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A crane is prepared to lower a section of the new turntable at Minturn into the turntable pit. In 1928, a new 120-foot turntable was set in place, replacing the old 100-foot table installed in 1912. The older turntable could not accommodate the 3600-series simple-articulated locomotives assigned to the area. The coaling tower is visible behind the crane on the left. Printed on July 2, 1928.
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Two steam cranes are used to lower a section of the new turntable at Minturn into the turntable pit. In 1928, a new 120-foot turntable was set in place, replacing the old 100-foot table installed in 1912. The older turntable could not accommodate the 3600-series simple-articulated locomotives assigned to the area. The coaling tower is visible on the right. Two water towers are also visible along with the roundhouse. Printed on July 2, 1928.
23) 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...
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Unidentified man standing in D. & R. G. railyard. Inscription reads: "Clearance?"
26) D.&R.G. Ditcher
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D. & R. G. ditcher 034 at work. Observer on left; work crew on the rail car at right.
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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...
28) Dan Flynn
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Dan Flynn in the cab of engine 5101. He was an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, driving the coal train route from Grand Junction to Aspen.
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Engine No. 211 dead On Marshall Pass, February 21-24, 1899. Marshall Pass, elevation 10,842 ft., in between Salida and Gunnison, Colorado. This was part of Denver & Rio Grande's narrow gauge from Denver to Salt Lake City, 1881-1955.
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This photograph was taken from a car on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad sometime around 1899. The photographer is presumed to be Prof. Charles Peter Berkey. Professor Berkey was in Colorado as part of a school trip from the University of Minnesota. He came with mining students from that university to study the "practical science of mining."
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado, construction completed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine 1522 sits at the coaling tower in Minturn. Taken on May 21, 1949. Engine 1522 was a 4-8-2 type locomotive. It was originally built in 1923, and was scrapped in February of 1955.
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine 1709 passes through Dotsero in 1939. Engine 1709 was a 4-8-4 type locomotive. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad commissioned 19 of these locomotives between 1929 and 1938. All 19 were scrapped between 1951 and 1959. This photograph was taken by Otto Perry.
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Railroad employees stand in front of engine 3410. Engine 3410 was a 2-8-8-2 type engine which was owned by and operated on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The train is possibly stopped at the top of Tennessee Pass. A building listing the elevation can be seen in the top right corner, and is listed as "Elevation 10242."
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine 3610 sits at Pando. A railroad employee stands on the tender of the locomotive. Engine 3610 was a 2-8-8-2 type locomotive.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Crane at the ready to lift the locomotive. Work crew looking on.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent, view from the top of the locomotive. Crane at the ready to lift.
40) 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...
