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Rio Grande Southern RR - Layouts & Eras
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I thought it might be interesting to attempt a listing of RGS and related layouts. A recent discussion on the RGS list centered on what era of the RGS is being modeled by each of us, which is also interesting to me. SO - below is the beginning of a listing of various layouts. If you have a layout of the RGS, or nearby D&RG, or freelanced combination of the two, email me at with some details and I'll add it here.
| Scale |
Layout Name |
Era |
Builder |
Website |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOn3 | Holy Cross and Crystal River | 30s-40s | Pete Doty | Pics | |
| HOn3 | Mears Madness and the RGS |
Oct 1, 1940Oct 1, 1950 | Jeff Reynolds | Pics | |
| G? | Mount Aikinbach | ? | Pete Doty | Pics | |
| Fn3 | Rio Grande Southern East | Late 1930s-1952 | Roger Cutter |
Pics:
Open Hse
YouTube: v1 | |
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern East | Late 1930s-1952 | Roger Cutter | ||
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ?? | Kevin Shanahan | Flickr | |
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern (First District) |
1938-1945 | Dave Vollmer |
FB
YouTube |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern (Rico & Enterprise branch) |
? | Bill Banta | Kits | |
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern (Ridgway to Rico, Telluride) |
1890-1950 (focus on 1920s) |
Don Bergman |
PDF newsletter HOn3 grp RGS grp |
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| HOn3 / Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Bill Beverly |
Design
YouTube |
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| On3 | San Juan Southern | ? | Charlie Brown | RGS homepage
(pg down to 'Other Model RRs' near bottom; links to several of Charlie's pics) |
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| ? | Rio Grande Southern (Ridgway to Rico) |
? | Michael McCaffery | Web YouTube | |
| ? | Rio Grande Southern (garden) |
? | Ken Brunt |
Web YouTube: v1 v2 v3 |
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| Fn3 | Rio Grande Southern (live steam) Rico to Durango, Lumberton, El Vado |
1904/1940 | Tom Burns |
Pics: p1 YouTube: v1 v2 |
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| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern Dolores |
1940s | Bill Busacca | pics | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Rico |
Late 1940s | Art Cominio | ||
| On3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Dallas Divide |
Late '20s / Early '30s | Mark Czerwinski |
RGS grp YouTube: v1 v2 |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Peter Ellis | ||
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway-Telluride, Ouray |
1930-1935 | Mark Evans | Web | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Rico |
? | Sam Furukawa w/ Bill Banta & Jimmy Booth |
Trackside article pics-2012 YouTube |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway-Durango, Silverton, Ouray |
Late 1939 | Joe Fuss | Raggs site (but no layout info there, yet) |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Janne | Web | |
| On3 | Rio Grande Southern (Old Ophir) |
? | Laurie Green | Web | |
| HO | Rio Grande Southern | 1958 | Steven Haworth | Web FB | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | (?) | John Hansen | ||
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Steve Harris | RGS homepage
video |
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| ? | Rio Grande Southern (large scale) |
? | Robert Herronen | Web | |
| 1:20.3 (formerly Sn3) | Rio Grande Southern | Late 1930s | Bob Hyman | Web | |
| Sn3 | San Juan Southern Telluride to Lizard Hd |
? | John Kalin | pics | |
| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Mark Kasprowicz | ||
| F | Rio Grande Southern Rising Ridgway to Lizard Head |
post-1952 | Jim Kottkamp | pic1 pic2 pic3 | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | Mid-Late 1940s | Mike McCaffery |
RGS layout (old) Cerrillos Line (new) |
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| 1:20.3 | Rio Grande Southern (Ridgway to Rico) (garden - 2700'+ of mainline) |
? | Dave McCurdy | photos | |
| 1:20.3 | Rio Grande Southern - S Jersey Div
(Dallas to Placerville) (garden) |
Early 1940s | Kenneth Molchanow |
Pics: p1 YouTube: v1 v2 v3 |
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| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Telluride |
