D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle

Cimarron Canyon trestle
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
NRHP reference #

76000172

[1]
Added to NRHP June 18, 1976
Cimarron Canyon trestle, October 2012

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's Cimarron Canyon trestle, listed as D&RG Narrow Gauge Trestle on the National Register of Historic Places, is a narrow-gauge railroad deck truss bridge crossing the Cimarron River, within the Curecanti National Recreation Area near Cimarron, Colorado.

The bridge was built in 1895 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, replacing a wooden trestle that was built sometime around 1882. The bridge was originally 288 feet (88 m) long but only the central span of it remains today. Today this narrow-gauge trestle is the last remaining railroad bridge 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 3 ft (914 mm) gauge. The steam locomotive is D&RGW #278, a 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1882.[2] 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 its 16,000 pounds of tractive effort. The boxcar, D&RGW #3132, was built in 1904 by the American Car and Foundry. While Caboose #0577 was manufactured in 1886.

Restoration

Since July 2010, the Cimarron Canyon trestle and the rolling stock displayed on it, including the D&RGW #278 steam locomotive, have been in the process of being cosmetically restored. As a result, the stock was removed from the bridge and stored in a nearby maintenance yard in Cimarron.[3] Once the entire restoration process is completed, the rolling stock will either return to the bridge or be displayed nearby.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ D&RGW-related Steam Locomotive Rosters
  3. ↑ "Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. ↑ National Park Service – Cimarron Train Restoration Project


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