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A Catalog of Captive D&RGW Cabooses

The Society maintains this listing of all captive (preserved) D&RGW cabooses that are either still in use (i.e. on the narrow gauge lines), on display at varied museums, stored with public access, or privately owned. This list of cabooses was originally compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick in 1999 and we strive to maintain this list of cabooses as best as possible.

Updates

Latest updates to the list are in BOLD below and details are in the comments at the bottom of the page.

See Something missing

If you know of a captive Rio Grande cabooses not listed or have any updates or corrections to the information below, we'd love to hear about it.  Contact the RGM&HS webmaster at: rgmhswebmaster@rgmhs.org.

To see the complete listing cabooses rostered by the D&RGW drgw-caboose-roster-1885-1993

Note

Not all of these cabooses are accessible, understand that most of the stored and private cabooses do not have or have limited public access.  Permission from those individual owners is recommended prior to a visit.

Cabooses

CAR # City State Gauge Notes & Location Information
0306 Chama NM NG replica, made from wooden boxcar, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
0313 Aztec NM NG replica, made from wooden boxcar, Aztec Museum, 125 North Main, 505
0500 Durango CO NG as Durango & Silverton 0500, wood, cupola, built 1886, Depot, from
0501 Durango CO NG no markings, wood, cupola, Jackson Place, off 8th Avenue
0503 Chama NM NG as C&TS 0503, wood, cupola, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, 505-7
0504 ? ME NG LOCATION?
0505 Durango CO NG as D&SNG 0505, wood, cupola, Durango & Silverton NG Railroad, 303-2
0510 ? NG JA RGS W409/0409, Disney Japan?, from Heritage Square, Golden, Colorado
0516 Silverton CO NG as SRR 17, ex-D&RG 17, ex-SG&N 17, ex-SN 005, wood, cupola, blt. 1918
0517 Fairplay CO NG no markings, wood, cupola, South Park City Mus., with United Fruit
0518 Durango CO NG wood, cupola, D&RGW Hist. Foundation, 586 Animas Drive, 970-259-949
0524 Golden CO NG wood, cupola, built 1880 by D&RG, Colorado Railroad Museum, POB 10,
0526 Flint MI NG wood, cupola, stored at Huckleberry Railroad, Bray Road, 810-736-17
0540 Durango CO NG as D&SNG 0540, wood, cupola, Durango & Silverton NG Railroad, 303-2
0548 Golden CO NG as D&RG 49, wood, cupola, Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 West 44th
0573 Ogden UT NG Donated to Utah State Railroad Museum, from Farmington, Utah, destroyed in 2006 Shupe-Williams Candy Factory fire in which three narrow gauge train cars (a gondola, boxcar, and caboose 0573) were burned. Engine D&RGW 223 survived the fire
0574 Eckert? CO NG north of Orchard City, GONE TO Silver Plume?
0575 Ouray CO NG wood, cupola, Ouray City Park and Pool, off US 550
0576 Salida CO NG Owned by city, was sitting on tender trucks, moved from Salida Museum to the end of North F Street in downtown Salida across the Arkansas River in the old railroad yard on Mar. 29, 2014, Currently in Silverton being restored by Klinke & Lew with new frame and proper trucks, planned to return to Salida by end of year (07/2023)
0577 Cimarron CO NG wood, cupola, Curecanti National Recreation Area, US 50, w/D&RGW 27
0578 Golden CO NG wood, cupola, built 1886 by D&RG, Colorado Railroad Museum, 303-279
0579 Antonito CO NG Completely restored, ex-C&TS 0579, wood, cupola, and now in use with charters on C&TS
0580 Del Norte CO NG no markings, wood, cupola, sitting on trucks, Visitor Info. Center,
0584 Royal Gorge CO NG Destroyed in the Royal Gorge (forest) Fire in June 2013; wood, cupola, Royal Gorge Park, was displayed inside gate with D&RGW 499 steam locomotive.
0585 Fairplay CO NG no markings, wood, end cupola, Main Street at South Park City, need
0586 Silver Plume CO NG wood, end cupola, Georgetown Loop Railroad Depot, other railroad eq
0587 Hesston IN NG trucks and frame only, burned in car barn fire
0588 Lake City CO NG wood, end cupola, Visitor Information Center
0589 Gunnison CO NG wood, cupola, Pioneer Museum, US 50, with D&RGW 268 steam loco, 800
0825 Westcliffe CO STD 825, wood construction, end cupola, no trucks, Seifert's, 1 mile north on Rt 69, Moved to town in Westcliffe sitting on freight car trucks at museum (07/2023)
0952 Cripple Creek CO STD wood, cupola, sitting on CB&Q trucks, Cripple Creek & Victor Depot,