? | Jim Noonan | pics pics2 pics2 | |
| On30 | Rio Grande Southern | 1937-1947 | Rick Norris |
MRH article YouTube |
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| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern (West Durango) |
1938 | Gary Norwood | Web | |
| Fn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Greg Posta | ||
| On3 | Rio Grande Southern | 1950 | Ron Proffitt | Web | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Craig Raymond |
(see Craig's incredible model of Ophir in the RGS files area, under user 'rgssn3') |
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| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern | Late 1930s | Jeff Reynold | ||
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Rico |
Summer 1940 | Bill Scobie | YouTube: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Joel Shank | Pics | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern Ridgway to Rico |
? | Randy Smith | Web | |
| On3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Keith Stamper | SWng grp | |
| Fn3 | Rio Grande Southern (garden, Ridgway to Matterhorn) |
1940s-1952 | Steve | pic1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 | |
| HOn3 | Silver San Juan | Sep 1941 | Craig Symington | Web YouTube HOn3 grp | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Rick Wheeler | YouTube | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern | Late 1930s | Dave Woodrell |
pics
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pics2
YouTube: v1 v2 v3 v4 |
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| HOn3 | Rio Grande Southern | ? | Steve Zonay | RGS homepage
(pg down to 'Other Model RRs' near bottom; links to several of Steve's pics) |
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| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern & McPhee | ? | Markus Schibler | FB grp | |
| Sn3 | Rio Grande Southern 3rd District | ? | Michel Foissy | YouTube | |
| Sn3 | Durango, Rico & Northern | 1940s | Pat Yupours | Design | |
| Scale |
Layout Name |
Era |
Builder |
Website |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOn3 | Telluride to Durango / Chama | ? | Brian Bass | ||
| HOn3 | Chamatiago & Southern | ? | Mario Rapinett (built by Steve Pettit |
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| Sn3 | Cimarron and Tall Timbers | 1950s | Tom Troughton |
Web Archive More3 |
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| Sn3 | Denver, South Park & Southern | 1939-40 | John Chlebowski | ||
| Sn3 | D&RGW | ? | Jim Brown |
Web pics |
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| On3 | D&RGW | ? | Jerry Merker | ||
| On3 | D&RGW | Oct 1937 | Lex Parker | Web FB Videos | |
| HOn3 | D&RGW - Chama/Cumbres Pass | ? | Dave Dye |
Web Bridge model |
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| G (outdoors) | D&RGW | ? | Matt (SW Chief) | Website | |
| HO / HOn3 | D&RGW 3rd division | ? | Craig Linn | Website | |
| On3 | D&RGW Chama to Antonito | 1940 | Russ | Website | |
| N | D&RGW | 1955 | Erik |
Photo
More pics! |
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| Sn3 | D&RGW - Gunnison to Buena Vista | (?) | Steve Hatch | Web | |
| Sn3 | Durango, Rico & Northern | 1940-45 | Jon Stetz | Web | |
| Sn3 | Montezuma Lumber Co (McPhee) |
1905 | John Humphrey | Web | |
| Sn3 | North Texas Narrow Gauge | ? | Jack Walton | Web | |
| On3 | Patten Mines | ? | Darryl Huffman | Web | |
| HOn3 | Purgatory & Devil River | 1957 | Paul & Duane Richardson | Web | |
| Sn3 | Red Gorge Southern | ? | Roger Schenck | ||
| On3 | Rio Grande Western | ? | George Paxon | Web | |
| HO / HOn3 | Rocky Mtn Central | mid-1950s | Jerry Hoverson | Web YouTube | |
| HOn3 | San Juan Northern | (?) | Dennis Larson | HOn3 grp Videos | |
| On3 | San Juan Southern | (?) | Ted Wiese | Photos | |
| Sn3 | San Lorenzo Southern | (?) | Mike Schwab | YouTube TrackPlan (MR) | |
| ? | Silverton Union | ? | Mike L | Web | |
| Sn3 / HOn3 | Slim Gauge Guild | ? | (club) | Web YouTube: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 | |
| G | Snowshoe and San Juan | early 1950s | Frank & Matt Doti | Photos | |
| Fn3 | Tom Miller | ? | Tom Miller | YouTube: v1 v2 v3 | |
| HOn3 | Wolf Creek Line | 1930+? | Michael McClure | Web YouTube | |
| tbd | tbd | tbd | Mark Wilson | Web | |
| Scale |
Description |
Era |
Builder |
Website |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:4.8 (7.5" gauge) |
RGS 41 - live steam | ? | Ken Burns et al | YouTube: v1 | |
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