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D&RGW Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train, Durango yard (2-8-2) 453 backing with excursion train.

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Call NumberRR-1893CreatorRichardson, Robert W.Date1951 November 21SummaryDenver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 453 (2-8-2) vents steam and smoke while backing with a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train in Durango (Durango County), Colorado. Shows warehouses and a mill building with signs: "Graden Flour Mill, Ranch-way Foods." Sedan automobiles wait at the crossing by a woody station wagon; Perins Peak and Barnroof Point are in the distance.Physical Description1 negative : nitrate, black-and-white ; 11 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyDurango (Colo.)Perins Peak (Colo.)Mills--Colorado--DurangoRailroad locomotives--Colorado--DurangoRailroads--Colorado--DurangoGeographic AreaDurango (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR700401893Type of MaterialNitrate negativesBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly RG788; Title penciled on negative sleeve. R7004018932

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