| Title |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.158 |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.158.tif |
| Photo Number |
21269 |
| Classification |
385 |
| Creator |
Davis, Mike B. |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
ca.1949-1970 |
| Date |
1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970 |
| Subject |
Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad stations; Railroad cars; Railroad passenger cars; Railroad observation cars; Railroad dining cars; Railroad travel |
| Corporate Name |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company; Budd Company |
| Other Subject |
California Zephyr (Express train) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Colorado; Mesa County; Grand Junction |
| Description |
Denver and Rio Grande Western RR dining car #1115 Silver Banquet, built in 1948 by the Budd Company of Red Lion, PA for use on California Zephyr. Each train carried one of these cars. It had 48 seats at 12 tables / booths. It also had a kitchen and pantry. Car was later used on Rio Grande Zephyr train from Denver to Salt Lake City. Photograph location: Grand Junction, Colorado (approximately the halfway point on trip from Oakland to Chicago). 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 |
39222001567960 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6xs7c58 |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
455764 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7c58 |
