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Ascending Poncha Pass
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Call Number
RR-1096
Creator
Richardson, Robert W.
Date
1949 January 28
Summary
View 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 Description
1 negative : nitrate, black-and-white ; 6 x 12 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Chaffee County (Colo.)
Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County
Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County
Roads--Colorado--Chaffee County
Geographic Area
Chaffee County (Colo.)
Related Material
Image file: ZZR700401096
Type of Material
Nitrate negatives
Black & white photographs
Notes
Penciled 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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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Richardson, Robert W.,
Ascending Poncha Pass
(1949 January 28). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 23/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1115739