DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD Stock 1919 Colorado Rockies Divide. Royal Gorge VIG

Description

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. Stock issued September 9, 1919 at New York City. Incorporated in the States of Colorado and Utah.
Certificate
No. B20446
was issued to William H. Gregory for 10 shares of Preferred capital stock (0 per share). Hand signed by company
vice president C. C. Hewitt
and
secretary J. P. Howland
. Certificate is about 8” x 11.5”. Black print with green overprint/underprint.
Unique vignette showing the Royal Gorge with the Arkansas River next to narrow-gauge rail tracks (west of Cañon City in south-central Colorado).
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, incorporated in 1870 in Colorado, was the epitome of mountain railroading, with a motto of “Through the Rockies, not around them,” and later, “Main line through the Rockies”. The Denver and Rio Grande operated the highest mainline rail line in the U.S., over the 10,240-foot Tennessee Pass in Colorado, and the famed routes through the Moffat Tunnel and the Royal Gorge. At its height in the mid-1880s, the Denver and Rio Grande had the largest narrow-gauge railroad network in North America with 2,783 miles of track interconnecting the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
Royal Gorge Route
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The Denver & Rio Grande built west from Pueblo reaching Canon City in 1874. The line through the Royal Gorge Salida on May 20, 1880 and was pushed to Leadville later that same year. From Salida, the D&RG pushed west over the Continental Divide at the 10,845 feet Marshall Pass and reached Gunnison on August 6, 1881. From Gunnison the line entered the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River passing the famous Curecanti Needle seen in their famous Scenic Line of the World Herald. The tracks left the increasingly difficult canyon at Cimmaron and passed over Cerro Summit, reaching Montrose on September 8, 1882. From Montrose, a line was laid north through Delta, reaching Grand Junction in March 1883. The line continued building west until reaching the D&RGW close to present day Green River which completed a narrow-gauge transcontinental link with the Rio Grande Western Railway to Salt Lake City, Utah. The line from Pueblo to Leadville was upgraded in 1887 to three rails to accommodate both narrow-gauge and standard gauge operation. Narrow-gauge branch lines were constructed to Chama, New Mexico, Durango, Silverton, Crested Butte, Lake City, Ouray and Somerset, Colorado. The route over Tennessee Pass had steep grades, and it was not uncommon to see trains running with midtrain and rear-end helpers
.
Condition:  Very Fine
, vertical folds, minor-moderate creasing, no tears, minor of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
American Bank Note Company, New York.
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