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D&RGW train with engine 548, engine type EMD FT

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Call NumberCRRM-2012.285.0782Alternate TitleDenver and Rio Grande Western train with engine 548, engine type EMD FTCreatorHallock, Ralph E.DateFeb 19, 1949SummaryDenver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company (D&RGW) #8, the "Prospector", at Clay CO, diesel 548 & 8 carsPhysical Description1 negative : film, black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railway CompanyNarrow gauge railroads--ColoradoRailroads--Colorado--Coal Creek CanyonDiesel locomotivesGeneral Motors Corporation Electro-Motive DivisionGeographic AreaCoal Creek Canyon Region (Boulder County and Jefferson County, Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialFor additional photographs from the UP trip in Feb 1949, see http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/search/searchterm/UP%20storm%20detours%20on%20the%20D%26RGW%3A%20Feb%2019%2C%201949/field/relatigDigital Version Created FromOriginal negative held by the Colorado Railroad MuseumOriginal Material Found in CollectionHallock (Ralph) CollectionUP storm detours on the D&RGW: Feb 19, 1949NotesDamaged negative. Clay (also called Fireclay) is the siding above the double horseshoe “Big Ten” curves, in the straight stretch as the line heads for the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon.Item Owned ByColorado Railroad Museum

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