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The work train crew during a lighter moment, 1917 (no location given).
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Eddie Saunders standing next to a locomotive.
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"Pete and Tom", leaning on an engine, the "Local," 1919.
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Construction crew working with narrow gauge track on a bridge built for standard gauge track.
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Bert Johnson, on left, and George Da Lee, in uniform, at the Wolcott depot, 1919.
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. From left. the men are identified as "Mosey, Pete, John."
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Group sitting at the bridge at Kent. From left, Charlie, Jim [Flynn], Margurite [Terrell], Jim, Johnson.
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Tom Gill, an unidentified man, and Hughie constructing movable scaffolding. The scaffolding is on train wheels and is pulled by a horse or mule when working on tunnel interiors, e.g. the railway tunnel under Tennessee Pass.
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Bill Flynn posed at the section house at Kent.
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C.1886: Studio portrait of William Finley Cole and Mary Johnson Cole. Mrs. Cole is standing with her left hand on Mr. Cole's shoulder. He is seated with hands on lap. Both are dressed formally. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Kate Flynn hanging on to the ladder on a railroad car. The car has lettering: A.R.T.Co. 10519 on the back.
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Dan Flynn standing at the entrance to the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs
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Roy McDougall in an automobile in Eagle [possibly Capitol Street].
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From back left, Jim Flynn and Henry Warren, standing behind Roy McDougall and Kate Flynn in the front seat of an automobile.
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The D.&R.G. work train at Kent.
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Another Mallet locomotive at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.
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1930s: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place, guided by men at either end of the span. Eagle River visible at left (Eagle, Colorado). "The Rio Grande Railroad began construction of the steel railroad bridge at Eagle in 1934." -- Those Were the Days, EVE Jan. 22, 2004 p.2 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Shorty" and Charlie Blake replacing railroad ties at Kent, 1918.
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Two men, standing on top of a railroad car. The car has lettering: A.R.T.Co. 10519 on the back.
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Engine 146 of the Chicago & North Western Railroad. Five unidentified men are standing in front of the engine, on a siding at an unidentified location.