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| | Title: | Rio Grande Southern Railroad section houses at Mancos (Colo.) | ||
| Date/circa: | 1949-05 | |||
| Photographer: | Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.) | |||
| Subjects: | Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); ; Railroads--Colorado--Mancos--Buildings and structures--Pictorial works; Mancos (Colo.) | |||
| Notes: | Mile Post 122.50. This is a lighter duplicate of photoprint P026148. "The switch stand at the right is actually a derail to prevent runaway cars from heading down out of town. You can see how it operated a point that closed to allow trains to pass, like a track turnout (switch.)" [Source of quote: Robert Herrone, email 3/27/07.] | |||
| Photoprint#: | P026149 | Negative#: | ||
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