From | To | Group | Activity by Group (scroll down to see table sorted by year) |
1905 | 1918 | Railroad | Argentine Central |
1924 | 1963 | Railroad | North Western Refrigerator Line |
1856 | 1970 | Railroads | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
1883 | 1970 | Railroad | Northern Pacific Railway |
1905 | 1970 | Railroad | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway |
1893 | 1970 | Railroad | Great Northern Railway |
1971 | Railroad | Amtrak Commenced operations on 1/05/1971 | |
1859 | 1972 | Railroads | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
1847 | 1980 | Railroads | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
1898 | 1981 | Railroad | Colorado and Southern Railway |
1851 | 1982 | Railroads | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
1903 | 1983 | Railroad | Western Pacific Railroad |
1870 | 1988 | Railroad | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
1870 | 1988 | Railroad | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad |
1970 | 1995 | Railroad | Burlington Northern (March) |
1859 | 1995 | Railroads | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
1865 | 1996 | Railroad | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
1862 | - | Railroads | Union Pacific Railroad |
1949 | - | Yard | North Yard (D&RGW) |
1870 | - | Yard | Golden Yard (C&S) |
1870 | - | Yard | 40th Street Yard (UP) |
1900 | 1985 | Yard | 15th - 19th Street Yard (C&S) |
1882 | - | Yard | 38th Street Yard (CB&Q) |
1879 | 1985 | Yard | 36th Street Yard (UP) |
1871 | 1985 | Yard | 6th -11th Street Yard (D&RGW) |
1882 | - | Yard | 23rd Street Coach Yard (C&S; CB&Q; ATSF) |
1985 | Note | BN's Denver Intermodal Terminal Opened | |
1914 | 1918 | Note | 25,500 USRA 50-ton twin bay hoppers built during WW1 |
1918 | Note | AAR (American Railway Ass) formed | |
1918 | Note | USRA approves a flatcar design - 42' (55-ton) | |
1926 | Note | ARA designed a 41'3" 4 bay 70-ton hopper car; 14,000 built | |
1920 | 1933 | Important | Prohibition in the United States |
1930 | Note | 70-ton ore car built by Pressed Steel Car Co. | |
1934 | Note | AAR (Ass of American Railroads) is formed | |
1934 | Note | 70-ton hoppers changed from 4 to 3 bay cars | |
1939 | 1945 | History | WW II |
1941 | Note | AAR recommends 3 flatcar designs - 53'6" (50-ton & 70-ton) & 50' (70-ton) | |
1954 | Note | 19,000 gal 70 ton tankcar introduced | |
1955 | Note | Trailer Train created by PRR | |
1958 | Note | CB&Q started to update from Boxcar red to Chinese Red | |
1960 | Note | SP, ATSF & UP joined Trailer Train | |
1963 | Note | DRGW joined Trailer Train | |
1960 | Note | Tri-level automobile racks for 85' flatcars introduced | |
1960 | Note | Standard freight car now 50' long & 70 tons capacity | |
1961 | Note | The use of a single black, seven-inch stripe was first used on D&RGW locomotives in 1961. | |
1964 | Note | 17' high 10' wide 87' long Hi-cube boxcars (with NO running boards) introduced | |
1966 | Note | New cars could be constructed without running boards | |
1968 | Note | Roller-bearing trucks required on all new equipment | |
1969 | Note | ACF® Industries built general-purpose, single-compartment, 23,500 gallon, insulated, coiled, non-pressurized tank car introdced | |
1973 | Note | Enclosed Tri-level automobile racks for 85' flatcars introduced | |
1975 | Note | First-generation rotary dump gondola built 1975 | |
1985 | Note | 4000 CUFT twin-tub Bethgon Coalporter built 1985. | |
1986 | Note | Trinity 25,500 gal, insulated, general-purpose design introduced | |
1989 | Note | BN America started operations | |
1990s | Note | Golden West Service started | |
