Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.135

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.135
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grand_Western_Railroad_p.135.tif
Photo Number 21245
Classification 385
Creator Davis, Mike B.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph August 1962
Date 1962-08
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 Two roadswitcher type diesel unit of the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR at Helper, Utah in August of 1962. 5306 is an SD-9 type unit of 1750 horsepower while the 2nd unit is 5300, an SD-7 type unit of 1500 horsepower. These units were used in local freight and Helper service especially on coal trains. Both locomotives were built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors (G.M.). S.D. stands for "Special Duty". Colors: black with yellow stripes and lettering. 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 39222001568463
ARK ark:/87278/s6ww91dr
Setname dha_cp
ID 455792
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww91dr
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