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Call Number	RR-2015
Title	D&RGW
Creator(s)	Richardson, Robert W.
Summary	Railroad workers use a fixed gantry crane to transfer stacks of lumber between narrow gauge flat cars, and a standard gauge gondola car in the railroad yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Cables are used to hoist the bundled lumber between Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad cars.
Date	1949 October
Notes	Formerly RG 2598.1; Title and descriptive information penciled on negative envelope.; R7004020159
Physical Description	1 negative ; 7 x 7 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Subject	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950. Gantry cranes--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950. Alamosa County (Colo.)--1940-1950. Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950. Lumber--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950. Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950. Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950. Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
Source	Robert W. Richardson.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700402015
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	RG2598.1 DPLW
Filename	00402015.TIF

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