D&RGW 223
#223 undergoing restoration in 2010
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| Type and origin | |
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| Reference | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | Grant Locomotive Works |
| Serial number | 1436 |
| Build date | December, 1881 |
| Total produced | 53 (Grant-28) (Baldwin-25) |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| • UIC | 1′D n2 |
| Gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
| Driver dia. | 37 in (940 mm) |
| Adhesive weight | 59,330 lb (26.9 t) |
| Loco weight | 69,105 lb (31.3 t) |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Cylinders | Two |
| Cylinder size | 15 in × 20 in (381 mm × 508 mm) |
| Career | |
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| Number in class | 53 |
| Numbers | 223 |
| Retired | 1941 |
| Current owner | 1952: Salt Lake City 1979: Utah State Historical Society 1992: Utah State Railroad Museum |
| Disposition |
Undergoing full restoration at Union Station, Ogden, Utah |
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Grant Steam Locomotive No. 223
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| Location | Union Station, Ogden, Utah |
| Coordinates | 41°13′19.9″N 111°58′47.6″W / 41.222194°N 111.979889°WCoordinates: 41°13′19.9″N 111°58′47.6″W / 41.222194°N 111.979889°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | Grant Locomotive Works |
| Architectural style | Consolidation type 2-8-0 Class C-16-60 |
| NRHP Reference # | 79002501 |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1979 |
Undergoing full restoration at Union Station, Ogden, Utah
Denver and Rio Grande Western 223 is one of a class of 28 2-8-0, Consolidation type, narrow gauge steam railway locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1881-82. Number 223 was completed in December, 1881, at a cost of $11,553.Baldwin built an additional 25 locomotives in the same class at the same time.
Although the Utah State Historical Society suggests that the 223 worked in Utah (the Utah operations of what became the D&RGW were narrow gauge until 1890), and the 223's National Register of Historic Places nomination included this, the Rio Grande Modeling and Historical Society's roster of locomotives does not show it in the Utah section. It was later concluded by Jerry Day that the 223 was never used in Utah.
On December 11, 1892, the Denver & Rio Grande's Salida shops and roundhouse caught fire. The fire started in the waste box in the cab of D&RG No.419 and spread to the oil-soaked floor. Due to the city's fireplugs being shut off because of cold weather, the shop burned to the ground, taking the 223 with it. The 223 was rebuilt soon after and placed back in service.
Only 13 years later, the 223 was involved in another roundhouse fire, this time in Gunnison on January 17 of 1905. The 223 again burned along with sister C-16 No. 218. Both locomotives were rebuilt, and the 223's tender tank was replaced in April of the same year.
The Rio Grande Southern Railway was known to lease locomotives from the D&RG. In 1907 the 223 and other C-16s were sent to the RGS, being returned to the D&RG in 1922. On September 12 of that year the 223 collided with C-16 no. 222 in Chama, New Mexico. No records of the damage to either locomotive were kept.
The final location of the 223's operation comes from eight photographs taken by Otto Perry on July 4, 1940, showing 223 working the 18 mile Baldwin Branch, with photographs at Gunnison, Dollard, Castleton, and Baldwin. The Baldwin Branch was originally built by the Denver, South Park & Pacific (Colorado Southern) and retained its original wooden bridges. Due to the weight restrictions of these bridges, the remaining C-16s were the only locomotives permitted on the branch, and the 223 served on this portion of the D&RGW from 1937 to her retirement.
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