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D.& R.G. locomotive at Eagle with an engineer in the cab.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Two men are standing on the locomotive, examining damage.
3. Minturn
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A train passes through Minturn. Round house can be seen at back mid-field.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
5. Snow plow
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Snow plow on the tracks at Minturn, Colorado, 1919.
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Locomotive pulls through Pando with snow on the ground.
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Engine No. 211 dead On Marshall Pass, February 21-24, 1899. Marshall Pass, elevation 10,842 ft., in between Salida and Gunnison, Colorado. This was part of Denver & Rio Grande's narrow gauge from Denver to Salt Lake City, 1881-1955.
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Locomotive between the Eagle depot and the water tank at Eagle, Colorado.
9. Two engines
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Two engines and a coal car at Minturn, 1919.
10. Old quarry
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Steam engine of the Colorado Midland Railroad, passing the old quarry at Thomasville. Thomasville was/is located east of Basalt.
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Two engines meet head-on between Belden and Red Cliff in the Eagle River Canyon. Groups of men in the foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12. Ice Train wreck
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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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Highway 6 & 24, plowed after snowfall, near Wolcott, Colorado. Train in distance.
14. Eddie Saunders
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Eddie Saunders standing next to a locomotive.
15. Pete and Tom
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"Pete and Tom", leaning on an engine, the "Local," 1919.
16. Engine 804
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Barbara Gleason Pearch and friend on either side of engine 804.
17. The No. 2
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The No. 2 train at the Depot in Eagle.
"Trains number 1 and 2 were the main passenger trains. They both had diner and Pullman cars. Number 1 came west from Denver and Pueblo, arriving in Minturn at 6:30 p.m. Number 2 arriver in Minturn at 10:20 a.m. Number 1 and 2 used mostly 1100- and 1200-class stem locomotives. Number 2 had to pick up a helper in Minturn to help pull it across Tennessee Pass. Unlike the other, Number 1 and Number 2 didn't...
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Head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
19. Train derailment
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Close up of the damage done to Engine 1706 and box car after derailing in Eagle, January 10, 1944.
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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.