Re: Corporate Names, again

hank Wrote:
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> One more time:
> D&RG Ry 1870-1886 (Colorado)
> D&RG RR 1886-1908 (Colorado)
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> D&RGW Ry 1881-1889 (Utah)
> RGW RR 1889-1908 (Utah)
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> Above merged,1908
> D&RG RR (consolidated) 1908-1921
> D&RGW RR 1921- (Reorganized, 1947)

The name change in 1921 came about due to a reorganization after the Rio Grande failed on its obligation to pay a guaranteed Western Pacific bond interest. The Guarantee was put in place during George Gould's control of the Rio Grande and the construction of the WP.

Then in 1935 the D&RGW went into receivership. That ended in 1947 with approval of a reorganization.

The full story of the above has many twists and turns and can be found in books like Robert LeMassena's Rio Grande . . . to the Pacific!

Brian Norden