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Close-up of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train with snowplow attached to front of engine.
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The narrow gauge train is riding through a scenic valley. The smoke from the train is blowing over the tops of the passenger cars. Next to the tracks are telephone poles. In the background, a range of mountains can be seen.
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Frank Chiaro describes his life as the child of Italian immigrants, farm life in the Pomona area of Mesa County, Colorado, and his various jobs, including his work as a boilermaker for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He also talks about the second incarnation of his railroading career as a clerk, about mail cars and mail clerks, about the Durham Stockyards and the many livestock trains departing Grand Junction, and about water towers for steam...
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In 1898, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot was rebuilt and enlarged from the original 1880 stone depot to be “the finest and most commodious on the entire great system” outside the larger cities of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.
Bob Rush Collection.
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This photograph was taken from a car on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad sometime around 1899. The photographer is presumed to be Prof. Charles Peter Berkey. Professor Berkey was in Colorado as part of a school trip from the University of Minnesota. He came with mining students from that university to study the "practical science of mining."
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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.]
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These postcards depict the early days of Durango, Colorado. According to The City of Durango, the town was created by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company in September 1880 as a location for smelters to work the silver and gold being mined nearby. Durango’s more moderate climate at an elevation of 6,512 feet above sea level, a steady water supply from the Animas River, and the availability of coal made it a good choice. The city was named...
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Railroad overpass on Colorado Highway 24 leading to Red Cliff. This was the route to Red Cliff prior to the construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge Construction photo 1]
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At the bottom of the Eagle River Canyon below Gilman, Belden is situated on the railroad. Ore was loaded on train cars here. The surface tram ran from Gilman down to Belden. The debris from the downpour covers the railroad tracks at midfield. The water was 8 ft. deep between the compressor house and the loading tipple during the cloudburst.
The compressor house had been at Belden for many years. "There was one huge Ingersoll-Rand piston-type...
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Dudley Mitchell describes some difficult times working for the railroad, including a very serious accident that occurred in Grassy, Utah, when an eastbound train jumped the tracks and many people were killed. Dudley also discusses his daily tasks as a car distributor, including information about payroll, the terminals, filing systems, important job duties, and all the freight distributed by the railroad. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
91) Pearl Henderson
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Pearl Henderson standing on the railroad bridge in Red Cliff, Colorado, August 1974. Pearl was instrumental in starting the Red Cliff Museum and was an active participant in historic preservation.
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An unidentified railway with a small encampment nearby. This could possibly be in the Tennessee Pass, Colorado area.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Warren Kiefer talks about his career as a fireman and engineer on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and working the line between Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt Lake City. He gives specifics about the technical aspects of the fireman position on a steam locomotive. He speaks about the relationship between the fireman and the engineer, and tells stories about comical and contentious interactions between different workers. He explains the purpose...
94) Railroad crew
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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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A group standing at a station, possibly Wolcott. From left: Fletcher J. Homan, son of Fletcher Bliss Homan; Katherine "Kate" Flynn; Fern, possibly Fern Homan; Fletcher Bliss Homan; Hughie.
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"Claude [Connors], Jay McDougall, Agnes [Wheaty] and Ruth [Gilroy]" at the Kent switch stand, 1918. The bridge over Milk Creek is on the left.
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Mr. Whitney and Jack Cockram standing next to a handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "Heck."
