The following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad or its predecessors.

Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union Station) to Pueblo Fort Logan Branch: Englewood (Military Junction) to Fort Logan Lehigh Branch: Louviers (Lehigh Junction) to Lehigh Mine Castle Rock Branch: Castle Rock to Hathaway O'Brien's Quarry Spur: Hathaway to O'Brien's Quarry Douglas Quarry Spur: Douglas to Madge Quarry Manitou Branch: Colorado Springs (Manitou Junction) to Manitou

Royal Gorge Line: Pueblo to Salida via Royal Gorge Coal Creek Branch: Florence to Coal Creek Oak Creek Branch: Florence (Oak Creek Junction) to Oak Creek Chandler Creek Branch: Chandler Junction to Chandler Mine Fremont Branch: Fremont Junction to Fremont Mine Grape Creek Branch: Cañon City (Grape Creek Junction) to Westcliffe Westcliffe Branch: Texas Creek to Westcliffe Howard Branch: Howard's Quarry Junction to Calcite

Tennessee Pass Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Tennessee Pass Calumet Branch: Brown Canon (Hecla Junction) to Calumet Leadville Branch: Malta to Leadville California Gulch Branch: Oro Junction to Rowe Mill Ibex Branch: Leadville to Ibex Graham Park Branch: Graham Park Junction to Tucson Blue River Branch: Leadville to Dillon Ryan Cut-Off: Leadville Junction to Leadville (Leadville Branch) Aspen Branch: Glenwood Springs to Aspen

Gunnison Line: Salida to Grand Junction via Marshall Pass and Black Canyon Monarch Branch: Poncha Junction to Monarch Mears Junction-Alamosa Line: Mears Junction to Alamosa Orient Branch: Villa Grove to Orient Crestone Branch: Moffat to Cottonwood Pitkin Branch: Parlin to Quartz Crested Butte Branch: Gunnison to Anthracite Ruby-Anthracite Branch: Crested Butte to Floresta Baldwin Branch: Gunnison to Baldwin Kubler Branch: Castleton to Kubler Aberdeen Branch: Gunnison (Aberdeen Junction) to Aberdeen Quarry Lake City Branch: Sapinero to Lake City Ouray Branch: Montrose to Ouray North Fork Branch: Delta (North Fork Junction) to Oliver

Utah Division: Grand Junction to Ogden Ballard and Thompson Railroad: Thompson to Sego Cane Creek Branch: Brendel to Potash Sunnyside Branch: Mounds to Sunnyside Spring Canyon Branch: Helper (Spring Canyon Junction) to Mutual Kenilworth Branch: Helper (Kenilworth Junction) to Kenilworth Jennings and Potter's Quarry Branch: Kyune (Jennings Junction) to quarries Pleasant Valley Branch: Colton to Clear Creek Winter Quarters Spur: Scofield to Winter Quarters Marysvale Branch: Thistle to Marysvale San Pete Valley Branch: Ephraim to Nephi Morrison Branch: Ephraim to Morrison Castle Valley Branch: Salina to Nioche Tintic Branch: Springville to Silver City Goshen Valley Branch: Pearl to Dividend and Iron King Mammoth Spur: Mammoth Junction to Mammoth Mill Provo Canyon Branch: Provo to Heber City Orem Branch: Provo (Provo Junction) to Orem Bingham Branch: Midvale to Bingham Garfield Beach Extension: Welby to Garfield Dalton and Lark Spur: Dalton to Lark Bingham Branch Extension: Loline Junction to Cuprum Copper Belt Branch: Bingham (Copper Belt Junction) to Montana-Bingham Copper Belt-Carr Fork Branch: Yampa Mine Connection to Yampa Mine Little Cottonwood Branch: Midvale to Wasatch Park City Branch: Roper Junction to Park City Lake Park Branch: Farmington (Lake Park Junction) to Lake Park Hooper Branch: Roy to Cox

Pueblo–Alamosa line: Pueblo to Alamosa Old Main Line: Minnequa (Sonora Junction) to Trinidad; branch from Cuchara Junction to Walsenburg (Walsenburg Junction) Rouse Branch: Rouse Junction to Rouse (later began at Mayne and then Monson on the C&S trackage rights) Old Rouse Branch: Old Rouse Junction to Old Rouse Mines Engleville Branch: Engleville Junction to Engleville Zinc Smelter Spur: Minnequa (Zinc Junction) to Blende Capers Branch: Mustang to Capers (including part of the Old Main Line near Capers) Colorado and Southern Railway trackage rights: Walsenburg to Longsdale Junction Reilly Canon Branch: Longsdale Junction to Boncarbo Loma Branch: Walsenburg (Loma Junction) to Alamo New Pacific Mine Spur: Pictou (New Pacific Junction) to New Pacific Mine Reliance Branch: La Veta (Reliance Junction) to Ojo Tropic Spur: La Veta (Tropic Junction) to Tropic Creede Branch: Alamosa to Creede

Alamosa–Durango line (San Juan Extension): Alamosa to Durango Santa Fe Branch: Antonito to Santa Fe La Madera Branch: Taos Junction to La Madera Chama Lumber Spur: Chama (Biggs Junction) to Tierra Amarilla Pagosa Springs Branch: Gato (Pagosa Junction) to Pagosa Springs Rio Grande and Southwestern Railroad: Lumberton to Gallinas Farmington Branch: Carbon Junction to Farmington Silverton Branch: Durango to Silverton

Moffat Line: Denver (Union Station) to Dotsero (Tennessee Pass Line) via Moffat Tunnel Corona Line: Newcomb to Vasquez (old line over Corona Pass; abandoned when Moffat Tunnel opened) Craig Branch: Bond (Orestod) to Craig Energy Spur: Hitchens to Energy

Rio Grande Southern Railroad: Ridgway (Ouray Branch) to Durango Telluride Branch: Vance Junction to Pandora

References D&RGW track profiles: 1923, 1934, and 1969