1998 | - | Note | Ferromex (Ferrocarril Mexicano) Railway |
1925 | 1960 | Important | Cabooses left: 1925=34,000; 1937=32,000; 1950=25,000; 1960=18,000; 1985=12,000 |
1881 | 1951 | Train | San Juan Express, Alamosa-Durango, #115 & 116 |
1882 | 1981 | Train | Silverton, Durango-Silverton, #461 & 462 |
1888 | 1967 | Train | C&S Passenger Service |
1906 | 1946 | Train | Scenic Limited, Denver-Salt Lake City (via Royal Gorge), #1 & 2 |
1936 | 1971 | Train | City of Denver (train) UP |
1936 | 1956 | Train | Denver Zephyr (train) |
1936 | 1939 | Train | RG Mountaineer, Denver-Grand Junction-Montrose, #19 & 20 |
1937 | 1940 | Train | Shavano, Salida-Gunnison, #315 & 316 |
1939 | 1966 | Train | Rocky Mountain Rocket (train) RI |
1939 | 1949 | Train | The Exposition Flyer (train) - replaced by the California Zephyr |
1940 | 2009 | Train | Ski Train, Denver-Winter Park |
1940 | 1967 | Train | Texas Zephyr (Train) |
1941 | 1967 | Train | Prospector, Denver-Salt Lake City & Ogden, #'s7 & 8 |
1942 | 1971 | Train | Colorado Eagle (train) MP |
1946 | 1971 | Train | City of St. Louis (train) UP |
1946 | 1967 | Train | Royal Gorge, Denver-Grand Junction (via Royal Gorge), #1 & 2 |
1949 | 1971 | Train | California Zephyr (train) |
1954 | 1968 | Train | Yampa Valley, Denver-Craig, #'s9 & 10 |
1971 | 1983 | Train | Rio Grande Zephyr (train) |
1925 | 1960 | Important | Cabooses left: 1925=34,000; 1937=32,000; 1950=25,000; 1960=18,000; 1985=12,000 |
1900 | 1959 | Loco | Rhode Island, Richmond, Brooks & Baldwin 2-8-0 (C&S) |
1906 | 1946 | Loco | Alco & Baldwin 0-6-0 Switchers (C&S) |
1911 | 1959 | Loco | Baldwin 4-6-2 (C&S) |
1919 | 1959 | Loco | Baldwin USRA 2-10-2 (C&S) |
1939 | 1946 | Loco | Baldwin VO1000 |
1940 | 1968 | Loco | EMD E-5 A&B (C&S) |
1941 | Pre 1982 | Loco | Alco S-2 (D&RGW) |
1941 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD NW2 (D&RGW) |
1942 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD FT (D&RGW) |
1946 | 1950 | Loco | Alco RS2 Loco |
1946 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F3 (D&RGW) |
1947 | Pre 1982 | Loco | Alco PA-1 (D&RGW) |
1947 | 1967 | Loco | EMD F-3 (C&S) |
1947 | 1983 | Loco | EMD NW-2 (C&S) |
1948 | Pre 1982 | Loco | FM H10-44 (D&RGW) |
1948 | Pre 1982 | Loco | FM H15-44 (D&RGW) |
1949 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F7 (D&RGW) |
1950 | 1956 | Loco | Alco RS3 Loco (D&RGW) |
1950 | 1968 | Loco | EMD F-7 (C&S) |
1950 | - | Loco | EMD GP7 Loco (D&RGW) |
1953 | 1983 | Loco | EMD SD7 (C&S) |
1953 | - | Loco | EMD SD7 Loco (D&RGW) |
1955 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F9 (D&RGW) |
1955 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD GP9 (D&RGW) |
1956 | - | Loco | EMD SD9 (C&S) |
1957 | - | Loco | EMD SD9 Loco (D&RGW) |
1958 | 1963 | Loco | EMD SD24 Loco (ATSF 80; CB&Q 16; SOU 48; UP 75) |
1959 | - | Loco | EMD SW-1200 (C&S) |
1960 | Loco | GE U25B (CBQ) | |
1961 | 1963 | EMD GP30 Loco (D&RGW) | |
1963 | ? | Loco | Alco C-420 "Century" loco introduced |
1963 | 1965 | Loco | EMD GP35 Loco (D&RGW) |
1963 | Loco | GE U25C (CBQ) | |
1964 | 1996 | Loco | EMD SW1000/1200 (D&RGW) |
1965 | 1971 | Loco | EMD SD45 Loco (D&RGW) |
1966 | - | Loco | EMD GP40 Loco (D&RGW) |
1966 | Denver's RailRoads cut off date | ||
1967 | 1999 | Loco | EMD FP45 Loco |
1967 | 1987 | Loco | EMD SD40 (C&S) |
1967 | 1982+ | Loco | EMD SD45 Loco (D&RGW) |
1968 | 1971 | Loco | EMD F45 Loco |
1968 | 1987 | Loco | GE U30C (C&S) |
1969 | Loco | EMD DD40AX introduced | |
1972 | 1986 | Loco | EMD GP40-2 Loco (D&RGW) |
1972 | - | Loco | EMD SD40-2 Loco introduced |
1972 | - | Loco | EMD SD45-2 Loco introduced |
1973 | 1978 | Loco | EMD SD26 Loco |
1974 | 1975 | Loco | EMD SD40T-2 Loco (D&RGW) |
