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61) Outfit cars
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"Those cars are what were called outfit cars. They were older passenger cars converted to living quarters for work gangs that had to work in various locations. In this case, outfit cars for the construction crew." -- Jimmy Blouch 2012
62) Don
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Don at Kent, standing next to a velocipede. "The velocipede has one other wheel attached on the other side [not visible]. One would sit on the seat, where the buckets are and hand operate by using the handle. Don most likely was a lineman, maintaining or working on the telegraph line or Western Union line. It is possible he was involved with track maintenance but my first guess would be lineman. Of note is a red flag rolled up next to the handle....
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An open car carrying lumber derailed at the Wolcott curve, spilling the contents.
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A group standing at the Eagle station. From left, "Nona, Paddie, Nellie."
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From left, Claude Bailey and Smith standing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
66) Ruedi
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Ruedi, Colorado, showing plaster mill, coal kilns, depot, and section house. "The first white man to settle in Ruedi was John Ruedi, who showshoed up from Basalt in the spring of 1885. He homesteaded what is now known as the J revers R Ranch. Bill Smith came in 1887 and homesteaded the YS Ranch.
The steel for the Colorado Midland Railroad was laid through the valley in 1887. The railroad company wanted ground for a depot and section houses....
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Railroad accident at Glenwood Springs. Close up of D. & R. G. car 060589 with debris in foreground.
69) Railroad yard
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A group of men and boys sitting at the railroad yard in Gypsum. Rail cars and facilities are in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. crew posing in front of the Minturn roundhouse after being honored with a safety award. The sign above the door reads: "This shop has operated 1051 days since last reportable accident."
William Edward Harris, Jr., is the fourth man from the left (dark hat). Standing behind him, to the right, is Harold Bellm who later became mayor of Minturn.
William Harris was roundhouse foreman and lived in Eagle County...
71) Train derailment
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Train derailment at the west switch at Kent. "Jim Flynn's train, no one got hurt."
72) "Joint ahead!"
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Crew working on the railroad ties at Kent. Inscription reads: "Joint ahead!"
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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
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Shorty Kindvater next to the Dotsero sign at the Dotsero station. Train in background. [Blurred image]
75) Mr. Homan
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Fletcher Bliss Homan standing at the Wolcott station where he was station agent
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. View from on top of a nearby car.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
78) Work Train
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
