Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.144

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.144
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.144.tif
Photo Number 21255
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph June 1962
Date 1962-06
Subject Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad stations; Railroad cars; Railroad travel; Railroad mail service; Postal service; Luggage
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company; Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City
Description Denver and Rio Grande Western RR mail and baggage car #1202 at Salt Lake City Union Depot in June of 1962. Car was used to sort mail in railway post office service on the train (the #7 / #8 train, known as The Prospector), traveling between Denver and Salt Lake City. Car was built by Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company in 1950 at Pullman, Illinois (near 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 39222001567796
ARK ark:/87278/s6r79xzw
Setname dha_cp
ID 455496
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r79xzw
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