Kent, Colorado
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Railroad crew on handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "All aboard." Names listed: Sweeney, John Rowe, Owen McCarthy, Bill [--].
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Mr. Whitney and Jack Cockram standing next to a handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "Heck."
4) 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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From left, Claude Bailey and Smith standing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
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Train derailment at the west switch at Kent. "Jim Flynn's train, no one got hurt."
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Crew working on the railroad ties at Kent. Inscription reads: "Joint ahead!"
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Crane at the ready to lift the locomotive. Work crew looking on.
13) "Big Mike"
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"Big Mike" at Kent 1918. Bridge across the Eagle River visible at right midfield.
14) Derailment
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Kate Flynn with shovel and construction crew memeber with tamper, used to push dirt under the railroad tires. Kent section house is in the background. There is a bridge over Milk Creek between the crew walking in the background and the section house.
15) 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.
16) 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...
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S. Livingston and Thelma Morris standing next to the railroad tracks.
19) Track repair
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Railroad employees checking track. Names listed: D. Sweeney, Tom Linhan, C. Howard, and McKnight. Inscription reads: "Hard workers." Kent station buildings at left background.
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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.
