The town of Ophir, part of the railroad loop showing, RGS bridge (butterfly trestle 45-A), and RGS depot in San Miguel County. The photo shows the depot, houses, log cabins, a store, plus shacks and sheds. A railroad building is on a log reinforced foundation. A sign on one building reads, "General Merchandise". Box cars near the station and a mule pack train stands on the tracks. Howard Fork, a stream, is near a dirt road under the trestle - 1891-1910 Thomas M. McKee - Denver Public Library CHS.X9580. A stereoscopic view of ore delivered by burros for transfer to boxcars at the Ophir depot - Circa 1906 Photographer? A view of Rio Grande Southern Railroad trestles at Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. A frame building is to the side. Sunshine Mountain is in the distance - 1890-1900 Photographer? - Denver Public Library Z-5958. Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler number 20 pulling a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion on the high trestle above Ophir - 30 May 1947 Otto C. Perry - Denver Public Library OP-14672. Rio Grande Southern Railroad's Ophir depot with Vera Belisle's 1938 DeSoto and the Belmont-Wagnor Mining Company's structure behind the depot - Jun 1952 Photographer? - Denver Public Library X-12554. |