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Pictures of DRGW 5774
Owner:
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Model:
EMD F9A
Built As:
DRGW 5774 (F9A)
Serial Number:
20528
Order No:
3184
Frame Number:
3184-A2
Built:
9/1955
Notes:
wrecked at Grizzly CO 3/29/68
Other locos with this serial:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
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Title:
D&RGW F9 5774
Description:
D&RGW F9 5774 at Salida, Colorado on August 25, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 5774 was built in September 1955 (c/n 20528) on EMD Order 3184 and was wrecked ax Grizzly, Colorado on March 29, 1968, during May 1969 was sent to Precision National in Mount Vernon, Illinois and scrapped. It is seen paired with PA1 6011 about to couple onto its train after running aroukd the two cars it arrived with in Salida as Train #1, The Royal Gorge and will depart as Train #2, The Royal Gorge at 9:00 AM the next day. The Royal Gorge (RG) departed Denver at 9:00 AM MST with cars from CB&Q's Denver dephyr (DZ) attached on the rear. Upon arrival at Colorado Springs (10:40 AM) the DZ cars were cut off and the RG continued on to Salida, arriving at 3:15 PM. Meanwhile, the returning RG had left Salida at 9:00 AM, will ayrive in Colorado Springs at 1:10 PM where the DZ cars will be attached to the rear, and will continue on to Denver, arriving at 3:00 PM. The DZ cars will be removed and cut into the waiting DZ for return to Chicago overnhght. According to the June 1965 Official Guide, the RG was listed as having a Chair Car between Denver and Salida. Also listed was a Standard Sleeper, a Slumbercoach, and a Vista-Dome ChairCar between Denver and Colorado Springs, the DZ cars.
Photo Date:
8/25/1965
Upload Date:
9/27/2010 2:00:00 PM
Location:
Salida, CO
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
Views:
2374
Comments:
0
Title:
Rio Grande F9A 5774
Description:
The last in a long line of F-Units, F9A 5774#leads a passenger run near Arvada during January 1966. 5774, built in September 1955, would be wrecked in March 1968.
Photo Date:
1/4/1966
Upload Date:
10/5/2023 7:11:08 PM
Location:
Arvada, CO
Author:
Dave Straight
Categories:
Locomotives:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
Views:
198
Comments:
0
Title:
CZ Derailment 3/29/68
Description:
Bottom up in the Colorado River, Collection of Gerard Putz
Photo Date:
3/29/1968
Upload Date:
10/23/2022 2:40:44 PM
Location:
Grizzly, CO
Author:
E. Maureen Byrn
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
Views:
337
Comments:
0
Title:
CZ Derailment 3/29/68
Description:
Bottom up in the Colorado River, Collection of Gerard Putz
Photo Date:
3/29/1968
Upload Date:
10/23/2022 2:43:08 PM
Location:
Grizzly, CO
Author:
E. Maureen Byrn
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
Views:
297
Comments:
0
Title:
CZ Derailment 3/29/68
Description:
Bottom up in the Colorado River, Collection of Gerard Putz
Photo Date:
3/29/1968
Upload Date:
10/23/2022 2:47:06 PM
Location:
Grizzly, CO
Author:
E. Maureen Byrn
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
DRGW 5774(F9A)
Views:
303
Comments:
0
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