Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick Blocking and Truck Car No. X-3317
Denver County
D&RGW Railroad Derrick Blocking and Truck Car No. X-3317 is important as a representative type of railroad maintenance-of-way rolling stock.
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick Blocking and Truck Car No. X-3317
The 1951 car, modified from a circa 1930 boxcar, carried replacement wheel sets, or trucks, to the site of train derailments and wrecks. It operated in conjunction with other maintenance-of-way cars as part of a derrick work train.