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Group of Men Posing with Locomotive, circa 1885

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Artifact Overview

Twelve men posed with a narrow-gauge 0-6-0 tank locomotive on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The D&RG's rails were three feet apart, closer than the standard gauge of four feet, eight and one-half inches. Narrow-gauge railroads were less expensive to build, making them popular in difficult terrain like the D&RG's crossing of the Rocky Mountains.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1885

Creators

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.0.54.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.875 in
Width: 16 in

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