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Scenic Limited observation car

By Angela Cotey | December 23, 2022

Passengers fill the rear platform of the observation car on Rio Grande’s Scenic Limited at Denver Union Station in about 1928. Those folks have the best seats in the house for the climb up the Front Range.
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