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Thumbnail for 'Old Time Narrow Gauge Engine - Rio Grande Southern R.R. in Durango, Colo.'
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Photograph of the right side of narrow gauge Engine #461 on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
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Photograph of the right side of the Galloping Goose #3 in the Durango station. On the side is a listing of the route - Ophir Loop, Lizard Head, Scenic Line, Thompson Park, Dolores Canon. Snow on mountains in the background.
Thumbnail for 'The Galloping Goose - Unique Train on the Rio Grande Southern in Southwestern CO'
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Photograph of the left side of the Galloping Goose #3 of the Rio Grande Southern line which has a snowplow attached to the cowcatcher, in the Durango station. A dog stands beside the train.
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Photograph of the left side of Galloping Goose #4 on the Rio Grande Southern line. Note on the back of the card "still in operation."
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Photograph of the left side of the Galloping Goose #3 Rio Grande Southern train car in the Dolores station.
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Photograph of Rio Grande Southern Caboose #403.
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Photograph of a washout along the Rio Grande Southern line tracks. The engine is listing to the side.
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Photograph of stock being loaded on the narrow gauge railroad in Dolores, Colorado. This is the engine used in the movie "Ticket to Tomahawk"
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Photograph of the right side of the Galloping Goose #5, and another of the Galloping Geese (unidentified) right behind it, on tracks in a field.
Thumbnail for 'Galloping Goose and Old Time Narrow Gauge Trains on D & R.G. Southern RR, Colo.'
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Photograph of the left side of the Galloping Goose #3 meeting a narrow gauge train coming in the other direction on another set of tracks. Wintertime.
Thumbnail for 'Engine 20 on the Rio Grande Southern Line'
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Photograph of Engine #20 on the Rio Grande Southern line in Durango, Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'The Galloping Goose at Durango, Colo.'
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Photograph of the left side of the Galloping Goose #4 of the Rio Grande Southern line which has a snowplow attached to the cow catcher, in the Durango station.
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Color photo of the Galloping Goose train caboose parked in a field.
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Sepia photograph capturing Engine 32 derailed
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Photograph of the left side of the Galloping Goose #7 of the Rio Grande Southern line which has a snowplow attached to the cowcatcher on the front of the engine.
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Galloping Goose underneath trees.
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Galloping Goose underneath trees; caption on the front: "The Galloping Goose."
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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Mesa County resident Vernon McCoy discusses moving to the Fruita, Colorado area from Iowa in 1911, working for the Uintah Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, his stint overseas in the Army during World War I, and his three children. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.