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Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad track at Franklin Junction (Colo.)
Date/circa:  1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Subjects: Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); ; Railroads--Colorado--Track--Franklin Junction--Pictorial works; Franklin Junction (Colo.)
Notes: Mile Post 159.29. "This looks like it is near Porter. Or even Mesa. ... there seems to be a two track spur here, most likely for a mine loading tipple." [Source of quote: Robert Herrone, email 3/27/07.]

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