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A panoramic photograph taken from the Beck family yard as the last Union Pacific train to travel through Red Cliff rounds the curve. The tracks are visible with the Pine St. viaduct at far left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is right of the viaduct.
"Union Pacific has pulled the last of its cross-country freight trains from the Tennessee Pass route, which averaged 12 trains a day through Eagle County. ... Union Pacific, as a part of...
422. Engine 5771
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Rio Grande engine 5771 passing under the Pine St. bridge at Red Cliff. The bridge takes traffic from Monument St. to school house hill (Pine St.).
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The arch of the Red Cliff Bridge, under construction. The approach to the bridge roadbed in at the left background. The lower bridge into Red Cliff and the railroad tracks clearly visible under the arch. Snow on the ground.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 8]
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c.1932: W. H. "Dad" Wellington shown in mail wagon, with his donkey, "Jack" standing next to the railroad crossing sign at Edwards. Lettuce shed is on the far left, with stacks of crates. Wellington hauled mail from the railroad to the Edwards Post Office twice a day for over 42 yrs.
"He has driven this route, carrying the mail for forty-four years, since May 13, 1895, without missing a single trip. He makes three each day. He calls his mule...
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24.
426. Derailment
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Kate Flynn with shovel and construction crew memeber with tamper, used to push dirt under the railroad tires. Kent section house is in the background. There is a bridge over Milk Creek between the crew walking in the background and the section house.
427. Highway 131
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"Wolcott."
Coming from State Bridge on Colo. State Hwy 131, into Wolcott. Buildings on the left are now Gallegos Masonry. Concrete arch bridge is visible at center. The Wolcott Store and gas station are on the far right. Jouflas ranch is at the left. U.S. Highway 6 parallels the Eagle River at midfield.
428. Railroad problems
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"Railroad problems" -- caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
Several large logs appear to have fallen or rolled at the Eagle Mine in Gilman, Colorado. Miners are coming down the hill (right, center). The railroad line and a railroad car are directly to the left of the mess.
429. D. & R.G Railroad
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
430. Dotsero cafe
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A cafe next to the Dotsero Drug Company, one of the buildings left from the railroad boom at Dotsero. There are two men seated outside the cafe. It probably also functioned as one of two bars in town (the other was located on Riverside Way on the river bank). The photo was printed April 2, 1933.
Duplicate photo in 2008.015.
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"Taken at Red Cliff, Colo headed for the U.S. Training Camp at Lincoln, Neb. 1918" [Title taken from photo caption.] Group standing in front of Adams Express Company. Lloyd Gerard is pictured second from right.
432. B & B Boys
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"B & B Boys: Fred P., Tom N., Al, Tom G. [Tom Gill]
They are at the tunnel entrance at Tennessee Pass, most likely on the east side, not far from the depot location. This is the tunnel that collapsed under the highway in July 2012. They are using movable scaffolding (on train wheels) pulled by a horse along the track in the tunnel in order to perform tunnel maintenance. [Information courtesy of Jimmy Blouch]
433. Red Cliff, Colorado
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A photo of Red Cliff, Colorado, dated approximately 1914. "W.H. Caruthers" is written on the back.
434. Mill house & barn
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"Mill House & Barn to [?] from [?]" -- caption on back of photograph
The house at left was the Michael family home; Edward and Edna operated the Eagle Valley Feed Mill, which is pictured next door to their home. The feed mill was located on Broadway Street in Eagle, Colorado until 1920, when Edward (E.A.) sold to Andrew Christensen. The railroad line can be seen in the foreground with other homes visible behind the Michael property.
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Eagle Valley Feed Mill pictured sometime between 1912 and 1917 in Eagle, Colorado. A man is standing out front while another sits in the car parked out front. On the right side of the photograph is the railroad with cars lined up. A hitchpost is in front of the building for horses. A telephone/electric pole can also be seen on the right side-- despite being rural mountainous areas, the Gypsum and Eagle valleys were some of the first to use hydroelectric...
436. Red Cliff, Colorado
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A photograph of Red Cliff, Colorado, dated approximately 1914. The railroad track is visible on the right and this view presents the houses in neat rows along dirt streets. "W.H. Caruthers" is written on the back.
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The Belden facility showing the loading and processing facilities. Railroad cars waiting to be loaded are in the background. Directly above them are some of the old mines started in the late 1800s. The photo was taken from the dump at Gilman, looking down on Belden.
438. Derailment at Belden
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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
439. Derailment
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Rail cars knocked off the tracks in the winter, circa 1951-52 at Belden. Other cars are lined up in the background awating loading. The dryer is the large building behind the railroad cars.
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A surface tram used to move ore and equipment is on the left coming into Belden from Gilman at the top. Loading tippel, steam room and the dryer buildings are pictured in the lower right.