#0470
Rio Grande class C-19
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1881· narrow Gauge Steam locomotive class
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 346 - November 2012 - 1: David Jones· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Class 70 (C-19) Engines (numbers 400-411): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Denver & Rio Grande RR 404, 2-8-0, C-19: Unknown· Public domain
what is it?
The Denver and Rio Grande Western C-19 (originally Denver and Rio Grande Class 70 or Class 74) is a class of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), later the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1881. These engines were built to supplement the smaller and weaker Class C-16, C-17 and C-18 2-8-0s. By the end of the 1880s, five of these bigger narrow-gauge engines were converted to standard gauge, but by 1900, they all were converted back to narrow gauge.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 145 years ago, in 1881.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881
- retired
- 1951
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 12
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Rio Grande Southern Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q136773836, Wikipedia: Rio Grande class C-19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.