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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co (91002)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co  (91002)
SOLD
130.00USD+ (32.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Mar 10 @ 16:18UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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7 stock certificates for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. 1) Specimen of scrip certificate. Unissued and uncancelled. Brown border and paper background. Printed: Security Bank Note Co. 2) Specimen for Temporary Certificate Exchangeable for Engraved Certificate When Ready for Delivery cert #TNPO. Green border and paper background. Printed: Security Bank Note Co. 3) Specimen of script certificate. Unissued and uncancelled. Green border and paper background. Printed: Security Bank Note Co. 4) Specimen of 100 shares of unissued and uncancelled stock. Green border with company seal. Vignette of train with mountains in background and worked and horse in foreground. Printed: Security Banknote Co. 5) Specimen of unissued and uncancelled stock. Orange border and company seal. Vignette of train with mountains in background and worked and horse in foreground. Printed: Security Banknote Co. 6) Specimen of unissued and uncancelled stock. Blue border and company seal. Vignette of train with mountains in background and worked and horse in foreground. Printed: Security Banknote Co. 7) Specimen of unissued and uncancelled stock. Blue border and company seal. Vignette of train with mountains in background and worked and horse in foreground. Printed: American Bank Note Co. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, (nickname Rio Grande) formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. Railroad started as a 3 ft narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, CO in 1870. Served mainly as a transcontinental bridge line between Denver, and Salt Lake City, UT. Line was mainly mountain railroading with motto being "Through the Rockies, not around them." Operated highest mainline rail line in the US, over the 10,240 feet Tennessee Pass in CO, and the famed routes through the Moffat Tunnel and the Royal Gorge. In mid-1880s, it had the largest narrow-gauge railroad network in North America with 2,783 miles of track interconnecting the states of CO, NM, and UT.] Operated Rio Grande Zephyr until its discontinuation in 1983. This was the last private intercity passenger train in US until Brightline began service in Florida in 2018. In 1988, the Rio Grande's parent corp., Rio Grande Industries, purchased Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Southern Pacific Railroad name was chosen for identity due to bigger size. Rio Grande operated as a separate division of Southern Pacific until that company was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad. Today, most former main lines are owned and operated by the Union Pacific while several branch lines are operated as heritage railways by various companies. Prag collection.

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State: Colorado