1976 | 1992 | Loco | EMD F40PH Loco (Amtrak) |
1976 | Loco | GE C30-7 Loco | |
1981 | 1986 | Loco | EMD SD50 Loco (D&RGW) |
1984 | 1995 | Loco | EMD SD60 Loco |
1987 | 1992 | Loco | GE Dash 8-40C Loco |
1990 | 1994 | Loco | GE Dash 8-40CW Loco |
1992 | - | Loco | EMD SD70 Loco |
1925 | 1960 | Important | Cabooses left: 1925=34,000; 1937=32,000; 1950=25,000; 1960=18,000; 1985=12,000 |
1953 | Trailers | SP 28' "Truck Service" piggybacks - 2 trailers per flatcar | |
1957 | Trailers | 40' trailers allowed on highways | |
1957 | Trailers | 85' flatcars were introduced | |
1964 | Trailers | 89' flatcars were introduced | |
1966 | Note | Roof walks not included on new equipment after 10/66 | |
1967 | 1977 | Trailers | ACI (Automatic Car ID) plate introduced - abandoned |
1974 | Note | Removal of all roof walks | |
1977 | 04-Jun-05 | Trailers | Fuel Foilers introduced |
1981 | Trailers | 45' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1981 | Trailers | Double stack well cars introduced | |
1981 | 1981-84 | Trailers | SP & SeaLand introduced Double stack well cars |
1985 | Note | BN's Denver Intermodal Terminal Opened | |
1985 | Trailers | Gunderson TwinStack Introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | 48' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | Thrall Lo-Pac 2000 sold to APL and Maersk (May) | |
1985 | Trailers | 48' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | TwinStack Introduced | |
1986 | Trailers | Thrall Lo-Pac II 40/48' wells introduced | |
1988 | Trailers | Gunderson Maxi-Stack I introduced | |
1989 | Trailers | Lo-Pac II 48' wells introduced | |
1989 | Trailers | Gunderson Maxi-Stack III well car introduced with all 48' well cars | |
1991 | Trailers | Husky- Stacks delivered to TTX & BN | |
1991 | Trailers | Single unit LocPac II (Walthers) introduced | |
1991 | Trailers | 53' Trailers/Containers introduced | |
1991 | Trailers | LocPac II (Walthers) introduced |
From | To | Group | Activity by Year |
1847 | 1980 | Railroads | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
1851 | 1982 | Railroads | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
1856 | 1970 | Railroads | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
1859 | 1972 | Railroads | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
1859 | 1995 | Railroads | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
1862 | - | Railroads | Union Pacific Railroad |
1865 | 1996 | Railroad | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
1870 | 1988 | Railroad | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
1870 | 1988 | Railroad | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad |
1870 | - | Yard | Golden Yard (C&S) |
1870 | - | Yard | 40th Street Yard (UP) |
1871 | 1985 | Yard | 6th -11th Street Yard (D&RGW) |
1879 | 1985 | Yard | 36th Street Yard (UP) |
1881 | 1951 | Train | San Juan Express, Alamosa-Durango, #115 & 116 |
1882 | - | Yard | 38th Street Yard (CB&Q) |
1882 | - | Yard | 23rd Street Coach Yard (C&S; CB&Q; ATSF) |
1882 | 1981 | Train | Silverton, Durango-Silverton, #461 & 462 |
1883 | 1970 | Railroad | Northern Pacific Railway |
1888 | 1967 | Train | C&S Passenger Service |
1893 | 1970 | Railroad | Great Northern Railway |
1898 | 1981 | Railroad | Colorado and Southern Railway |
1900 | 1985 | Yard | 15th - 19th Street Yard (C&S) |
1900 | 1959 | Loco | Rhode Island, Richmond, Brooks & Baldwin 2-8-0 (C&S) |
1903 | 1983 | Railroad | Western Pacific Railroad |
1905 | 1918 | Railroad | Argentine Central |
1905 | 1970 | Railroad | Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway |
1906 | 1946 | Train | Scenic Limited, Denver-Salt Lake City (via Royal Gorge), #1 & 2 |
