A flatbed truck delivers Rio Grande Southern Railroad 2-8-0 locomotive #42 to the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) 2-8-0 locomotive #346 with a tender and caboose, a railroad crossing sign, and switches on display beside the museum. Trucks are parked near the two story museum, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, and a luggage cart is on the platform.
Description
1 negative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.); Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies; Alamosa (Colo.); Museums--Colorado--Alamosa; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa; Trucks--Colorado--Alamosa
Geographic Area
Alamosa (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Robert W. Richardson.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700401962
Notes
Formerly RG 2823.9; Title and descriptive information penciled on negative envelope.; R7004019629
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