Call NumberRR-1805CreatorRichardson, Robert W.Date1964 August 14SummaryDenver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotive 50 and steam locomotive 478, with a coal tender and boxcar (3468), sit by a steel shed in Durango (La Plata County) Colorado. A sign on the shed reads: "Rio Grande Motorway, Inc." Engineers look out of the locomotive cabs; a man in a cowboy hat climbs on the diesel locomotive.Physical Description1 negative : nitrate ; 7 x 7 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyDurango (Colo.)Diesel locomotives--Colorado--DurangoRailroad locomotives--Colorado--DurangoWarehouses--Colorado--DurangoGeographic AreaDurango (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR700401805Type of MaterialNitrate negativesNotesFormerly RG236.7; Title penciled on negative sleeve with: "2404."; R7004018055
Richardson, Robert W., D&RGW (2-8-2) 478, Durango, Colo., diesel #50 (1964 August 14). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 17/07/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1125118
