Rio Grande 315

Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 315 is a class "C-18" or "c-19" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive that was originally built for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1895. It was later purchased by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG). No. 315 was retired in 1949 and had been on display at two City of Durango parks until the Durango Railroad Historical Society restored the locomotive from 1998 to August 2007. It has been operational since and will be receiving its Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) mandated 1,472-day inspection in 2022. Most "sister" locomotives to No. 315 were scrapped, but two others survive today such as is D&RGW No. 318 and F&CC No. 10. No. 318 is on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum and F&CC No. 10 is currently in storage at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.