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1. Work train
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The D.&R.G. work train at Kent. From left, Dever and Rodgers.
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The Belden mill and tram in Eagle Canyon, below Gilman. Railroad tracks at bottom right in photo. Taken after the 1919 landslide.
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Nine school children (seven girls, two boys) of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, 1938, standing in front of the school. These were children of railroad employees. Small dog stands at left in back row.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, used 1935 to Oct. 23, 1938. Dining car donated by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to be used as a school for children of railroad workers. Steps for entry at both ends of the car; chimney at left end.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
5. Derailment
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Train derailment with work train and crane in place.
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1914-1915: Train cars and debris scattered down snow-covered cliff walls. Nine men standing on upright train car at left of photo, viewing the destruction. 44 cars involved in the accident; Engineer Fred Graham killed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Crane lifting a car at Glenwood after an accident. Crates of lettuce are in foreground. Two men with backs to the camera are working the site.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. View from on top of a nearby car.
9. Outfit cars
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"Those cars are what were called outfit cars. They were older passenger cars converted to living quarters for work gangs that had to work in various locations. In this case, outfit cars for the construction crew." -- Jimmy Blouch 2012
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Two men sitting on either side of a crew car at Kent.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Looking toward the depot from the train wreck. A man is standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. The depot is visible on the bank as are rail cars.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Box cars moved off D&RG tracks at Belden after the 1919 landslide.
13. On our way
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Three men at the back car of a train, 1918. Inscription reads: "On our way."
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The Parachute Store, Doll Bros. & Smith, in Parachute, Colorado. The store is decorated for the 4th of July. People are standing on the boardwalk. Train is at left. Zachariah Doll was the Doll brother most involved with the store.
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Kate Flynn and Tom Gill posing at the Glenwood Springs train station while attending Stawberry Day 1917. Kate and Tom were married in 1921. Tom worked for the Bulding and Bridge Department of the D. & R. G. Railroad, based in Wolcott.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
17. Burns Stockyards
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Burns Stockyards, October 1939, showing cattle in loading pens going up the ramp to rail cars on shipping day. Steam engine at left background. Four horses in foreground with dog.
The yards were built in exchange for the right of way needed by the railroad to go through the Benton Land & Livestock Company property. It was a great help to local ranchers and, when the railroad no longer would ship cattle by rail, it caused hardship for the ranchers...
18. Train derailment
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Train derailment at Wolcott. Crane at left.
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An open car carrying lumber derailed at the Wolcott curve, spilling the contents.
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The work train with carpenter outfit on its way to Utah to repair the damage to a railroad bridge that had been washed out, 1917.