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21) Minturn depot
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Several individuals wait to board a passenger train at the Minturn depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in 1915. A note on the back reads, "Taken at Minturn, Colo. on Rio Grande Ry at noon U.W. Band Tour of Western States, 1915." The University of Wisconsin-Madison band, under the leadership of Charles "Charlie" Mann, toured the Western United States in 1915, before performing at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was...
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Railroad accident at Glenwood Springs. Onlookers are being photographed in front of the wreckage.
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Fred and Freda Martinez at the Eagle depot in 1917. Fred was the popular D.&R.G. station agent at Eagle for many years.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Mar. 7, 1919 p.1: "Word was received in Eagle last Friday to the effect that the Federal grand jury in session in Denver had freed Fred Martenez [sic.], former D. & R.G. agent at Eagle, of the charge of swindling the company. Martinez and a foreman in charge of a gang of Mexican workingmen employed at this...
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The Western Union crew lined up next to an outfit car at Kent, 1917. Inscription reads: "Western Union Boys." They worked on telegraph poles for Western Union and were not railroad employees.
25) Train wreck
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Crumpled coach car at midfield with crane above it.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Crane lifting wreckage is working at the left in the photo.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Broken cars are in the river.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24.
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The Western Union crew lined up next to an outfit car at Kent, 1917. The car's number is 192. Inscription reads: "Western Union Boys."
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Looking toward the depot from the train wreck. A man is standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. The depot is visible on the bank as are rail cars.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
33) Train derailment
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Close up of the damage done to Engine 1706 and box car after derailing in Eagle, January 10, 1944.
34) Train accident
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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.
35) Pando Depot
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Rail cars at Pando (site of Camp Hale) showing loading area, pens, and track. Some snow on the ground. The first of three photos comprising a panoramic view from left to right.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado. Onlookers are standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. The train depot is at right with the water tank further along the tracks. The houses at left are off Brooks Lane today.
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Pottenger, Al Walters and Kate Flynn posed next to a train on Christmas Day 1917 at Kent.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. The crane is in place to move the wreckage.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
