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Call NumberRR-2125Alternate TitleDenver and Rio Grande Western RailroadCreatorRichardson, Robert W.Date1955 May 2SummaryDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive #489 (2-8-2) and freight cars enter the west end of the snowshed on the summit of Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. The train is the last to travel the Marshall Pass route. Shows snow fences and snow drifts on the mountains slope in the Sawatch Range, smoke above the locomotive and a portion of caboose 0574.Physical Description1 negative : black-and-white ; 11 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyMarshall Pass (Colo.)Saguache County (Colo.)Sawatch Range (Colo.)Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Saguache CountyPasses (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache CountyRailroads--Colorado--Saguache CountySnow fences--Colorado--Saguache CountySnowsheds--Colorado--Saguache CountyGeographic AreaSaguache County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700402125Type of MaterialFilm negativesBlack & white photographsNotesFormerly RG 1252.15; Title and descriptive information penciled on negative envelope. R7004021252DonorRobert W. Richardson

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