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Scenic Limited at Minturn

By Angela Cotey | October 20, 2018

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3608 and 4-8-4 1800 stand at Minturn, Colo., with the eastbound Scenic Limited in summer 1938.
R. H. Kindig photo

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