Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.167

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.167
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.167.tif
Photo Number 21278
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1962
Date 1962
Subject Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad cars; Railroad passenger cars; Railroad dining cars; Railroad sleeping cars; Railroad travel
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company; Barney and Smith Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City
Description Denver and Rio Grande Western RR kitchen / diner / sleeper car X-3272 at Roper Yards, South Salt Lake City in 1962. Car used on Salt Lake "wreck train" for housing and feeding crews during derailments. The car was originally built in 1910 as a diner by Barney & Smith Company. Leased by the D & RG to Western Pacific for use on its new line. Re-named as Mt. Nebo when car returned to D & RG. Rebuilt and re-numbered X-3272 in 1945. Photographer / Donor: Mike B. Davis.
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 Davis, Mike B.
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 39222001568257
ARK ark:/87278/s6s19k7k
Setname dha_cp
ID 455738
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s19k7k
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