Denver and Rio Grande Railroad freight cars are parked in the Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado, freight yard under the Union Avenue Viaduct. Lettering on boxcars reads: "C.R.S. Trust" "4512" "3571" "2453" "4061." Lettering on flatcars reads: "8107" "8625" and "7121." Lettering on gondola cars reads: "1925" "8740" and "8789." A steam locomotive and a wagon are near the freight cars. The viaduct is an iron beam and metal cable truss bridge supported by stone pilings and bundles of slender metal columns. It has wooden railings. A man stands on the viaduct. The Victoria Hotel is in the distance. It has a mansard roof, a tower, dormers, and a covered veranda. A painted sign on the building reads: "Vi[ctor]ia Hotel.
Date
[between 1886 and 1890?]
Notes
CHS accession number: 2003.2.224; History Colorado.; Penciled on negative envelope: City - Den. RR yards with Colfax viaduct [i.e. Pueblo RR yards Union Avenue viaduct]. D8. 2003.2.224.; Title supplied.; R7200095659
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 13 x 17 cm. (5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Hotel Victoria (Pueblo, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad shops & yards.; Truss bridges.