View of the Denver & Rio Grande Engine No. 5771 currently on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 West 44th Avenue, Golden, Colo. Between 1971-1983, this diesel engine powered the last non-Amtrak intercity passenger train in the United States. Known as the Rio Grande Zephyr, the train ran between Denver, Colo. and Salt Lake City, Utah. By 1984 the engine was put into service locally with the Ski Train carrying passengers from Denver to Winter Park. Engine 5771 was later retired in 1984 and then donated to the museum in 1996.
Description
1 slide : color
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Jefferson County.
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Colorado Railroad Museum--2000-2010.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Colorado Railroad Museum--Pictorial works.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: Loan, Tom Noel, 2012.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Nicholas Wharton.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
