| 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 |
