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Call NumberRR-2014Alternate TitleDenver and Rio Grande Western RailroadCreatorRichardson, Robert W.Date1951 NovemberSummaryRailroad employees use cables to tip Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad refrigerator car #59 off the tracks. Workers use torches to dismantle another railroad car in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows piles of scrap metal, and automobiles near the tracks.Physical Description1 negative : black-and-white ; 7 x 7 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyAlamosa County (Colo.)Railroad refrigerator cars--Colorado--AlamosaRailroad shops & yards--Colorado--AlamosaRailroads--Colorado--AlamosaSalvage--Colorado--AlamosaGeographic AreaAlamosa County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700402014Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly RG 2604.1; Title and descriptive information penciled on negative envelope. R7004020141DonorRobert W. Richardson

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