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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.]