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Thumbnail for 'Ophir Loop, Ames, Colo.'
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Lithograph photo print image of a town nestled in a mountain valley.Mountains in background; railroad trestles spanning ravines are visible in the foreground.
Thumbnail for 'Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R. CO.'
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Color lithograph photo print image of a double engine train marked "Rio Grande" riding a cliff-hugging track.
Thumbnail for 'Opening the narrow gauge at Cumbres Pass, Colo. 10,015 feet'
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Black and white photo print image of a snowy scene. Snow covered mound at foreground; plumes of smoke trail it with building, telegraph, and snow covered hills in background.
Thumbnail for 'Rio Grande Southern Railway snow shed, Lizard Head Pass (Colo.)'
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Photographic print image of a shed covering a railroad. Several structures stand in a grassy meadow in foreground. Beyond these a thick conifer forest covers a mountain slope. In the far background left corner; snow covered peaks.
Thumbnail for 'Rio Grande Southern Bus (Telluride, Colo.)'
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Black and white photo of a railroad "bus: a box car with an engine up front with seating for the engineers. A few shrubs are in front with a grassy slope beyond the car. The side of the box car reads, "MOTOR No. 7, RIO GRAND SOUTHERN R.R. C.O." The passenger compartment has headlights and a grill like an antique car and is labelled "R. G. S. 7" Two passengers are visible.
Thumbnail for 'Train time in Silverton, Colorado'
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Photo of the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge train coming into town. Green mountains in the background. Buildings on either side of the road. People are watching the train.
Thumbnail for 'Yankee Doodle Lake, Moffat Line, Colorado'
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Yankee Doodle Lake, Moffat Line, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Mt. Ouray and Marshall Pass, Denver and Rio Grande Railway (Colo.)'
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Photo of steam engine traveling below a snow covered peak [writing on back] Addressed to Mrs. Ida Herr Pennsgrove New Jersey postmarked Louviers, Colorado. Apr. 1, 1922 one cent stamp
Thumbnail for 'Ophir Loop, Ophir, Colo.'
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A side view of the Ophir Loop. A tree-topped mesa lies in front of the railroad with wooden trestle bridges spanning deep ravines. The road higher up the slope forms a more visible light line hugging the mountainside. Thick pine and aspen forests cover the slopes on the right while rocks and meadows cover the drier slope on the left.
Thumbnail for 'All aboard! (Durango, Colo.)'
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Photograph of passengers boarding the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge train at the Durango station.
Thumbnail for 'Silverton Narrow Gauge in Animas Canyon, Colorado'
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Photograph of the narrow gauge train (engine, approximately 8 passenger cars) steaming along the railroad tracks in the Animas Canyon beside the Animas River.
Thumbnail for 'Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad'
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View of the Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad crossing a river on a trip through the mountains.
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Real photo b/w view of locomotive pulling several passenger cars near the Animas River. Not mailed. One of a series of ten such postcards.
Thumbnail for 'Snow plow at work (Silverton, Colo.)'
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Actual photo print. A snow plow that looks like a train plows through thick snow.
Thumbnail for 'All aboard for Silverton (Durango, Colo.)'
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A train traveling alongside a mountain, smoke billowing. Several people stand nearby.