View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
Date
1889
Notes
Formerly F24932; Formerly X-11000202; Hand-written on negative sleeve: "Copy neg. by Jackson Thode, Denver."; Title typed on back of photoprint.; Typed on back of photoprint: "2-8-0 type on line of Rio Grande Western RR in Utah about 1889."; Typed on negative sleeve: "D7RGW Railway 74, NG2-8-0 and baggage car #82 on the Pleasant Valley Branch near Scofield, Utah, in early 1889. George Ed. Anderson photo in Arthur Peterson collection with Denver Public Library Western History Dept. Copied Nov. 4, 1973. Originally D&RG 74, Class 56, BLW #5164 (9/1880) named "Herman." Transferred to D&RGW Ry. #74 (7/12/1886), renumbered Rio Grande Western #74 (7/1889). Purchased by Rio Grande Southern (#30) 1891 repurchased by RGW 1899. Renumbered 04 (1900), sold Sumpter Valley Ry. (#7) 1900; renumbered SV10. Retired 1936. dismatled [sic.] by SV. Ektapan film - 8 1/2" Georz Dagor lens."; R7110002021
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroads--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
