
The list all captive cabooses that are on display, stored near public access or privately owned. Some of the stored and most private cabooses require permission prior to inspection. Some locations are from other listings, including railroad historical societies, and this information is old. Some may have been moved or scrapped since this list was orginially compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick in September 1999.
Recent Cabooses notes & locations updated: 01441, 01447, 0576, 0579 and 0584. If you know of captive Rio Grande cabooses not on the list or have updates or corrections to the information below, we'd love to hear about it.
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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. 18 |
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 | Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden Union Station, from Farmington, U |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
0580 | Del Norte | CO | NG | no markings, wood, cupola, sitting on trucks, Visitor Info. Center, |
0584 | Royal Gorge | CO | NG | ![]() |
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 | 0?25, wood, end cupola, no trucks, Seifert's, 1 mile north on Rt 69 |
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 |
01101? | Heber City | UT | STD | as Heber Creeper Baking Co., ex-UR 53, wood, cupola, had side door? |
01108? | Texas Creek | CO | STD | as 01180, wood, center cupola, Boviard's Iron Horse Ranch, 6 mi sou |
1120 | Thistle | UT | STD | ex-Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway?, wood, cupola, 4 wheel, on hill ? |
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 |
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 | Lakewood | CO | STD | Denver & New Orleans RR Club, Parker, CO. ![]() |
1417 | Ringoes | NJ | STD | Black River & Western Railroad |
1418 | Spanish Fork | UT | STD | 160 North 900 East |
1420 | Mapleton | UT | STD | ![]() |
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 | Strasburg | CO | STD | stored on siding, Dan Quiat, owner, 303-759-1000, from Denver |
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 | Depot |
1444 | Santa Fe | NM | STD | as Santa Fe Southern 01 |
1447 | Denver | CO | STD | UP Burnham Yard, Denver. ![]() |
1448 | Hot Sulpur Sp | CO | STD | Ski Train scheme, Grand County Hist. Society, from Winter Park, wi |
1457 | Ogden | UT | STD | Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden Union Station |
1459 | Roseville? | CA | STD | private, edge of town?, LOCATION? |
1461 | Eagle | CO | STD | Museum at Visitor Information Center, I-70 rest area |
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 | Chandler | AZ | STD | Arizona Railway Museum, Erie and Delaware Streets, 602-821-1108 |
1477 | Weld County | CO | STD | as SSW 01477, painted for layout on Anschutz Eagle Ranch, Hardin/Ca |
1480 | Denver? | CO | STD | Union Pacific North Yard, SOLD TO? |
1481 | Cheyenne | WY | STD | ![]() |
1482 | Lompac | CA | STD | ![]() |
1483 | Fremont | NEB | STD | ![]() |
1484 | Galisteo | NM | STD | as Santa Fe Southern 04, from Lamy, LOCATION? |
1486 | Cheyenne | WY | STD | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1490 | Dillsboro | NC | STD | actually N&W 518690, Great Smoky Mountains Railway, POB 397, 28725, |
1501 | Strasburg | CO | STD | stored on siding, Dan Quiat, owner, 303-759-1000, from Denver |
1502 | Steamboat Spgs | CO | STD | Depot |
1503 | Helper | UT | STD | in local service, Union Pacific Yard |
1504 | Ogden | UT | STD | Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden Union Station |
1505 | Strasburg | CO | STD | as GREX 01505, stored on siding, Dan Quiat, owner, 303-759-1000 |
1508 | Salem | UT | STD | 500 East 800 South, with SP 1933 & SSW 72 cabooses |
1510 | Pueblo | CO | STD | Union Depot, Dean Sedinger, owner |
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