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The Gypsum Depot as it appeared in July 1968 after its relocation to Eagle, Colorado. It was remodeled by Leo Hargrave into a duplex.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado. Onlookers are standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. The train depot is at right with the water tank further along the tracks. The houses at left are off Brooks Lane today.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Looking toward the depot from across the frozen lower field and pond at the train wreck. Onlookers are standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. There appears to be smoke/steam coming from the wreckage. Water tank visible on the bank. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The No. 2 train at the Depot in Eagle. "Trains number 1 and 2 were the main passenger trains. They both had diner and Pullman cars. Number 1 came west from Denver and Pueblo, arriving in Minturn at 6:30 p.m. Number 2 arriver in Minturn at 10:20 a.m. Number 1 and 2 used mostly 1100- and 1200-class stem locomotives. Number 2 had to pick up a helper in Minturn to help pull it across Tennessee Pass. Unlike the other, Number 1 and Number 2 didn't...
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Men on wagons loaded with potato sacks lined up to load freight cars (Denver & Rio Grande Railroad) at the Eagle Depot (visible at far left). [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group of young people in front of the Eagle Valley Feed Mill in Eagle. The Eagle train station is visible in the background. E. A. (Edward) Michael opened the business in 1912. In 1917, he bought some ranch holdings for $6,500, adding to his residence, feed mill and warehouse properties in Eagle. Due to his wife’s health [Edna Dewey Michael], Michael was forced to sell the ranch to Andrew Christensen for $13,000 in 1920. "The ranch consists...
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Close up of the damage done to Engine 1706 and box car after derailing in Eagle, January 10, 1944.
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1930s: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place, guided by men at either end of the span. Eagle River visible at left (Eagle, Colorado). "The Rio Grande Railroad began construction of the steel railroad bridge at Eagle in 1934." -- Those Were the Days, EVE Jan. 22, 2004 p.2 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Train derailment, Engine 1706, below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Large boiler of train with debris in foreground. Bulldozer and man standing to left of boiler. Chambers Ranch visible behind snow-covered field in midground. Castle Peak on left horizon. Engineer: Denny Cornwall killed Bulldozer operators: Leland Dean, Van Cleve Helper: George Yost Roadmaster: Harold Knudsen (Minturn) Divisional Engineer:; A. L. Kleine [Title...
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Ralph Belding standing at the Eagle Depot, 1918. Belding owned "Ralph's Store" in Eagle, Colorado.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Looking toward the depot bank. Onlookers are standing on the bank looking down at the wreck and at the men working the scene. The crane is in place to move the wreckage. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Derailment one mile east of Eagle in 1918.
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From left, Burke, McDougal and West standing by a locomotive at the Eagle Station.
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. The crane is in place to move the wreckage while workers look on. The water tank and depot are visible on the bank. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Fred and Freda Martinez at the Eagle depot in 1917. Fred was the popular D.&R.G. station agent at Eagle for many years. Eagle Valley Enterprise Mar. 7, 1919 p.1: "Word was received in Eagle last Friday to the effect that the Federal grand jury in session in Denver had freed Fred Martenez [sic.], former D. & R.G. agent at Eagle, of the charge of swindling the company. Martinez and a foreman in charge of a gang of Mexican workingmen employed at this...
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From left, Ralph Belding, Mr. Freeman, and Jay McDougall at the Eagle depot in 1918.
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Ed Taylor at the Eagle Depot, sitting on a barrel, possibly labeled "Tibbetts." There are milk cans at the left.
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A group standing at the Eagle station. From left, "Nona, Paddie, Nellie."
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Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Two cars overturned with wheel carriages visible amid debris. Snowy fields in background. Taken from a little different perspective than 1984.001.008 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Jay McDougall, Dan Flynn and Ralph Belding standing at the Eagle Depot, 1918. The sign board behind the men says, "Money orders," "July 18, 1918." Ralph Belding owned "Ralph's Store" in Eagle, Colorado.