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141) The Gill Family
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Mary Elizabeth, Tom and Kate Gill in about 1923. Kate Flynn married Tom Gill in 1921. Tom was working for the Building and Bridge Department of the D&RG based in Wolcott. Their first child, Mary Elizabeth Gill, was born in 1921 in Glenwood Springs. In 1923, the family moved to Los Angeles. -- Jack Hughes
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The Great K & A Train Robbery was filmed in Glenwood Canyon in 1926. Tom Mix, the star, did his own stunts, including some on a moving train, that thrilled those watching.
James J. Flynn was the fireman on the train in the film. He had a picture of Tom Mix with the train crew which he submitted to the Green Light, a magazine for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employees. The magazine no longer exists but this clipping of the article was...
143) The No. 2
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The No. 2 train at the Depot in Eagle.
"Trains number 1 and 2 were the main passenger trains. They both had diner and Pullman cars. Number 1 came west from Denver and Pueblo, arriving in Minturn at 6:30 p.m. Number 2 arriver in Minturn at 10:20 a.m. Number 1 and 2 used mostly 1100- and 1200-class stem locomotives. Number 2 had to pick up a helper in Minturn to help pull it across Tennessee Pass. Unlike the other, Number 1 and Number 2 didn't...
144) Thomas Gill
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Studio portrait of Thomas Gill. He worked at Wolcott in the bridge and building department of the Rio Grande, meeting Kate Flynn at Kent, just west of Wolcott.
145) Tom Gill
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Young man posed in front of trees on a road, with hat in his right hand, dressed in suit and tie. Labeled "Tom." [Thomas Gill]
Photo taken at the same time as 2011.16D.035 and 20122.16D.037.
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Tom Gill, left, and Dan Flynn standing near the Hot Springs pool in Glenwood Springs.
147) 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.
148) Train derailment
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Train derailment at the west switch at Kent. "Jim Flynn's train, no one got hurt."
150) Visiting
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Mrs. Brow and Mrs. Hill with Harriet Hill and Charolett Shultz standing in the yard next to the stationhouse in Kent, 1918.
151) Western Union Boys
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"Ervin, Al, Bill and Jim, the Western Union Boys," eating watermelon at Gypsum.
152) 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.
153) Wolcott School
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Kate and Jim Flynn in the Wolcott school house. Student desks are wrought iron and wood.
155) 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.
157) Wreck at Allenton
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Head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
158) Wreck at Allenton
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Work crew removing debris from the scene of a head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
159) Wreck at Allenton
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Wreckage from the head-on accident at Allenton, showing barrels in a crushed car. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
