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Rio Grande Zephyr at Noname in Glenwood Canyon, nr. Glenwood Springs, Colorado, April, 1983
The Rio Grande Zephyr heads west towards Horseshoe Bend, literally the next left-hand curve on the winding railroad tracks through Glenwood Canyon east of Glenwood Springs. Where the name, “Noname” comes from depends on which legend one wishes to believe. Some say it comes from early maps that showed an un-named creek that empties into the Colorado River near this spot. Others think the town name was left blank on an early census form. Either way, the exit off of Interstate 70 at this place is named, “Noname.” What certainly does have a recognized name is Glenwood Canyon and its towering walls seen here, which gave rise after WWII to the need for glass-topped passenger cars to allow the canyon’s wonders to be easily seen from passing trains. Stainless steel Vista Dome passenger cars were soon built by Budd Manufacturing in Philadelphia to meet the need, and the rest is history. More history was to be made after this photograph was made, as locomotive #5771 was soon to reside at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden with the Zephyr’s discontinuance in April of 1983. The 1950’s General Electric EMD F-9 was one of the very last of its kind to be operating on a Class 1 Railroad in the United States. This image was made with a Calumet View Camera on Kodak transparency film using either a 150mm f5.6 or a 210mm f5.6 Schneider Symmar lens. My records are unclear on this point.
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