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Rio Grande class K-36
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1925· class of 10 American narrow gauge 2-8-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cumbres & Toltec 484 at Osier: Xboxtravis7992· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chama K-36-Steam-locomotive-489 2012-10-24: Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36 is a class of ten 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) by Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were shipped to the Rio Grande in 1925 and were first used along the Monarch Branch and Marshall Pass, but were later sent to the Third Division out of Alamosa. Of the original ten, four are owned by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) and five by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TSRR).
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 43 years (1925–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 84.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5203029, Wikipedia: Rio Grande class K-36 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.