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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. The man at left is unidentified; the man at right is "Moier."
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working the rails by the cars.
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1908-1910: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad section crew with hand-car in front of the Avon Depot (also a residence of William Finley Cole and family). Five men are standing on the hand-car, one is standing on track in front of the car. From l. to r.: Mike Kelly, Jack Wellington, Dow Hancock. Some snow is on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
28) "Big Mike"
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"Big Mike" at Kent 1918. Bridge across the Eagle River visible at right midfield.
29) Ice Train Wreck
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Ice train wreck above Minturn. Ice and debris scattered on the hillside down to the Eagle River. Photo is labeled 1918. A previous photo 1982.081.008 appears to be the same derailment but is labeled 1914-15.
30) Wolcott Depot
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From left, "T. Breen, McCarthy, Joe, Mr. Sullivan" posing in front of the Wolcott depot. Western Union sign at right. Inscription reads: "On their way to Allenton."
31) John Flynn
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John Flynn standing next to the signal at Kent (near Wolcott). John was a railroad telegrapher and a veteran of World War I.
32) Work train crew
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The work train crew posing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
"Often a work train of the 1880s consisted of just the machine and the locomotive, as cabooses were still too scarce to warrant using one on what many managers saw as unnecessary service. As the years went by, it became common practice to attach a caboose, and/or a tool car, to the train. An extra water car was frequently attached to pile driver trains to reduce the number of times the train...
33) 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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Kate Flynn, Fletcher B. Homan and Thomas at the Wolcott station. Fletcher B. Homan was the Denver and Rio Grande agent at Wolcott.
[submitted by John J. Flynn, Jr.]
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. From left. the men are identified as "Mosey, Pete, John."
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From left, Burke, McDougal and West standing by a locomotive at the Eagle Station.
