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Ice Train Wreck: Ice Train Wreck, Dec. 31, 1927

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Description

The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground. "Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line." "Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1

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Physical Description:
3.25 x 5.5 in. Print, Photographic Original
Date Created:
1928

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Located at:
Angela Beck, Red Cliff, Colorado
Angela Beck Collection, EVLD
Item PID:
evld:2151
Collection PID:
evld:localHistoryArchive (Local History Photo Archive)
Migrated Filename:
006\2008009116.JPG
Migrated Identifier:
2008.009.116