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Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad bridge at Meadow Creek (Colo.)
Date/circa:  1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Subjects: Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); ; Trestles--Colorado--Meadow Creek--Pictorial works; Meadow Creek (Colo.)
Notes: Mile Post 049.00. Above Trout Lake. Shows Meadow Creek trestle bridge #58A, and bridge #57B in the far right background. "You can see the Lower Galliger Trestle in the background. This is on the eastern side of Lizard Head Pass. Beyond the Lower Galliger Trestle was the upper trestle. You can barely see the grade above the snowfield in the background above this trestle." [Source of quote: Robert Herrone, email 3/27/07, with some text he drew from Steven Haworth's RGSRR website.] This is the same image as P026072 (scanned).

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