Rio Grande Scenic Line of the World Alaska Railroad Southern Pacific #606577 (Boxcar Red

Southern Pacific #606577 (Boxcar Red

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electrically wired frogs

Observation car

Original or one of 3 later headlight styles as appropriate

Rio Grande Scenic Line of the World Alaska Railroad Southern Pacific #606577 (Boxcar RedDenver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the 20th century, the enduring memory of Rio Grande is one of black and gold diesels thundering through smoky tunnels on a right of way blasted out of solid rock by construction engineers who didnt know the meaning of the word