Rio Grande 169 facts for kids

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Cole Park in Alamosa, Colorado.
Power type	Steam
Reference
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number	7028
Build date	1883
Configuration	4-6-0
UIC classification	2′C n2
Gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Driver diameter	46 in (1,168 mm)
Weight on drivers	50,643 lb (23.0 t)
Locomotive weight	70,550 lb (32.0 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	14 in × 20 in (356 mm × 508 mm)
Tractive effort	c. 12,000 lbf (53.38 kN)
Last run	1938
Retired	1941
Current owner	The City of Alamosa
Disposition	On Static Display
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No.169
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Along Chamber Dr. within Cole Park, Alamosa, Colorado
Area	less than one acre
Built	1883
Architect	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Architectural style	Narrow gauge steam locomotive
NRHP reference No.	01000230
Added to NRHP	March 12, 2001

Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 169 is a 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type narrow gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the second largest drivers used on any three foot gauge D&RGW locomotive. (The K-37s which were originally standard gauge have 44 in (1,100 mm) drivers.)

During its operational life it was used on all of the major D&RGW narrow gauge lines. It appears in two Otto Perry photographs on the branch to Santa Fe, New Mexico in April 1933. It was taken out of service in 1938 and then refurbished in 1939 to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941, the railroad donated it to the City of Alamosa and it has been in Cole Park there since. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No.169 in 2001.