1100 Tooele UT STD as TVR 04, wood, cupola, Tooele County RR Museum, 35 North Broadway
01108 Westcliffe CO STD wood construction, center cupola, on Boviard's Iron Horse Ranch, 6 mi north of town
1126 Fraser CO STD no markings, wood, no trucks, Byers Peak Ranch, Co. 73, James Delan
1132 Pueblo CO STD wood, end cupola, Resulana Road, east of 29th Lane, south of US 50
1152 Lake City CO STD wood construction, end cupola, privately owned by Tom Russell, located a few miles north of town is not sitting on trucks (07/2023)
1157 Masonville CO STD wood, cupola, no trucks, Cabin, Buckhorn Rd. (CO 27 to CO 44H), 15
1390 Kremmling CO STD steel, cupola, M.G.McCall, CO Rd 162, off Red Dirt Road, north of R
1391 Golden CO STD as D&SL 10060, Colorado Railroad Museum
1401 Weld County CO STD Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Canton area?
1402 Canon City CO STD Royal Gorge Information Center, Burger King, US 50, east side of to
1405 Weld County CO STD Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Canton area?
1407 Citrus Height CA STD Jim Dobbas Equipment & Scrap, 7920 Antelope Road, SOLD?
1408 Bayfield CO STD Pine River Ranch, 5 miles north on CO Rd 501, information - William
1409 Antelope CA STD Jim Dobbas Equipment & Scrap, 7920 Antelope Road, SOLD?
1414 Portola CA STD Portola Railroad Museum, 700 Western Pacific Way, 96122, 916-832-41
1416 Cardondale CO STD Denver & New Orleans RR Club, Parker, CO.  Sold & moved to Caboose (Hobbies) in Lakewood, Co. Feb. 2018, Moved to Carbondale, Co. 2023
1417 Ringoes NJ STD Black River & Western Railroad
1418 Heber Valley UT STD 160 North 900 East Spainish Forks UT, Moved to Heber Valley Railroad UT
1420 Mapleton UT STD Private Owner, located in backyard, seeking more information - Sept. 2020
1422 Ringoes NJ STD Black River & Western Railroad
1423 Alamosa CO STD in local service, Union Pacific Yard
1427 Parker CO STD blt. 6/42, Vince Dandurand, 8000 N. Silo Dr., e. of Hilltop, n. of
1428 Citrus Height CA STD Jim Dobbas Equipment & Scrap, 7920 Antelope Road, SOLD?
1431 Chiloquin OR STD Quentin Breen, Train Mountain Park, 36941 South Chiloquin Road
1432 Pueblo CO STD Union Depot, Pueblo Locomotive & Rail Historical Society
1433 Tuscon AZ STD as RGEX 01433, owned by Dan Quiat & stored on siding Strasburg Colo, sold in 2001 to a hobby shop owner in Arizona City, Arizona, In 2005  moved to Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum in Tuscon AZ
1435 Westcliffe CO STD Visitor Information Center, Main Street
1438 Denver? CO STD Iron & Metal Scrap Yard, 54th & Franklin, SOLD TO Dan Quiat or SCRA
1440 Santa Fe NM STD as Santa Fe Southern Railroad Billboard, ex-SFS 02, Cerrillos Road
1441 Walsenburg CO STD Next to C&S Depot downtown Walsenburg, Colo.
1444 Santa Fe NM STD as Santa Fe Southern 01
1447 Denver CO STD UP Burnham Yard, Denver. Donated & moved to Forney Museum in Denver, along w/ DRGW GP-30 3006 by UP Feb. 2018
1448 Hot Sulpur Springs CO STD Pioneer Village Museum (Grand County Hist. Society), was the Ski Train information caboose from Winter Park, Colorado
1457 Ogden UT STD Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden Union Station
1459 Roseville? CA STD private, edge of town?, LOCATION?
1461 Eagle CO STD Eagle County Historical Society, Repainted (07/04/2023)
1465 Denver CO STD ANSCO, Union Pacific Burnham Yard
1466 Weld County CO STD as SP 01466, painted for layout on Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Can
1468 Citrus Height CA STD Jim Dobbas Equipment & Scrap, 7920 Antelope Road, SOLD?
1469 Tuscon AZ STD Arizona Railway Museum, Erie and Delaware Streets, 602-821-1108 STD
1477 Weld County CO STD as SSW 01477, painted for layout on Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Ca
1480 Train Mountain OR STD Sold to short line operator Modoc Northern, sometime in 2006, 2009 stored on UP siding Tule Lake, CA until 2020 after short line ceased operations, sold to private owner and moved to property near Train Mountain, Oregon. Picture on trailer before move in 2020
1481 Cheyenne WY STD as DODX 01481, steel, cupola, US Navy, Alliant Technical Systems, Stored in Cheyenne, WY. with UP Steam in 2005 (updated 3-2020)
1482 Lompac CA STD Assigned to SP Railroad Police (painted white), still owned by UP and is currently stored out of service on the UP's Lompoc Branch in Lompoc, California. It has been stored there since 2014  (updated 3-2021)
