These black
50’ steel-side, 14-panel gondolas with fi xed ends have the multi-color,
circular “Rio Grande Main Line Thru the Rockies” logo, lettering
in white and run on
black Barber® roller bearing trucks. The D&RGW served
mainly as a transcontinental bridge line between Denver, Colorado,
and Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a major origin of coal and mineral
traffi c with a motto of ‘Through the Rockies, not around them.’
The Rio Grande was the epitome of mountain railroading, operating
the highest mainline rail line in the United States with an elevation
over 10,240 ft (3121 m) at Tennessee Pass. |
