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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...
42. Work Train
43. Eddie Saunders
44. Pete and Tom
45. Narrow Gauge
48. Group at Kent
50. Bill Flynn
53. Dan Flynn
54. Roy McDougall
56. Work train
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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.]