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.
Date
1953 November 14
Notes
Formerly RG 2823.9; Title and descriptive information penciled on negative envelope.; R7004019629
Description
1 negative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject
Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Source
Robert W. Richardson.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
