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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.]
23) 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...
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"Bond, Colo., June 16, 1934. Not only were there hundreds of people from Denver, Utah and towns of the western slope of Colorado, but also the local people, who turned out one hundred percent." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 79
The train in the foreground is the Pioneer Zephyr.
"Three special passenger trains left Denver at intervals for Bond loaded with passengers, among them were many dignitaries, also special trains from the west. Gov. Ed Johnson of Colorado...
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The right half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Eagle River in foreground; train tracks and depot in midground. Brush Creek in right background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
26) Flynn's Curve
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Location of the section house at Kent. Milk Creek is at the center of the photo. This is called "Flynn's curve" -- Jim Flynn derailed a train at the curve. No one was hurt.
27) Hauling potatoes
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"Ammi Hoyt on his way to a railroad siding with a load of potatoes for shipment to market. Until 1925 most potatoes were still being hauled by horse drawn wagons, but shortly afterwards hauling was done by trucks." -- McCoy Memoirs p.199
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1939?: Railroad "Y," Highway No. 104, near Basalt. The highway has been surfaced; some snow on the ground. Several buildings in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Highway 6 & 24, plowed after snowfall, near Wolcott, Colorado. Train in distance.
31) 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...
32) 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.]
33) 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.]
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Jack Flynn and Bill McHatton fence-sitting at the Kent station house, 1917. Inscription reads: "College chums."
35) Kent and 4 Pines
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Location of the section house at Kent. The four pines on the hillside opposite continue to be a marker for the Kent location.
36) Kent and 4 Pines
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Rock formations [called Blue Mountains: local designation] behind the Kent location.
37) Kent location
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Newspaper article showing the estimated location of what was formerly Kent. Milk Creek drainage is to the left of I-70 [3/4 mile west of the Wolcott exit on I-70; Milk Creek comes into the Eagle River at the bridge]. The 4 pines on the opposite hillside remain.
The Old Watson Road labeled in this photograph refers to George Watson, a cattle rancher.
"The Watsons also bought the old Sherwood [Kent] ranch near Wolcott from John Morris, and owned...
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Lettuce shed at Allentown, Colorado, near Edwards Colorado, 1939. Fort Tidwell Company is on the sign on top of the building.
[Title supplied from a catalog supplied by the Eagle County Historical Society]
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Man in suit and tie standing in front of the lettuce shed filled with crates, on the east railway spur of the Avon Depot. Railroad tracks in foreground. Inscription :"10/15/28."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
40) Loading potatoes
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Wagonloads of potatoes and hay brought to the Eagle Depot to be loaded onto D&RG cars.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
