Rio_Grande_Southern_Railroad_Derrick_Car

Rio Grande Southern Railroad Derrick Car

Rio Grande Southern Railroad Derrick Car

United States historic place

The Rio Grande Southern Railroad Derrick Car is a railroad derrick car which was produced in 1948 for the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. It is one of only three W60 Series A Derrick Cars narrow-gauge examples ever built by the Fairmont Railway Motors Inc., and it is the only one still extant.[2] It is located at the Cimarron Visitor Center of the Curecanti National Recreation Area, in Cimarron, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "History Colorado: Montrose County". Retrieved November 12, 2017.
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