Rio Grande No. 318

Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 318 is a class C-18 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type Steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in January of 1896 for the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. The engine first began service in the mining towns along the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad until 1917, when the Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R. purchased the engine for $2000.

It was initially numbered 428, it was later changed to 318 and hauled passengers and freight out of Salida, Durango and Montrose. In 1954, Cornelius W. Hauck acquired the locomotive and put it on public display with his Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa. In 1958 the museum moved to its present site in Golden and No. 318 operated under steam until 1982. As of today this beautifully restored Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive is at the Colorado Railroad Museum but now the locomotive is on static display.