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Ophir Loop and Ames Electric Power Plant Railroad in background, Telluride, Colo. The card was made in Germany and was postmarked in Telluride on Dec. 27, 1917, to Mr. H. N. Draemel at the B.C. Mine, Vanadium, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Galloping Goose (Telluride, Colo.)'
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Photo of Galloping Goose next to a building which is on the right. A mountain peak is in the background.
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Photo of the Galloping Goose railroad car next to a building. Tree leaves are turning yellow on a hill in the background.
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Hand tinted photograph. The remarkable scenery presented all along the route of the D&RG has called into service an open observation car, which enables the traveler to obtain an unrestricted view. Postmarked Aug 30, 1913 from Malta. Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Colorado Railroad Museum (Golden, Colo.)'
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A steam engine, trimmed in yellow with lettering on coal-cart and cab: "DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN", "318".
Thumbnail for 'Durango - Dolores into Mancos, Colo., Denver & Rio Grande Western'
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A sepia postcard of a train with some mountains in the background.
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A color postcard of a river in the crevice of two mountains. On the left side, a yellow train can be seen.
Thumbnail for 'Mancos and Dolores Divide (Colo.), on the D&RG'
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A sepia postcard of a train on a set of tracks between trees.
Thumbnail for 'Taken June 18, 1919 en route to Mt. McClellan, Colo. 14007 ft. high, on the Argentine Central RY., Loop Trip, Colo.'
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Colored lithographic photo print image of train, crew, and passengers posed along the rail line and amongst banks of snow.
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 '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 'Rotary snow plow near Telluride, Colo.'
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A rotary snow plow is clearing track across a hillside near Telluride, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Rio Grande Southern Depot, Ophir, Colo.'
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A real photo postcard, produced during the White Border era. The train depot, a house and two other buildings, with part of another house visible on the left. It is sitting in fount of a small aspen forest with pine trees visible uphill.
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.
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View of the Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad crossing a river on a trip through the mountains.
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A colorized view of a train on the highline of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad above the Animas Canyon. Postmarked June 2, 1909; mailed to Ella Bourne by someone in Canada, who wrote a message on the back.