List of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lines explained

The following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad or its predecessors.

Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union Station) to Pueblo

• Fort Logan Branch

Englewood (Military Junction) to Fort Logan

• Lehigh Branch

Louviers (Lehigh Junction) to Lehigh Mine

• Castle Rock Branch

Castle Rock to Hathaway

• • O'Brien's Quarry Spur

Hathaway to O'Brien's Quarry

• Douglas Quarry Spur

Douglas to Madge Quarry

• Manitou Branch

Colorado Springs (Manitou Junction) to Manitou

Royal Gorge Line: Pueblo to Salida via Royal Gorge

• Coal Creek Branch

Florence to Coal Creek

• Oak Creek Branch

Florence (Oak Creek Junction) to Oak Creek

• Chandler Creek Branch

Chandler Junction to Chandler Mine

• • Fremont Branch

Fremont Junction to Fremont Mine

• Grape Creek Branch

Cañon City (Grape Creek Junction) to Westcliffe

• Westcliffe Branch

Texas Creek to Westcliffe

• Howard Branch

Howard's Quarry Junction to Calcite

Tennessee Pass Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Tennessee Pass

• Calumet Branch

Brown Canon (Hecla Junction) to Calumet

• Leadville Branch

Malta to Leadville

• • California Gulch Branch

Oro Junction to Rowe Mill

• • Ibex Branch

Leadville to Ibex

• • • Graham Park Branch

Graham Park Junction to Tucson

• • Blue River Branch

Leadville to Dillon

• Ryan Cut-Off

Leadville Junction to Leadville (Leadville Branch)

• Aspen Branch

Glenwood Springs to Aspen

Gunnison Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Marshall Pass and Black Canyon

• Monarch Branch

Poncha Junction to Monarch

• Mears Junction-Alamosa Line

Mears Junction to Alamosa

• • Orient Branch

Villa Grove to Orient

• • Crestone Branch

Moffat to Cottonwood

• Pitkin Branch

Parlin to Quartz

• Crested Butte Branch

Gunnison to Anthracite

• • Ruby-Anthracite Branch

Crested Butte to Floresta

• Baldwin Branch

Gunnison to Baldwin

• • Kubler Branch

Castleton to Kubler

• Aberdeen Branch

Gunnison (Aberdeen Junction) to Aberdeen Quarry

• Lake City Branch

Sapinero to Lake City

• Ouray Branch

Montrose to Ouray

• North Fork Branch

Delta (North Fork Junction) to Oliver

Utah Division: Grand Junction to Ogden

• Ballard and Thompson Railroad

Thompson to Sego

• Cane Creek Branch

Brendel to Potash

• Sunnyside Branch

Mounds to Sunnyside

• Spring Canyon Branch

Helper (Spring Canyon Junction) to Mutual

• Kenilworth Branch

Helper (Kenilworth Junction) to Kenilworth

• Jennings and Potter's Quarry Branch

Kyune (Jennings Junction) to quarries

• Pleasant Valley Branch

Colton to Clear Creek

• • Winter Quarters Spur

Scofield to Winter Quarters

• Marysvale Branch

Thistle to Marysvale

• • San Pete Valley Branch

Ephraim to Nephi

• • • Morrison Branch

Ephraim to Morrison

• • • Castle Valley Branch

Salina to Nioche

• Tintic Branch

Springville to Silver City

• • Goshen Valley Branch: Pearl to Dividend and Iron King
  • Mammoth Spur

Mammoth Junction to Mammoth Mill

• Provo Canyon Branch

Provo to Heber City

• Orem Branch

Provo (Provo Junction) to Orem

• Bingham Branch

Midvale to Bingham

• • Garfield Beach Extension

Welby to Garfield

• • Dalton and Lark Spur

Dalton to Lark

• • Bingham Branch Extension

Loline Junction to Cuprum

• • • Copper Belt Branch

Bingham (Copper Belt Junction) to Montana-Bingham

• • • • Copper Belt-Carr Fork Branch

Yampa Mine Connection to Yampa Mine

• Little Cottonwood Branch

Midvale to Wasatch

• Park City Branch

Roper Junction to Park City

• Lake Park Branch

Farmington (Lake Park Junction) to Lake Park

• Hooper Branch

Roy to Cox

Pueblo–Alamosa line: Pueblo to Alamosa

• Old Main Line

Minnequa (Sonora Junction) to Trinidad; branch from Cuchara Junction to Walsenburg (Walsenburg Junction)

• • Rouse Branch

Rouse Junction to Rouse (later began at Mayne and then Monson on the C&S trackage rights)

• • • Old Rouse Branch

Old Rouse Junction to Old Rouse Mines

• • Engleville Branch

Engleville Junction to Engleville

• Zinc Smelter Spur

Minnequa (Zinc Junction) to Blende

• Capers Branch

Mustang to Capers (including part of the Old Main Line near Capers)

• Colorado and Southern Railway trackage rights: Walsenburg to Longsdale Junction
  • Reilly Canon Branch

Longsdale Junction to Boncarbo

• Loma Branch

Walsenburg (Loma Junction) to Alamo

• • New Pacific Mine Spur

Pictou (New Pacific Junction) to New Pacific Mine

• Reliance Branch

La Veta (Reliance Junction) to Ojo

• Tropic Spur

La Veta (Tropic Junction) to Tropic

• Creede Branch

Alamosa to Creede

Alamosa–Durango line (San Juan Extension): Alamosa to Durango

• Santa Fe Branch

Antonito to Santa Fe

• • La Madera Branch

Taos Junction to La Madera

• Chama Lumber Spur

Chama (Biggs Junction) to Tierra Amarilla

• Pagosa Springs Branch

Gato (Pagosa Junction) to Pagosa Springs

• Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad

Lumberton to Gallinas

• Farmington Branch

Carbon Junction to Farmington

• Silverton Branch

Durango to Silverton

Moffat Line: Denver (Union Station) to Dotsero (Tennessee Pass Line) via Moffat Tunnel

• Corona Line

Newcomb to Vasquez (old line over Corona Pass; abandoned when Moffat Tunnel opened)

• Craig Branch

Bond (Orestod) to Craig

• • Energy Spur

Hitchens to Energy

Rio Grande Southern Railroad: Ridgway (Ouray Branch) to Durango

• Telluride Branch

Vance Junction to Pandora

References

• D&RGW track profiles: 1923, 1934, and 1969