Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.162

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.162
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.162.tif
Photo Number 21273
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 sleeping 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 car #1135 Silver Gull (six double bedroom, five compartment Pullman car), built in 1952 by the Budd Company of Red Lion, PA for use on California Zephyr; one car per train set. Each car carried two people / room for a total of 22. Cars leased to and operated by the Pullman Company. One car of this type added to each train set in 1952 because of needed additional accommodation. Photograph location: Grand Junction, Colorado. 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 39222001568075
ARK ark:/87278/s6dr4c6k
Setname dha_cp
ID 455508
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dr4c6k
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