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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.]
22. D&RG depot
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The D&RG depot in Eagle with windows boarded and roof in disrepair. It was in the process of being dismantled and torn down. Mr. Rivera of Wolcott bought the building and used the lumber to build on his property there. [Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 15, 1968]
"The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot was operated around the clock. Two water towers allowed steam engines to take on water between Grand Junction and Pueblo. The railroad also provided...
23. Two engines
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Two engines and a coal car at Minturn, 1919.
24. Don
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Don at Kent, standing next to a velocipede. "The velocipede has one other wheel attached on the other side [not visible]. One would sit on the seat, where the buckets are and hand operate by using the handle. Don most likely was a lineman, maintaining or working on the telegraph line or Western Union line. It is possible he was involved with track maintenance but my first guess would be lineman. Of note is a red flag rolled up next to the handle....
25. Butch Wellington
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"Butch Wellington driving old farm team. Only picture of D&RG Section House at Edwards." -- Esther Klatt
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Frank McGloffin and Kate Flynn standing in front of the Wolcott station. There is a dog (possibly Jack the dog) behind Frank's legs. The sign to the left is for: "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office."
27. Wolcott
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A view of Wolcott from the tracks, facing east.
28. Minturn depot
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A group of young adults standing at the Minturn railway depot.
29. The 'old hotel"
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The "old hotel" in Basalt, which became a C.C.C. Camp in the 1930s. It was located between the railroad water tank and the railroad depot on main street (Railroad Avenue).
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The Western Union work train at Kent section house, 1918, field in foreground.
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"Wall, Roy, Greenie, Jim," standing in front of the Eagle Depot.
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Earnest [Cook] in uniform and Billy [Flynn] standing at the section house at Kent.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. crew posing in front of the Minturn roundhouse after being honored with a safety award. The sign above the door reads: "This shop has operated 1051 days since last reportable accident."
William Edward Harris, Jr., is the fourth man from the left (dark hat). Standing behind him, to the right, is Harold Bellm who later became mayor of Minturn.
William Harris was roundhouse foreman and lived in Eagle County...
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The Gypsum Depot as it appeared in July 1968 after its relocation to Eagle, Colorado. It was remodeled by Leo Hargrave into a duplex.
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Harry Lewis and Myra Canmon standing on the railroad tracks at Wolcott, 1918.
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Bert Johnson, on left, and George Da Lee, in uniform, at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. From left. the men are identified as "Mosey, Pete, John."
38. The No. 2
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The No. 2 train at the Depot in Eagle.
"Trains number 1 and 2 were the main passenger trains. They both had diner and Pullman cars. Number 1 came west from Denver and Pueblo, arriving in Minturn at 6:30 p.m. Number 2 arriver in Minturn at 10:20 a.m. Number 1 and 2 used mostly 1100- and 1200-class stem locomotives. Number 2 had to pick up a helper in Minturn to help pull it across Tennessee Pass. Unlike the other, Number 1 and Number 2 didn't...
39. Group at Kent
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Group sitting at the bridge at Kent. From left, Charlie, Jim [Flynn], Margurite [Terrell], Jim, Johnson.
40. Bill Flynn
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Bill Flynn posed at the section house at Kent.