Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, Utah. County/parish: Salt Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 23, 1979. NRIS 79002501.
1 contributing structure.
Denver and Rio Grande Western 223 is a C-16 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1881–82. No. 223 was completed in December 1881, at a cost of $11,553. Rio Grande 223 is the only surviving narrow-gauge engine built by Grant Locomotive Works. D&RGW 223 and the other Class 60 engines were part of the Rio Grande's expansion into Colorado and Utah in the 1880s. Originally D&RG class 60, the designation C-16 followed the D&RGW class-naming format from 1924 of a letter, “C” for Consolidation type, and a number “16” for its rated tractive effort of approximately 16,000 pounds.
Retired from service in 1941, No. 223 was placed on display in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, UT. In 1979, No. 223 was given to the Utah State Historical Society and began restoring the locomotive to operating condition in 1992. For nearly 3 decades, restoration work progressed slowly until 2020, when work on No. 223 was suspended. In July of 2025, the locomotive was sold to the 223 Locomotive Foundation, who will be restoring it to operating condition.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72001515