Atlantic Portal, Alpine Tunnel
Work of art -- Print
Identifier:
1992.87.6Description
Print of an original watercolor, "Atlantic Portal, Alpine Tunnel" A black train rounding a corner in the middle of winter, the numbers '197' on the front of the train and on the side of a cart.This Denver, South Park and Pacific Train is at one of the highest elevations of any railroad in the United States. Emerging from the east portal of the Alpine Tunnel on a 24 degree curve, passengers on the left side looked out onto nothing but treetops thousands of feet below.