1483 Payton CO STD As DODX 01483, steel, cupola, US Navy, Alliant Technical Systems, Stored in Cheyenne with UP Steam until sold to Dave Varilek in 2006 and moved his private property to Fremont, Neb. in 3-2020. Purchased by Patrick Jaeger and moved to Peyton (06-2022)
1484 Galisteo NM STD as Santa Fe Southern 04, from Lamy, LOCATION?
1486 Cheyenne WY STD as DODX 01486, steel, cupola, US Navy, Alliant Technical Systems, Stored in Cheyenne, WY. with UP Steam in 2005 (updated 3-2020)
1488 Santa Fe NM STD ex-Santa Fe Southern 03, Depot, from Lamy
1489 Pueblo CO STD in local service, Union Pacific Yard
1490 Phippsburg CO STD as DODX 01490, steel, cupola, US Navy, Alliant Technical Systems, Moved to Phippsburg, CO., Location? (updated 3-2020)
1490 Dillsboro NC STD actually N&W 518690, Great Smoky Mountains Railway, POB 397, 28725,
1501 Colorado Springs CO STD as RGEX 01501 stored on siding, in Strasburg, Colo., Sold to Trolley Museum in Colorado Springs
1502 Steamboat Springs CO STD Displayed next to Steamboat Springs old Depot
1503 Heber Valley UT STD Restored by members of the Promontory Chapter of the NRHS and moved to Heber Valley Railroad in (09-2021)
1504 Ogden UT STD Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden Union Station
1505 Chandler AZ STD as RGEX 01505, owned by Dan Quiat & stored on siding Strasburg Co, sold in 2001 to a hobby shop owner in Arizona City, Arizona, In 2005 purchased by a private owner in Casa Grande, Arizona, in 2007 moved to Arizona Railway Museum and donated to museum in 2022
1508 Salem UT STD 500 East 800 South, with SP 1933 & SSW 72 cabooses
1510 Bonsal NC STD Was at Union Depot in Pueblo, Dean Sedinger was the owner, when he passed sold to Carolina Power (as CPRX 10009) and light and used as an escort for trains hauling nuclear materials for the Harris Nuclear Plant.  recently donated to the North Carolina Railway Museum (07/2023)
1511 Durango CO STD actually ATSF 999250, Home, 578 Animas View Dr., along D&SNG, w/2nd
1513 Colorado Spgs CO STD in local service, Union Pacific Yard
1516 Pueblo CO STD Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad, GOING TO Canon City?
1521 Denver CO STD Denver & Intermountain Railroad, Denver & Rock Island Railroad, 474
1522 Pueblo CO STD in local service, Union Pacific Yard
1523 Clovis CA STD as C&S 01523, Randy Johnson, LOCATION?
1524 Phippsburg CO STD in local service, Union Pacific Yard
4343 Weld County CO NG Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Canton area?
4982 Chama NM STD wood, no cupola, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, POB 789, 87520,
4990 Boulder CO NG Part of display in Central Park, Broadway & Canyon Blvd, w/C&N Rwy 30 loco & D&RGW Caboose. Display was dismantled in 2013 due to an attempt to burn down the caboose, which was later restored by Jason Midette. The locomotive and the passenger car, and the work caboose are at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Some sources say on loan and others say donated (updated 8-2020)
014238? Westcliffe CO STD wood, cupola, no trucks, blt from boxcar, Seifert's/Norup Gas, 6016
? Alamosa River CO STD Cabin, LOCATION?
? Colorado Spgs CO STD Jones, n. of Woodmen Dr., north off east end of Westwood Drive

Reference:

  • Eager, Jim, 1996, Rio Grande Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment; Edison, NJ, Morning Sun Books, 128 pages.
  • Maxwell, John W., & Hubbard, J. L., 1987, Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Vol. 5: Cabooses of the D&RGW: unknown, 160 pages.
  • Sloan, Robert E., 1979, D&RG and D&RGW Caboose: Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 2, May/June, pages. 28

 

Comments(2)

  1. Reply
    RGM&HS Webmaster says:

    John Tudek mentioned that the Eagle County Historical Society has about completed their repainting of the 01461. Cost was about $5,255 with $534 of that for the polyurethane paint alone. They contracted with a local professional company to handle it as it was pretty much beyond the volunteers. Shown are the scans are before and after repainting.

  2. Reply
    RGM&HS Webmaster says:

    Jerry Day reported recently caboose 01416 that was on display for years at Caboose Hobby Shop in Lakewood is now on display alongside the highway at Carbondale. It is on private property and fenced in.

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