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Rio Grande Southern Railroad photographs

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Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad view of Santa Rita (Durango, Colo.)
Date/circa:  1950/1965
Photographer:
Subjects: Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); ; Railroads--Colorado--Durango--Track--Pictorial works; Durango (Colo.)
Notes: Mile Post not known. This is a picture looking west across the present day Santa Rita Park. In this photo several dozen houses can be seen as well as the train tracks and the smelter. In the background is the hogback and Perins Peak.

Photoprint#:

P026178

Negative#:

1057

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