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The Belden mill and tram in Eagle Canyon, below Gilman. Railroad tracks at bottom right in photo. Taken after the 1919 landslide.
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Nine school children (seven girls, two boys) of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, 1938, standing in front of the school. These were children of railroad employees. Small dog stands at left in back row.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, used 1935 to Oct. 23, 1938. Dining car donated by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to be used as a school for children of railroad workers. Steps for entry at both ends of the car; chimney at left end.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Crane lifting a car at Glenwood after an accident. Crates of lettuce are in foreground. Two men with backs to the camera are working the site.
5) On our way
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Three men at the back car of a train, 1918. Inscription reads: "On our way."
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Unidentified man standing in D. & R. G. railyard. Inscription reads: "Clearance?"
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Railroad accident at Glenwood Springs. Close up of D. & R. G. car 060589 with debris in foreground.
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Onlookers at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Piles of destroyed freight (potatoes? lettuce?) are in the background.
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Front of engine 1203 at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Several crates of lettuce in foreground.
10) Ice Train Wreck
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"Denver & Rio Grande freight train of fourty-four cars, loaded with ice from the Pando ice pond, ran away last Saturday morning [Dec. 31, 1927] and the entire train and engine piled up in an awful mess of jumbled ice, broken wood and crumpled steel just west of the depot here [Red Cliff], blocking both main line tracks..." "Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
The photograph shows the top of the wreckage...
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Four men involved with the clean-up of the Ice Train wreck in Red Cliff are standing on the tracks in the snow next to a box car.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
12) Ice Train Wreck
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Destroyed rail cars from the ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Pieces of cars and ice blocks are visible on the site.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
13) Ice Train Wreck
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Ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Ice was being transported from Pando to the ice houses in Minturn, Colorado, to be used in refrigerator cars. The brakes on the train froze and the train wrecked in the Red Cliff city limits. Several men are examining the wreckage.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
14) Ice Train Wreck
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The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground.
"Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line."
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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A double-heading passenger train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in the winter.
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A double-heading passenger train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in the winter.
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A double-heading passenger train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in the winter.
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An unidentified Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employee walks in front of the coaling tower, or coaling station, at Minturn. Taken in the 1930s or 1940s. Railroad cars are visible on the right.
"Harold Bellm Collection"