Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.187

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.187
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad_p.187.tif
Photo Number 21305
Classification 385
Creator Mike B. Davis
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1955
Date 1955
Subject Railroads; Railroad locomotives
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Colorado
Description Narrow guage locomotive 499 (Class K-37), Antonito, Colorado, May 29, 1955, on an excursion train of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club. The engineer is oiling the drive rods; the fireman is filling the tender with water and the conductor is carrying running orders gotten at the depot. #499 was converted from a 1000 class stand & gauge locomotive in 1930 at the Burnham Shops in Denver. 1000 class locomotives were used all over Colorado and Utah lines.
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 39222001578884
ARK ark:/87278/s6nk4z28
Setname dha_cp
ID 456455
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nk4z28
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