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View of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, used 1935 to Oct. 23, 1938. Dining car donated by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to be used as a school for children of railroad workers. Steps for entry at both ends of the car; chimney at left end.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Nine school children (seven girls, two boys) of the Old Coach School, Bond, Colorado, 1938, standing in front of the school. These were children of railroad employees. Small dog stands at left in back row.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4) Outfit cars
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"Those cars are what were called outfit cars. They were older passenger cars converted to living quarters for work gangs that had to work in various locations. In this case, outfit cars for the construction crew." -- Jimmy Blouch 2012
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An open car carrying lumber derailed at the Wolcott curve, spilling the contents.
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Railroad accident at Glenwood Springs. Close up of D. & R. G. car 060589 with debris in foreground.
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A group of men and boys sitting at the railroad yard in Gypsum. Rail cars and facilities are in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Train derailment at the west switch at Kent. "Jim Flynn's train, no one got hurt."
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Four men involved with the clean-up of the Ice Train wreck in Red Cliff are standing on the tracks in the snow next to a box car.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. View from on top of a nearby car.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
12) Train accident
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Onlookers at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Piles of destroyed freight (potatoes? lettuce?) are in the background.
13) Train accident
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Front of engine 1203 at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Several crates of lettuce in foreground.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working the rails by the cars.
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The local train, stopped at Gypsum, being checked. Inscription reads: "Local."
17) 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.