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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine 1709 passes through Dotsero in 1939. Engine 1709 was a 4-8-4 type locomotive. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad commissioned 19 of these locomotives between 1929 and 1938. All 19 were scrapped between 1951 and 1959. This photograph was taken by Otto Perry.
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Several individuals wait to board a passenger train at the Minturn depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in 1915. A note on the back reads, "Taken at Minturn, Colo. on Rio Grande Ry at noon U.W. Band Tour of Western States, 1915." The University of Wisconsin-Madison band, under the leadership of Charles "Charlie" Mann, toured the Western United States in 1915, before performing at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which was...
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A steam crane preparing to lower a section of the new turntable at Minturn into the turntable pit. In 1928, a new 120-foot turntable was set in place, replacing the old 100-foot table installed in 1912. The older turntable could not accommodate the 3600-series simple-articulated locomotives assigned to the area.