper (Spring Canyon Junction) to Mutual
Kenilworth Branch: Helper (Kenilworth Junction) to Kenilworth
Kenilworth, Utah
Kenilworth is a census-designated place in northern Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census. It lies along State Route 157 north of the city of Price, the county seat of Carbon County. Although it is unincorporated, Kenilworth has a post office, with the ZIP...
Jennings and Potter's Quarry Branch: Kyune (Jennings Junction) to quarries
Pleasant Valley Branch: Colton
Colton, Utah
-External links:* at GhostTowns.com* at Legends of America...

to Clear Creek
Clear Creek, Utah
Clear Creek is a small census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah, located at the south end of State Route 96 and the Pleasant Valley Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad .-History:...
- Winter Quarters Spur: Scofield
  Scofield, Utah
  Scofield is a town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 28 at the 2000 census. Scofield's name is frequently applied to the 1900 mine disaster in the Pleasant Valley Coal Company's Winter Quarters mine. The community was named for General Charles W...
  
  to Winter Quarters
  Winter Quarters, Utah
  Winter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners were delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name...
Marysvale Branch: Thistle to Marysvale
- San Pete Valley Branch: Ephraim to Nephi
  - Morrison Branch: Ephraim to Morrison
  - Castle Valley Branch: Salina to Nioche
Tintic Branch: Springville to Silver City
Silver City, Utah
Silver City is a ghost town located at the mouth of Dragon Canyon on the west flank of the East Tintic Mountains in northeast Juab County in central Utah, United States. It was a silver mining town approximately south-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. This area was considered part of the Tintic...
- Goshen Valley Branch: Pearl to Dividend and Iron King
- Mammoth Spur: Mammoth Junciton to Mammoth Mill
Provo Canyon Branch: Provo to Heber
Orem Branch: Provo (Provo Junction) to Orem
Bingham Branch: Midvale to Bingham
- Garfield Beach Extension: Welby to Garfield
- Dalton and Lark Spur: Dalton to Lark
  Lark, Utah
  Lark is a ghost town located west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Lark was the location of several copper mines.-History:...
- Bingham Branch Extension: Loline Junction to Cuprum
  - Copper Belt Branch: Bingham (Copper Belt Junction) to Montana-Bingham
    - Copper Belt-Carr Fork Branch: Yampa Mine Connection to Yampa Mine
Little Cottonwood Branch: Midvale to Wasatch
Park City Branch: Roper Junction to Park City
Lake Park Branch: Farmington (Lake Park Junction) to Lake Park
Hooper Branch: Roy to Cox

Pueblo-Alamosa Line: Pueblo to Alamosa

Old Main Line: Minnequa (Sonora Junction) to Trinidad; branch from Cuchara Junction to Walsenburg (Walsenburg Junction)
- Rouse Branch: Rouse Junction to Rouse (later began at Mayne and then Monson on the C&S trackage rights)
  - Old Rouse Branch: Old Rouse Junction to Old Rouse Mines
- Engleville Branch: Engleville Junction to Engleville
Zinc Smelter Spur: Minnequa (Zinc Junction) to Blende
Blende, Colorado
Blende is a census-designated place in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 878.-Reference:...
Capers Branch: Mustang to Capers (including part of the Old Main Line near Capers)
Colorado and Southern Railway
Colorado and Southern Railway
The Colorado and Southern Railway was a railroad company in the western United States that operated independently from 1898 to 1908, then as part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad until it was absorbed into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1981.The railway began as the...

trackage rights
Trackage rights
Trackage rights , running rights or running powers is an agreement whereby a railway company has the right to run its trains on tracks owned by another railway company....

: Walsenburg to Longsdale Junction
- Reilly Canon Branch: Longsdale Junction to Boncarbo
  Boncarbo, Colorado
  Boncarbo is an unincorporated town and U.S. Post Office in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Boncarbo Post Office is 81024.-History:...
Loma Branch: Walsenburg (Loma Junction) to Alamo
- New Pacific Mine Spur: Pictou (New Pacific Junction) to New Pacific Mine
Reliance Branch: La Veta (Reliance Junction) to Ojo
Tropic Spur: La Veta (Tropic Junction) to Tropic
Creede Branch: Alamosa to Creede
Creede, Colorado
The historic town of Creede is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, Mineral County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 377 at the U.S. Census 2000.-History:...

Alamosa-Durango Line: Alamosa to Durango

Santa Fe Branch: Antonito
Antonito, Colorado
The Town of Antonito is a statutory town located in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town's population was 873.-Geography:...

to Santa Fe
- La Madera Branch: Taos Junction to La Madera
Chama Lumber Spur: Chama (Biggs Junction) to Tierra Amarilla
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Tierra Amarilla is a small unincorporated town near the Carson National Forest in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the county seat of Rio Arriba County.-History:...
Pagosa Springs Branch: Gato (Pagosa Junction) to Pagosa Springs
Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad: Lumberton to Gallinas
Farmington Branch: Carbon Junction to Farmington
Silverton Branch: Durango to Silverton

Moffat Line: Denver (Union Station

Union Station (Denver)

Union Station is Denver, Colorado, USA's historic train station at 17th and Wynkoop in the LoDo district. The station first opened in 1881.-History:...

) to Dotsero (Tennessee Pass Line) via Moffat Tunnel

Moffat Tunnel

The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer David Moffat, the tunnel's first railroad traffic passed through in February 1928....

Corona Line: Newcomb to Vasquez (old line over Corona Pass; abandoned when Moffat Tunnel
Moffat Tunnel
The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer David Moffat, the tunnel's first railroad traffic passed through in February 1928....

opened)
Craig Branch
Craig Branch
Craig Branch is an Australian alpine skier. He competed for Australia at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 27th place in the Super G at the 2002 Olympics.-External links:...

: Bond
Bond, Colorado
Bond is an unincorporated town and U.S. Post Office in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The Bond Post Office has the ZIP Code 80423.-Geography:...

(Orestod) to Craig
Craig, Colorado
The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,189 at the 2000 census...
- Energy Spur: Hitchens to Energy

Rio Grande Southern Railroad

The Rio Grande Southern Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Durango to Ridgway in the western part of the US state of Colorado...

: Ridgway (Ouray Branch) to Durango

Telluride Branch: Vance Junction to Pandora

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