1906 | 1946 | Loco | Alco & Baldwin 0-6-0 Switchers (C&S) |
1911 | 1959 | Loco | Baldwin 4-6-2 (C&S) |
1914 | 1918 | Note | 25,500 USRA 50-ton twin bay hoppers built during WW1 |
1918 | Note | AAR (American Railway Ass) formed | |
1918 | Note | USRA approves a flatcar design - 42' (55-ton) | |
1919 | 1959 | Loco | Baldwin USRA 2-10-2 (C&S) |
1920 | 1933 | Important | Prohibition in the United States |
1924 | 1963 | Railroad | North Western Refrigerator Line |
1925 | 1960 | Important | Cabooses left: 1925=34,000; 1937=32,000; 1950=25,000; 1960=18,000; 1985=12,000 |
1926 | Note | ARA designed a 41'3" 4 bay 70-ton hopper car; 14,000 built | |
1930 | Note | 70-ton ore car built by Pressed Steel Car Co. | |
1934 | Note | AAR (Ass of American Railroads) is formed | |
1934 | Note | 70-ton hoppers changed from 4 to 3 bay cars | |
1936 | 1971 | Train | City of Denver (train) UP |
1936 | 1956 | Train | Denver Zephyr (train) |
1936 | 1939 | Train | RG Mountaineer, Denver-Grand Junction-Montrose, #19 & 20 |
1937 | 1940 | Train | Shavano, Salida-Gunnison, #315 & 316 |
1939 | 1942 | History | WW II |
1939 | 1966 | Train | Rocky Mountain Rocket (train) RI |
1939 | 1949 | Train | The Exposition Flyer (train) - replaced by the California Zephyr |
1939 | 1946 | Loco | Baldwin VO1000 |
1940 | 2009 | Train | Ski Train, Denver-Winter Park |
1940 | 1967 | Train | Texas Zephyr (Train) |
1940 | 1968 | Loco | EMD E-5 A&B (C&S) |
1941 | Note | AAR recommends 3 flatcar designs - 53'6" (50-ton & 70-ton) & 50' (70-ton) | |
1941 | 1967 | Train | Prospector, Denver-Salt Lake City & Ogden, #'s7 & 8 |
1941 | Pre 1982 | Loco | Alco S-2 (D&RGW) |
1941 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD NW2 (D&RGW) |
1942 | 1971 | Train | Colorado Eagle (train) MP |
1942 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD FT (D&RGW) |
1946 | 1971 | Train | City of St. Louis (train) UP |
1946 | 1967 | Train | Royal Gorge, Denver-Grand Junction (via Royal Gorge), #1 & 2 |
1946 | 1950 | Loco | Alco RS2 Loco |
1946 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F3 (D&RGW) |
1947 | Pre 1982 | Loco | Alco PA-1 (D&RGW) |
1947 | 1967 | Loco | EMD F-3 (C&S) |
1947 | 1983 | Loco | EMD NW-2 (C&S) |
1948 | Pre 1982 | Loco | FM H10-44 (D&RGW) |
1948 | Pre 1982 | Loco | FM H15-44 (D&RGW) |
1949 | - | Yard | North Yard (D&RGW) |
1949 | 1971 | Train | California Zephyr (train) |
1949 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F7 (D&RGW) |
1950 | 1956 | Loco | Alco RS3 Loco (D&RGW) |
1950 | 1968 | Loco | EMD F-7 (C&S) |
1950 | - | Loco | EMD GP7 Loco (D&RGW) |
1953 | 1983 | Loco | EMD SD7 (C&S) |
1953 | - | Loco | EMD SD7 Loco (D&RGW) |
1953 | Trailers | SP 28' "Truck Service" piggybacks - 2 trailers per flatcar | |
1954 | Note | 19,000 gal 70 ton tankcar introduced | |
1954 | 1968 | Train | Yampa Valley, Denver-Craig, #'s9 & 10 |
1955 | Note | Trailer Train created by PRR | |
1955 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD F9 (D&RGW) |
1955 | Pre 1982 | Loco | EMD GP9 (D&RGW) |
1956 | - | Loco | EMD SD9 (C&S) |
1957 | - | Loco | EMD SD9 Loco (D&RGW) |
1957 | Trailers | 40' trailers allowed on highways | |
1957 | Trailers | 85' flatcars were introduced | |
1958 | Note | CB&Q started to update from Boxcar red to Chinese Red | |
1958 | 1963 | Loco | EMD SD24 Loco (ATSF 80; CB&Q 16; SOU 48; UP 75) |
1959 | - | Loco | EMD SW-1200 (C&S) |
1960 | Note | SP, ATSF & UP joined Trailer Train | |
1960 | Note | Tri-level automobile racks for 85' flatcars introduced | |
1960 | Note | Standard freight car now 50' long & 70 tons capacity | |
