Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.257

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Title Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad P.257
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad_p.257.tif
Photo Number 23618
Classification 385
Creator Mike B. Davis
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1980?
Date 1980
Subject Railroads; Railroad freight cars
Corporate Name Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Spatial Coverage Utah; Colorado
Description Rio Grande three-foot narrow gauge gondola car 1000 was typical of thousands of such cars used by the D&RG and others in Utah and the other western states. They carried ore and coal, but because they had no bottom doors they had to be unloaded by hand or turned over in a rotary dumper to unload. Note that the height of the car has been raised on board in order to haul more product.
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 39222001583215
ARK ark:/87278/s6r22jds
Setname dha_cp
ID 456510
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r22jds
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