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The Denver Rock Island Railroad (AAR reporting mark DRIR), also known as the Denver Terminal Railroad Company, is a Class III railroad in the Denver, Colorado, area. The DRIR works around Denver's stock yards and many industries in that area. The DRIR has two SW1500 locomotives, two NW2 locomotives, and one SW1 locomotive. The railroad is currently painting their engines into a uniform look in silver and blue; number 417 was the first completed engine. Categories: Organization stubs | Rail transport | Industry trade groups ... The following are reporting marks assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to rail carriers operating in North America and the companies (railroads and rail equipment owners/operators) to which they were assigned. ... A Class III railroad, as defined by the American Association of Railroads, is a railroad with an annual operating revenue of less than $10 million (1978 dollars). ... Colorado State Capitol Building City nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area â€“Land â€“Water 154. ... Union Pacific UPY 1069, a SW1500 equipped with Flexicoil trucks for higher speed service. ... A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Midland Railway EMD NW2 #524, at Baldwin City, Kansas The EMD NW2 is a 1,000 hp (750 kW), B-B switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. ... Southern Pacific Railroad SW1 #1000, photographed when brand new in 1939. ...

The locomotive fleet has a varied history. DRIR 417 (NW2) was originally SLSF (Frisco) 257. DRIR 1211 (SW1500) is ex-UPY (Union Pacific) 1211, exx-SP (Southern Pacific) 2646. Purchased from UP on April 22, 2003. DRIR 1083 (SW1500), ex-UPY 1083, exx-SP 2480, which was also purchased from UP on April 22, 2003. DRIR 996 (NW2) which is ex-BN (Burlington Northern Railroad) 419, exx-SLSF 259. DRIR's SW1, with no number, was ex-BN 88. The St. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ...

In June 2005, the Denver Rock Island Railroad, filed with the Surface Transportation Board a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from Union Pacific Railroad and operate rail lines commonly known as the Stock Yard Lead and the North Washington Industrial Track in Denver and Adams Counties, Colorado. The Stock Yard Lead consists of track extending from a point of connection with a UP main line north of East 58th Avenue in unincorporated Adams County to a point of connection with existing DRIR trackage at or near Race Court in the City of Denver, Denver County, a distance of 5,750 feet, or 1.09 miles. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 at the same time the Interstate Commerce Commission was destroyed. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ... This is the article on the state. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...

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Current (operating) Class III railroads of the United States

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Historic (fallen flag) Class III railroads of the United States

PSR A fallen flag in United States railroaders and railfans terminology, is a railroad company no longer in existence due to bankruptcy or merger. ... The Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark PSR) also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central and southwestern Pennsylvania. ...

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (860 words)
	Its ancestor, the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, was incorporated on February 7, 1851 and operated its first train on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Rock Island, Illinois.
	On March 31, 1980, the bankruptcy court ruled that the Rock Island could not be successfully reorganized and ordered its liquidation, the largest such liquidation in U.S. history.
	The opening “railroad train” number in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man (1957) is entitled “Rock Island”, and suggests by the title and context that the train is indeed a Rock Island train crossing from Rock Island to Davenport, aka "River City".

History (1330 words)
	The town was platted at the junction point where the Rock Island Railroad branched northwest to Denver and the Pacific coast, and southwest toward the Gulf of Mexico.
	Railroad activity in the town peaked in the 20's and the demand for local entertainment resulted in a new city park, a movie theater, (silent but accompanied by a piano) and a combination dance hall and roller skating rink.
	With proceeds from the centennial celebration, the old Rock Island Depot was moved from the tracks to the north end of the city park.

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