Texas Zephyr Train in a Snowy Landscape at Night

Name/Title

Texas Zephyr Train in a Snowy Landscape at Night

Entry/Object ID

ph.527

Description

Black and white photograph print of a "Texas Zephyr" train in Boulder, Colorado in a snowy landscape at night, January 28, 1958. The print is 3.5" x 5", glossy on deckled Kodak Velo paper. The image shows the silver colored diesel locomotive with its front light on and steam coming out the back part of the engine. Another set of train tracks and snow with footprints are visible in front of the train, in the foreground. The reverse side has an inscription in blue ink, stating: "No. 29, Boulder, Colo, Jan 27, 1958." Another inscription in the lower left corner states: "30 sec. at F.8.6, K-80c c-night." 29 may have been the specific train number. Texas Zephyr passenger trains operated jointly between the Colorado and Southern Railway and Fort Worth and Denver Railway, subsidiaries of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. It operated from 1940 to 1967.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1958 - 1958

Place

Location

Colorado

Notes

Date: 1958/01/28 Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Diesel locomotives, Trains, Passenger cars, Railroad locomotives, Railroad travel, Snow

Search Terms

Burlington Route, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company

Provenance

Notes

Found in Broomfield Depot Museum collections in photo files, "Trains" folder. Accession information and item history is unknown as of 6/21/2016.