By Anthony Guerrero Of all the historic places in Alamosa, perhaps none represents the city’s roots as well as the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) locomotive 169. Visitors to Alamosa’s Cole Park are familiar with the train on the pavilion. During the Christmas season it is lit up with lights as are other structures. It is not just any other ordinary Christmas decoration though. Locomotive 169 was built in 1883 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Downtown Alamosa residents are aware of the term “narrow gauge.” They may not know that the train in the park is an ...