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Ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Ice was being transported from Pando to the ice houses in Minturn, Colorado, to be used in refrigerator cars. The brakes on the train froze and the train wrecked in the Red Cliff city limits. Several men are examining the wreckage. The accident occurred December 31, 1927. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

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

"The old mail carrier at Edwards, W. H. Wellington." -- Esther Klatt "Dad" Wellington began carrying the mail between the post office in Edwards, Colorado, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Edwards on May 13, 1895. He was scheduled for 14 trips per week at a distance of 2,264 feet per trip, using his buckboard pulled by "Faithful Jack." Wellington claimed it was the only mule mail route in the United States."

Family members standing under the Wolcott Bridge in the late 1920s. Left to right: Roy Marfitano; his mother, Stella Marfitano; Francis Sansosti, Frank Sansosti; daughter Lena Sansosti Yost. Frank was the D&RG section foreman at the Rex siding between Belden and Minturn. He was transferred to Wolcott.

Photo show the beginning of the removal and relocation of the Gypsum Depot from Gypsum to Eagle. EVE March 28, 1968 p.3: "Gypsum: Work has commenced on the removal of one of the old landmarks of the town this week. Leo Hargrave bought the building from the D&RG and will move it to Eagle. He will put it on land in east Eagle. The depot was built in 1887 when the railroad came through Gypsum. It was closed several years ago when passenger service...

The Eagle depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Taken in the 1910s. Two unidentified individuals are seen near a baggage cart. A portion of a train is visible on the right. A sign above the baggage cart reads, "Western Union Telegraph & Cable Office." The Eagle Depot was owned and operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and served as an express and freight stop. Local farmers would bring their crops to the station where it would...

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine 3610 sits at Pando. A railroad employee stands on the tender of the locomotive. Engine 3610 was a 2-8-8-2 type locomotive.

A stereoscopic view of General Grant's train in the Royal Gorge. Taken around 1878-1879. This stereoscopic view was one of 500 that were awarded the "Silver Medal of Colorado Industrial Association of 1878 and 1879. It was published by Charles Weitfle of Central City, Colorado. "The whole length of the Canon is 11 miles. The Royal Gorge, the grandest national wonder, is 1 1/2 miles. Its perpendicular walls rise up 2,000 feet, while the curves add...

Several individuals stand on the platform at the Minturn depot. The "Lioness" (Lionshead Rock) is visible on the mountainside. The Eagle River is barely visible running past the station. This photograph was taken by William Henry Jackson. The Lionshead Rock met a tragic end on March 4, 2014, when a large section of the rock broke away from the local landmark and landed on the railway tracks below.

A stereoscopic view of a railroad trestle bridge between Leadville and Kokomo. A waterfall is visible near the trestle. "Between Leadville and Kokomo, Colo. Denver Rio Grand Rail Road came thru Eagle, Colo Seven miles from my child hood home on Brush Creek, Colo." -- Alda Borah