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A yellow and green passenger train with open observation cars curves along a mountainside, carrying passengers through a dense forest of pine trees. — Download original ↓

c. 1940 to 1960

A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train, featuring vintage open-platform cars, winds through a forested mountain valley under an overcast sky.

Date: c. 1940 to 1960Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Passenger car
Operator: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

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