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501) Winch and crane
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Crane with winch moving a metal piece off the tracks. Work crew stands on both sides in the background.
502) Wolcott
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, at center, over the Eagle River. The bridge was built in 1916. Railroad tracks cut through the photo, with the Wolcott community at center.
504) Wolcott
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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947.
The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced.
Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years.
"Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...
505) Wolcott Depot
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"Oathe [Pathe?] Mercier & F. McGloffin" at the Wolcott depot in 1919.
506) Wolcott Depot
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From left, "T. Breen, McCarthy, Joe, Mr. Sullivan" posing in front of the Wolcott depot. Western Union sign at right. Inscription reads: "On their way to Allenton."
507) Wolcott Depot
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Children standing on the railroad tracks in front of the Wolcott Depot.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Standing in the door of the Wolcott section house. From left, Tom Gill, Jim Flynn, little Agnes, Cecil Playford and Margurite Terrell. A dog is watching at right.
510) Work Train
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
512) Work crew
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Five overalled work crew members at Kent. Kate Flynn is second from left; Jack Flynn is fourth from left.
513) Work crew at Kent
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Three members of a railroad work crew, stopped at the Kent station.
516) Work train at Kent
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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."
517) Work train at Kent
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. The man at left is unidentified; the man at right is "Moier."
518) 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...
520) Wreck at Allenton
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Head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
