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1) Work Train
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
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2) Ditcher at Woody Creek
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D. & R. G. ditcher at Woody Creek.
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3) Woody Creek Ditcher
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The D.&R.G. ditcher on the tracks at Woody Creek.
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4) Ditcher Crew
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The D. & R.G. ditcher crew on a work train at Woody Creek, 1917. "Another common type of work train was intended to dig and maintain trackside drainage ditches. The earliest ditching trains used a car with a swinging framework, adjusted by hand, which positioned a toothed, open-ended bucket alongside the track to excavate the ditch as the car was pushed along. This method had many obvious faults. One solution was the steam ditcher, a small steam...
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