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61) Derailment
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Walkway to the compressor building from the dryer building. In the background are wrecked
railroad cars. The Eagle River runs beneath the bridge, although hidden by ice and snow.
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engineer, George Bryant, and fireman C.W. Randall stand in front of engine 3601, following an accident near Mitchell. Engine 3601 is a type 2-8-8-2 locomotive. It wrecked in a ditch while going around a big curve near Mitchell. Ed Haskins, a Master Mechanic for the Railroad, worked hard to prop the engine up on wooden logs to prevent it from falling over onto the main line.
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From the verso: "California Zephyr wrecked in Glenwood Canyon. March 1968."
On March 29, 1968, a passenger train was passing through Glenwood Canyon near Grizzly Creek when it derailed. Two of the diesel locomotives, F9A 5774 and F9B 5773, were later retired and sold for scrap to Barter Machinery & Supply Company out of Denver in May of 1969. This photograph was possibly taken by Brent Pappas.
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"Railroad problems" -- caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
Several large logs appear to have fallen or rolled at the Eagle Mine in Gilman, Colorado. Miners are coming down the hill (right, center). The railroad line and a railroad car are directly to the left of the mess.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Two men are standing on the locomotive, examining damage.
