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Ascending Poncha Pass

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Call NumberRR-1096CreatorRichardson, Robert W.Date1949 January 28SummaryView of a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train with locomotives 499, with a pilot plow, and locomotive 496 between Poncha Springs and Mears Junction, (Chaffee County), Colorado. Highway 285 is to the side.Physical Description1 negative : nitrate, black-and-white ; 6 x 12 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyChaffee County (Colo.)Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee CountyRailroads--Colorado--Chaffee CountyRoads--Colorado--Chaffee CountyGeographic AreaChaffee County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage file: ZZR700401096Type of MaterialNitrate negativesBlack & white photographsNotesPenciled on negative sleeve: "069," and "RG1763.1."; Title penciled on negative envelope; also reads: "64," "Salida - Alamosa" and "RG1763 2 negs."; R7004010968

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