D&RGW 223, Narrow-gauge steam locomotive in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
D&RGW 223 is a C-16 class 2-8-0 Consolidation narrow-gauge steam locomotive built by Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey, and completed in December 1881 at a cost of $11,553. It is the only surviving narrow-gauge engine built by Grant, whose Class 60N locomotives differed from Baldwin's with shorter smokeboxes, distinctive frames and Grant-style castings. Retired in 1941, it was displayed in Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, and in July 2025 was sold to the 223 Locomotive Foundation for restoration.
Built by Grant Locomotive Works in Paterson, New Jersey, No. 223 was completed in December 1881 for the Denver and Rio Grande. It survived fires in Salida in 1892 and Gunnison in 1905, was leased to the Rio Grande Southern from 1907 to 1922, and worked the Baldwin Branch from 1937 until retirement in 1941. It was displayed in Salt Lake City's Liberty Park and sold in July 2025 to the 223 Locomotive Foundation.
The locomotive is displayed in Salt Lake City's Liberty Park, where it was placed after retirement in 1941 and donated to the city in 1952. Its fake diamond stack, fitted in the Salida shops for the display, was removed by the Rio Grande's Salt Lake City shops, which repainted it in its 1930s "button herald" scheme. The D&RGW name stands for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
The locomotive is displayed outdoors in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, where it has stood since 1941. Restoration work begun in 1992 was suspended in 2020, and in July 2025 the engine was sold to the 223 Locomotive Foundation, which is restoring it to operating condition.
No. 223 is the only surviving narrow-gauge engine built by Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey. It was completed in December 1881 at a cost of $11,553. A popular myth, caused by mis-captioned photographs, holds that it was moved by a special train led by four new FT locomotives; that train was actually Rio Grande 268 on a 1945 anniversary tour.
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