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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. View from on top of a nearby car.
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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.]
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Charlie Riggers, Taylor Agee and an unidentified man at Wolcott.
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The Flynn men on Christmas day 1917 at Kent. Railroad track is at right foreground. Inscription reads: "Flynn & Co." William R. Flynn died in 1905 so the older gentleman is not he.
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Two men sitting on either side of a crew car at Kent.
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
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The local D.&R.G. train, stopped at Wolcott. Posed by the engine, from left: John Anderson, Henery Fremier and Bill Flynn.
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Three men at the back car of a train, 1918. Inscription reads: "On our way."
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Kate Flynn and Tom Gill posing at the Glenwood Springs train station while attending Stawberry Day 1917. Kate and Tom were married in 1921. Tom worked for the Bulding and Bridge Department of the D. & R. G. Railroad, based in Wolcott.
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Jay, on left, and Roy McDougall.
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918. Men working to right a car.
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Bridge construction crew.
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Balancing on the fence posts at the Kent section house are, from left, Hazel Harris, with Dan Flynn in front of her, and Kate Flynn. Icicles are on the eaves and snow is on the ground.
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Earnest [Cook] in uniform and Billy [Flynn] standing at the section house at Kent.
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D. & R. G. ditcher at Woody Creek.
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. crew posing in front of the Minturn roundhouse after being honored with a safety award. The sign above the door reads: "This shop has operated 1051 days since last reportable accident." William Edward Harris, Jr., is the fourth man from the left (dark hat). Standing behind him, to the right, is Harold Bellm who later became mayor of Minturn. William Harris was roundhouse foreman and lived in Eagle County...
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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. Men are examining the wreckage.
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Pottenger, Al Walters and Kate Flynn posed next to a train on Christmas Day 1917 at Kent.
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The second Malta school house, south of Leadville, which operated from 1902-1945, now part of the Leadville Historic District. "My Uncle Bob worked down in the canyon at the Gillman Mill. My Uncle Bob and my Aunt Thelma, my Mother's sister, and their family lived in Red Cliff. On the Denver Public Library there is a picture of the Red Cliff Depot with icicles. When I showed this picture to my Cousin he said his Dad went by the depot on his way...