Volume 1: Early Durango
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Photograph of the left side of engine #319 and the tender.
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Photograph of the left side of narrow gauge engine #319, Denver & Rio Grande line, in the Durango yards.
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Roundhouse tracks and railroad yards, Durango, Colorado. Hans Will owned Richey's in Durango, Colorado.
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Black and white photograph of a train and railroad tracks.
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A black and white photograph of the Durango-Silverton R.R. Bridge in the Narrow Gauge Capitol. A person can be seen standing in the middle of the bridge, and information about the photograph is printed on it.
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Real photo b/w view of locomotive pulling several passenger cars near the Animas River. Not mailed. One of a series of ten such postcards.
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Hand colored aerial view photograph of Durango, Colorado at sunset from the heights west of town, the site of Fort Lewis College. Durango is the southern terminus of the narrow-gauge railroad traveling 53 miles to Silverton.
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1910 flood in Durango, Colorado. Shows washed-out railroad bridge.
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Photograph of stock being loaded on the narrow gauge railroad in Dolores, Colorado. This is the engine used in the movie "Ticket to Tomahawk"
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Railroad bridge North of 3rd Avenue, Durango, Colorado, during the flood of October, 1911.
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Photograph of North Durango, Colorado, showing the Animas River flowing under the railroad bridge.
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Narrow gauge cut, Animas Canyon, Durango Colorado. There is a statue on the top of a large rock left when the railroad was cut through the mountain.
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Black and white photograph, aerial view of the Animas River in Durango, Colorado. Snow covered peaks in background; railroad tracks follow river.
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Inside view of Shelter House in Durango, Colorado. Distant mountains shown through a doorway/window. Written on back, "Rained Thursday and Friday so it was Sunday before we could get out and then visited neighbors. We got in a good visit during the rains. Today we went to Durango. It was 12:45 a.m. Thursday when I got here so I didn't see it then. Tomorrow we are going to Mesa Verde National park and Thursday to Silverton on the Silver Vista-a glass...
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Photograph on the day of the first narrow gauge train (draped in bunting) run out of Durango, Colorado. Crowd of people watching.
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Photograph of the right side of the Durango-Silverton Zephyr at Trimble Springs, Animas Valley, Colorado. The observation car is most clearly in the foreground, and four passenger cars and two unidentifiable cars precede it on the right of the post card.
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View of the top of the narrow gauge railroad train traveling along the Animas River through the Animas Canyon.
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Photograph of narrow gauge engine #499 traveling through a valley. The snowplow/cow catcher on the front of the engine is quite battered.
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Photograph of narrow gauge engine #346 on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the Durango yard.
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Appears to be a photograph of a possible derailment or washout. Railroad cars are at odd angles, and a person is standing on the top of a box car. Surrounding area appears to be fairly flat.
