Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.136

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.136
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.136.tif
Photo Number 21246
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1962
Date 1962
Subject Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad locomotives
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company; General Motors Corporation. Electro-Motive Division
Spatial Coverage Utah; Carbon County; Helper
Description Denver and Rio Grande Western RR SD-7 type unit with a tractive effort of 89,294 lbs. #5300 built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors (G.M.) in May 1953. Used for local freight and switch engine service. Locomotive still on roster in 1986. S.D. stands for "Special Duty" and has three axle trucks with three traction motors each for slow speed heavy tonnage service. Photographer / Donor: Mike B. Davis. Photograph date / location: 1962, possibly Helper, Utah.
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 39222001568406
ARK ark:/87278/s6s488r7
Setname dha_cp
ID 455515
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s488r7
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