1961 | Note | The use of a single black, seven-inch stripe was first used on D&RGW locomotives in 1961. The first units with this scheme, the A-B-B-A set of passenger F3s (D&RGW 5521, 5522, 5523, 5524) assigned to the California Zephyr, were completed in mid-April 1961. | |
1961 | 1963 | Loco | EMD GP30 Loco (D&RGW) |
1963 | Note | DRGW joined Trailer Train | |
1963 | ? | Loco | Alco C-420 "Century" loco introduced |
1963 | 1965 | Loco | EMD GP35 Loco (D&RGW) |
1964 | Note | 17' high 10' wide 87' long Hi-cube boxcars (with NO running boards) introduced | |
1964 | 1996 | Loco | EMD SW1000/1200 (D&RGW) |
1964 | Trailers | 89' flatcars were introduced | |
1965 | 1971 | Loco | EMD SD45 Loco (D&RGW) |
1966 | Note | New cars could be constructed without running boards | |
1966 | - | Loco | EMD GP40 Loco (D&RGW) |
1966 | Note | Roof walks not included on new equipment after 10/66 | |
1967 | 1999 | Loco | EMD FP45 Loco |
1967 | 1987 | Loco | EMD SD40 (C&S) |
1967 | 1982+ | Loco | EMD SD45 Loco (D&RGW) |
1967 | 1977 | Trailers | ACI (Automatic Car ID) plate introduced - abandoned |
1968 | Note | Roller-bearing trucks required on all new equipment | |
1968 | 1971 | Loco | EMD F45 Loco |
1968 | 1987 | Loco | GE U30C (C&S) |
1969 | Note | ACF® Industries built general-purpose, single-compartment, 23,500 gallon, insulated, coiled, non-pressurized tank car introdced | |
1969 | Loco | EMD DD40AX introduced | |
1970 | 1995 | Railroad | Burlington Northern (March) |
1971 | Railroad | Amtrak Commenced operations on 1/05/1971 | |
1971 | 1983 | Train | Rio Grande Zephyr (train) |
1972 | 1986 | Loco | EMD GP40-2 Loco (D&RGW) |
1972 | - | Loco | EMD SD40-2 Loco introduced |
1972 | - | Loco | EMD SD45-2 Loco introduced |
1973 | Note | Enclosed Tri-level automobile racks for 85' flatcars introduced | |
1973 | 1978 | Loco | EMD SD26 Loco |
1974 | 1975 | Loco | EMD SD40T-2 Loco (D&RGW) |
1974 | Note | Removal of all roof walks | |
1975 | Note | First-generation rotary dump gondola built 1975 | |
1976 | 1992 | Loco | EMD F40PH Loco (Amtrak) |
1976 | Loco | GE C30-7 Loco | |
1977 | 04-Jun-05 | Trailers | Fuel Foilers introduced |
1981 | 1986 | Loco | EMD SD50 Loco (D&RGW) |
1981 | Trailers | 45' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1981 | Trailers | Double stack well cars introduced | |
1981 | 1981-84 | Trailers | SP & SeaLand introduced Double stack well cars |
1984 | 1995 | Loco | EMD SD60 Loco |
1985 | Note | BN's Denver Intermodal Terminal Opened | |
1985 | Note | 4000 CUFT twin-tub Bethgon Coalporter built 1985. | |
1985 | Note | BN's Denver Intermodal Terminal Opened | |
1985 | Trailers | Gunderson TwinStack Introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | 48' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | Thrall Lo-Pac 2000 sold to APL and Maersk (May) | |
1985 | Trailers | 48' Trailers & Containers introduced | |
1985 | Trailers | TwinStack Introduced | |
1986 | Note | Trinity 25,500 gal, insulated, general-purpose design introduced | |
1986 | Trailers | Thrall Lo-Pac II 40/48' wells introduced | |
1987 | 1992 | Loco | GE Dash 8-40C Loco |
1988 | Trailers | Gunderson Maxi-Stack I introduced | |
1989 | Note | BN America started operations | |
1989 | Trailers | Lo-Pac II 48' wells introduced | |
1989 | Trailers | Gunderson Maxi-Stack III well car introduced with all 48' well cars | |
1990 | 1994 | Loco | GE Dash 8-40CW Loco |
1991 | Trailers | Husky- Stacks delivered to TTX & BN | |
1991 | Trailers | Single unit LocPac II (Walthers) introduced | |
1991 | Trailers | 53' Trailers/Containers introduced | |
1991 | Trailers | LocPac II (Walthers) introduced | |
1992 | - | Loco | EMD SD70 Loco |
1998 | - | Note | Ferromex (Ferrocarril Mexicano) Railway |
1990s | Note | Golden West Service started |