Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.189

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.189
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad_p.189.tif
Photo Number 21307
Classification 385
Creator Mike B. Davis
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1962?
Date 1962
Subject Railroads; Railroad locomotives
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Colorado
Description Narrow gauge locomotive 486 at Alamosa, Colorado, ready track for freight service over Cumbres Pass. This class of 10 locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotives Works in 1925 and were the last new steam locomotives bought for the Rio Grande for the narrow gauge lines. Once extensive in Utah and Colorado.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2014 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 385 Railroads
Source Format Print photograph
Source Donors Mike B. Davis
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Perfection 1240 and saved as 800 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis.
Scanned By Karl Nicholson; Earl Hindley
Barcode Identifier 39222001579007
ARK ark:/87278/s6d524zx
Setname dha_cp
ID 456398
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d524zx
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