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D&RGW 2-8-0 # 683 sits on dispaly at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden, Co. Built in October 1890 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as D&RG #583, it was renumbered to D&GRW #683 in 1924, she had a long & successful career before being retired in 1955. #683 is the only surving example...
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches. Commission for library here,honoring a board member who passed on. He loved trains and was from Denver. Three months work here.
I fell in looooove with this baby..
Sadly I don't think she was an operating loco, the track she sits on is not very long and stops after the 2-3 cars behind her
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