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Colorado Short Lines and Industrial Railroads
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Rawhide Shortline RR
Platte River Power Authority
1087, Class NW2, was built in June 1948, #6347, FN E998-12, as Union Pacific 1087, Class NW2. It was retired in October 1979 and sold to Bargains Galore on January 3, 1981. It was sold to Rail Car Corp and lettered as Cadillac & Lake City Ry 1087. It was sold as RSRR 1087 in July 1982.
Rio Grande Southern RR
2 was a rotary plow.
2 was built by Buick and rebuilt in August 1931. It went to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1951.
0404 was built by RGS in 1904. It went to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1951.
0409 was built by Denver & Rio Grande as 11 in 1878. It was renumbered 0510 and sold to RGS as W409 in 1891. It was renumbered 0409 and repainted as Tomahawk & Western for the movie "Ticket to Tomahawk" in 1951. It went to Narrow Gauge Motel in 1953 and sold to Magic Mountain in Golden, CO, in 1959. It was rebuilt and then sold to Heritage Square in Golden, CO, in 1971. It was sold to Disneyland Tokyo in the 1990s.
Royal Gorge Incline RR
This line was built by Otis Elevator in 1931. It is 1500 feet 45 degree angle. It was badly damaged by fire at the top level on June 11, 2013, and it is expected to be re-opened.
Royal Gorge Route RR
Canon City & Rio Grande RR
Rock & Rail LLC
203, SD9u, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1954, #19460, FN 5322-32, as Southern Pacific 5371, Class DF-120. It was renumbered 3830, Class EF618-2, in 1965 and rebuilt as 4412, Class EF618-1, in 1976. It was sold as BHP Nevada RR 203 in 1996 and sold as RRRR 203 in 1998.
403, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1949, #8563, as Chicago & North Western 4079-C. It was rebuilt for suburban service on April 20, 1961, and renumbered 422 in March 1972 and 403 in 1982. It was sold as CCRG 403 in 1998 and became RGR 403 in 2000.
3104, GP40, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1970, #36828, FN 7272-5, as Western Pacific 3521, Class RS-68. It was assigned Union Pacific as 670, Class GP-40, and retired on August 20, 1985. It was returned to Helm Financial Corp, and in April 1987 it became Chicago Missouri & Western 3004. It became Gateway Western 3004 in January 1990, It was sold to Wilson Ry Corp in September 1990 and then to Wisconsin Central Ltd as 3004 in December 1990. It was sold to Canon City & Royal Gorge RR as CRRX 3104.
Ideal 1, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1941, #1360, FN E395-8, as Southern Pacific 1317, Class DS-101. In 1966 it was renumbered 1911, Class ES 410-1, and sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co in August 1973. It was sold as Ideal Cement Co in December 1973 and sold to CCRX as Ideal 1.
Royal Gorge Scenic Ry.
This 15 inch line was built a 3.5 mile in 1981 and served a Buckskin Joe Frontier Town. It was closed in 2012.
I have no information on this steam locomotive.
804 was built using a Chrysler engine.
San Luis & Rio Grande RR
This was an Iowa Pacific tourist line. 
San Luis Valley Southern RR
103 was built by Baldwin in September 1890, #11207, as Denver & Rio Grande 583, Class 113. It became Denver & Rio Grande Western 683, Class C-28, in 1924 and sold as SLVS 103 in 1947. It went to Colorado RR Museum in 1962 and restored as D&RG 583.
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232, F40PHR, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1977, #777001-3, FN 777001-3, as National Railway Passenger Corp 232. It was sold as TTCI 232.
Uintah Ry
This was a Utah line except for a few miles in Colorado.
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