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October 1939. "Railroad crossing. Rio Grande County, Colorado. Locomotive of Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Small parts of the D&RG RR still thrive through scenic day trips; see Cumbres & Toltec (I've taken it), or Durango & Silverton. Shorpy is blessed with so many railroad historians - where are you? The narrow-gauge D&RG has a fascinating history--at least to folks here in the Rocky Mountain region.
to learn how to embed a Google Maps image? It's not that hard, folks. All you have to do is apply eyeballs and brain to what's in front of your nose! Step 1 is to click on those three dots. Then click "Share or embed image," choose "Custom size," and enter 490x320. Then copy the code and paste it in the Comments box.
That would put us right about here: https://tinyurl.com/y8f9x4v4
This spot is at 37.551629, -106.075734 with the train going westbound.
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