View of Rio Grande Southern locomotive (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western locomotive (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose #05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame museum, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos has flared eaves, a square tower and a platform with wooden benches. Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (2-8-2) locomotives #497 and #498 with a consist of freight cars bound for Chama, New Mexico, as it passes the museum. Shows buildings and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Date
1954 February
Notes
Formerly RG 2836.1; Title and "South Alamosa, Colo., Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20, Mount Blanca & Western 2-8-0 #346, M.B. & W. Caboose 05, Rio Grande Southern 2-8-0 #42, D. & R.G.W. 2-8-2s #497, #498 with Chama, N.M.-bound freight" penciled on negative envelope.; R70040194564
Physical Description
1 negative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Source
Robert W. Richardson.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
