Nostalgia & History > Exposition Flyer

I did a search on the Denver Public Library for Exposition Flyer and got 91 items.  Most of them were Otto Perry pictures. 
 
Picture 1, Call Number: OP-10672.  Title: Denver & Rio Grande Western train, engine number 3558, engine type 2-8-8-2 and engine number 1706, engine type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto, 1894-1970.  Date: 1946.  Summary: Exposition Flyer. Photographed: near Plainview, Colo., January 10, 1946.
 
Picture 2, Call Number: OP-10362.  Title: Denver & Rio Grande Western train, engine number 1701, engine type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto, 1894-1970.  Date: 1940.  Summary: Train #6, Exposition Flyer. Photographed: Bond, Colo., January 1, 1940.
 
Picture 3, Call Number: OP-10455. Title: Denver & Rio Grande Western train, engine number 1076, engine type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto, 1894-1970. Date: 1941.  Summary: Train #6, Exposition Flyer. Photographed: near Plainview, Colo., June 1, 1941.

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flynn Wrote:
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> I did a search on the Denver Public Library for
> Exposition Flyer and got 91 items.  Most of them
> were Otto Perry pictures. 
>  
> Picture 1, Call Number: OP-10672.  Title: Denver
> & Rio Grande Western train, engine number 3558,
> engine type 2-8-8-2 and engine number 1706, engine
> type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto, 1894-1970. 
> Date: 1946.  Summary: Exposition Flyer.
> Photographed: near Plainview, Colo., January 10,
> 1946.
>  
> Picture 2, Call Number: OP-10362.  Title: Denver
> & Rio Grande Western train, engine number 1701,
> engine type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto,
> 1894-1970.  Date: 1940.  Summary: Train #6,
> Exposition Flyer. Photographed: Bond, Colo.,
> January 1, 1940.
>  
> Picture 3, Call Number: OP-10455. Title: Denver &
> Rio Grande Western train, engine number 1076,
> engine type 4-8-4.  Creator: Perry, Otto,
> 1894-1970. Date: 1941.  Summary: Train #6,
> Exposition Flyer. Photographed: near Plainview,
> Colo., June 1, 1941.

Very nice. In picture #3, the locomotive number is actually 1706, i.e. NOT "1076".

Excellent images !
I really like those M-64 class 4-8-4's.