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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. Crane lifting wreckage is working at the left in the photo.
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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.
7) 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.
8) Derailment
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked
railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
9) Derailment
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Railroad engine of the Rio Grande Railroad at Belden in the winter. Wrecked railcars can be seen in the snow to the right.
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Derailed railroad cars at Belden in the winter, circa 1951. The Eagle River is in the center of the photo.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. View from on top of a nearby car.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working the rails by the cars.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Two men are standing on the locomotive, examining damage.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Railroad employees are removing items from the cab.
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Two engines meet head-on between Belden and Red Cliff in the Eagle River Canyon. Groups of men in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Head-on collision at Allenton during the winter of 1921 [possibly 1920]. This view shows the locomotives after some of the debris and snow have been removed.
20) Ice Train Wreck
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Ice train wreck above Minturn. Ice and debris scattered on the hillside down to the Eagle River. Photo is labeled 1918. A previous photo 1982.081.008 appears to be the same derailment but is labeled 1914-15.
