[1947 HOME MOVIE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1947

Description: This 1947 silent home movie captures a ride on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, featuring steam locomotive #375, a unique C-25 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type built in 1903, which was scrapped in 1949. The film also showcases engine #475, a K-28 class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type, still in service today. Additional scenes include images from the train and a Rio Grande work train with a snowplow. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, established in 1870, was a significant Class I railroad that primarily connected Denver and Salt Lake City and facilitated coal and mineral transport. **Keywords:** 1947, silent film, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, steam locomotive, #375, C-25, 2-8-0, Consolidation, Baldwin Locomotive Works, scrapped, #475, K-28, 2-8-2, Mikado, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, images, work train, snowplow, Rotary OM, Class I railroad, coal, mineral traffic.

Complete Record: This 1947 silent home movie captures a ride on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, featuring steam locomotive #375, a unique C-25 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type built in 1903, which was scrapped in 1949. The film also showcases engine #475, a K-28 class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type, still in service today. Additional scenes include images from the train and a Rio Grande work train with a snowplow. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, established in 1870, was a significant Class I railroad that primarily connected Denver and Salt Lake City and facilitated coal and mineral transport. **Keywords:** 1947, silent film, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, steam locomotive, #375, C-25, 2-8-0, Consolidation, Baldwin Locomotive Works, scrapped, #475, K-28, 2-8-2, Mikado, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, images, work train, snowplow, Rotary OM, Class I railroad, coal, mineral traffic.