| Title |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.258 |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad_p.258.tif |
| Photo Number |
23619 |
| Classification |
385 |
| Creator |
Mike B. Davis |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
1980? |
| Date |
1980 |
| Subject |
Railroads; Railroad snowplow locomotives |
| Corporate Name |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Colorado |
| Description |
Rotary snow plow O.M. is a narrow gauge piece of equipment used to clear deep snow from the railroad tracks. The rotary wheel is steam powered from a boiler within the car body, but the equipment is not self-powered. It must be pushed by one or more locomotives. The Rio Grande had four plows of this type. Interestingly enough, this could also be used on standard gauge by changing the wheels, as the tracks could hold wheel sets of either gauge. |
| 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 |
Mike B. Davis |
| 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 |
39222001583272 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m91sqh |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
456317 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m91sqh |
