CANON CITY, Colo. – Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad has scrapped the last remaining Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD SD9, No. 5305. It was cut up as part of a deal the tourist line made for a newer locomotive.
No. 5305 was built in July 1957, part of an order for 10 SD9s, Nos. 5305-5314. In 1996, the locomotive was purchased by the Northwestern Pacific, and then sold to OmniTrax. It was sold to the Royal Gorge Route in 2003, and occasionally did stints pulling tourist trains through the Royal Gorge. The other nine units were sold to National Railway Equipment and scrapped.
