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D.& R.G. locomotive at Eagle with an engineer in the cab.
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Crane lifting a car at Glenwood after an accident. Crates of lettuce are in foreground. Two men with backs to the camera are working the site.
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1908-1910: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad section crew with hand-car in front of the Avon Depot (also a residence of William Finley Cole and family). Five men are standing on the hand-car, one is standing on track in front of the car. From l. to r.: Mike Kelly, Jack Wellington, Dow Hancock. Some snow is on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of D. & R. G. Railway tracks, looking up the Eagle River. Lover's Leap on left side of bridge; top of depot visible in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
5. D&RG depot
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The D&RG depot in Eagle with windows boarded and roof in disrepair. It was in the process of being dismantled and torn down. Mr. Rivera of Wolcott bought the building and used the lumber to build on his property there. [Eagle Valley Enterprise Aug. 15, 1968]
"The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot was operated around the clock. Two water towers allowed steam engines to take on water between Grand Junction and Pueblo. The railroad also provided...
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The D&RG work train stopped at the Kent section house, 1919. From left. the men are identified as "Mosey, Pete, John."
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From left, Burke, McDougal and West standing by a locomotive at the Eagle Station.
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Railroad accident at Glenwood Springs. Close up of D. & R. G. car 060589 with debris in foreground.
9. Dock Homan
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Dock [Fletcher Bliss] Homan at the Wolcot depot. Western Union sign in the background; dog at left background. Homan was the D. & R.G. agent at Wolcott.
Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 10, 1910 p.8: "F. B. Homan the D.&R.G. agent at Wolcott, has been a victim of the influenza the past week, but is getting along nicely toward recovery now."
10. Train accident
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Onlookers at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Piles of destroyed freight (potatoes? lettuce?) are in the background.
11. Train accident
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Front of engine 1203 at the train accident in Glenwood Springs, 1919. Several crates of lettuce in foreground.
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D. & R.G. at Eagle station, "taking water."
"There was a water tank at Eagle, located a little east of the depot. The water was piped from the water tank to the stand pipe. From the stand pipe, the water goes into the engine's tender
to generate steam, steam being the source of engine's power." -- Jimmy Blouch
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Kate Flynn, Fletcher B. Homan and Thomas at the Wolcott station. Fletcher B. Homan was the Denver and Rio Grande agent at Wolcott.
[submitted by John J. Flynn, Jr.]
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1900-1910: Red Cliff Train Station, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in the snow.
Note: "a residence of William Smiley Cole"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A postcard of the Glenwood Springs railroad station, originally a stop on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The station is still standing and is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. The station is served by Amtrak's "California Zephyr." The station first opened in 1904.