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railroad history

Streamliners

View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad train at Maysville (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows locomotive number 52 and box cars on the bridge at the North Fork of the South Arkansas River. Men in work clothes stand on and near the train, snow covered mountains are in the distance.

View of Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho shows a Northern Pacific train near the shore with a boat and boathouse nearby. Mountains are in the distance.

View of Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with push car near timberline, Argentine Pass, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Waldorf Mine distant center; Rocky Mountains with snowfields; man on push car with derby hat.

Railroads in the West

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