Rio Grande Western Railway Company
Rio Grande Western Railway Company
- [A consolidation June 1889 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company and the State Line Railway Company;] [Purchased by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company in 1901]
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Rio Grande Western Railroad
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Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: Its Report, 1889/90-1900/01.
found: Moody's transp. manual, 1979 (Rio Grande Western Railway Company, was absorbed in 1901 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company)[Info from DI]
found: Robertson, D.B. Enc. of western railroad history, 1986, p. 276 (Rio Grande Western Railway Company; consolidated into Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company 7/31/1908; its predecessors were State Line & Denver Railway Company, inc. 5/16/1889 to 5/16/1889 [ghost railroad, no publs. in LC data base] and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway Company)
found: NUCMC data from Colo. Hist. Soc. Lib. for Carbon County Railway Company. Records, 1899-1900 (Carbon County Railway Company sold to Rio Grande Western Railway Company 1/30/1900)
found: D&RG RR Co. Valleys of the Great Salt Lake, 1890: t.p. (Rio Grande Western Railroad) cover p. 2 (Rio Grande Western Ry)
notfound: NUCMC data from Colo. Hist. Soc. Lib. for Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad Company. Records, 1911
General Notes
- [A consolidation June 1889 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company and the State Line Railway Company;] [Purchased by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company in 1901]
Change Notes
1983-08-22: new
1991-03-06: revised
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