Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.163

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.163
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.163.tif
Photo Number 21274
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 dining cars; Railroad lounge 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 dome buffet / lounge / observation car #1145 Silver Sky, built in 1949 by the Budd Company of Red Lion, PA for use as rear end car on California Zephyr. Car had three double bedrooms and one drawing room with shower, each for two people. Also provided buffet / drinks / lounge service under dome and in rear of car. Car had 24 seats in dome for Pullman passengers. Leased and operated by Pullman Company; one car per train set. Later this car was used on Rio Grande Zephyr (also in rear of train). Car remodeled to full lounge dome observation by the Rio Grande at Burnham Shops in Denver. This eliminated Pullman rooms. 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 39222001568141
ARK ark:/87278/s6903mhm
Setname dha_cp
ID 455617
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6903mhm
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