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21. Track repair
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Railroad employees checking track. Names listed: D. Sweeney, Tom Linhan, C. Howard, and McKnight. Inscription reads: "Hard workers." Kent station buildings at left background.
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23. "Big Mike"
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"Big Mike" at Kent 1918. Bridge across the Eagle River visible at right midfield.
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From left, Burke, McDougal and West standing by a locomotive at the Eagle Station.
25. Railroad crew
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Railroad crew on handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "All aboard." Names listed: Sweeney, John Rowe, Owen McCarthy, Bill [--].
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Five members of the Flynn family on Christmas day 1917 at Kent. Kate Flynn is second from left. Railroad track is at right foreground. Section house is in the background. Inscription reads: "A Bunch of Flynns."
27. Howard Barsley
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Howard Barsley standing in the railyard at Gypsum.
28. Joe Sullivan
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Joe Sullivan, pipe in hand, standing on the tracks at Kent.
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Fletcher [J. Homan] and Kate Flynn at Wolcott, standing on risers near the tracks.
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From left, Claude Bailey and Smith standing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working the rails by the cars.
32. Work train crew
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The work train crew posing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
"Often a work train of the 1880s consisted of just the machine and the locomotive, as cabooses were still too scarce to warrant using one on what many managers saw as unnecessary service. As the years went by, it became common practice to attach a caboose, and/or a tool car, to the train. An extra water car was frequently attached to pile driver trains to reduce the number of times the train...
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Ben Gaze pretending to threaten Dave Harper with an tie tool at the Wolcott station. Dave is taking the threat in stride.
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Mr. Whitney and Jack Cockram standing next to a handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "Heck."
35. Engine 736
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A crew with engine 736 at Minturn. Second from left may be Bill Flynn.
36. Ditcher Crew
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The D. & R.G. ditcher crew on a work train at Woody Creek, 1917.
"Another common type of work train was intended to dig and maintain trackside drainage ditches. The earliest ditching trains used a car with a swinging framework, adjusted by hand, which positioned a toothed, open-ended bucket alongside the track to excavate the ditch as the car was pushed along. This method had many obvious faults. One solution was the steam ditcher, a small steam...
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Kate Flynn, Fletcher B. Homan and Thomas at the Wolcott station. Fletcher B. Homan was the Denver and Rio Grande agent at Wolcott.
[submitted by John J. Flynn, Jr.]
38. "Gust"
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"Gust" standing at a siding at the Wolcott station.