Rio Grande No. 475

D&RGW No. 475 was a K-28 class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1923 for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG), later known as the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW). It was originally built for the D&RGW's narrow gauge system. In 1941, following the United States's entrance into World War II, it was sold to the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&Y) in Skagway, AK alongside sister class K-28 locomotives 470, 471, 472, 474, 477, and 479. Unfortunately, after World War II, it was retired in 1945 and later scrapped in Seattle, WA shortly after its retirement.
However, sister class K-28 locomotives 473, 476, and 478 have been preserved by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) in Durango, CO where they still operate as of today. While 478 is currently on temporary display in the Durango roundhouse museum awaiting a future overhaul, 473 and 476 are both still in active service, but they have recently been converted to burn oil instead of coal.
Category:Rio Grande locomotives
Category:2-8-2 steam locomotives
Category:2-8-2 locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:Narrow-gauge locomotives
Category:Narrow-gauge steam locomotives
Category:Narrow-gauge
Category:Narrow gauge
Category:ALCO locomotives
Category:Built in 1923
Category:United States
Category:American locomotives
Category:American steam locomotives
Category:Scrapped steam locomotives