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1) Jimmie Breen
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Jimmie Breen standing on the tracks at Wolcott, Colorado, on a cold day.
2) Narrow Gauge
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Construction crew working with narrow gauge track on a bridge built for standard gauge track.
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Railway to Camp Hale, winter. Dick Lowe was foreman when this line was put in. Pando was the name of the siding. There were 85 Indians working on the line. They lived in "cars" designed for that use and stayed on the job full time. Buildings seen in right midground, railroad tracks in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
5) Track repair
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Railroad employees checking track. Names listed: D. Sweeney, Tom Linhan, C. Howard, and McKnight. Inscription reads: "Hard workers." Kent station buildings at left background.
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Crew working on the railroad ties at Kent. Inscription reads: "Joint ahead!"
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Crane with winch moving a metal piece off the tracks. Work crew stands on both sides in the background.
9) Derailment
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Kate Flynn with shovel and construction crew memeber with tamper, used to push dirt under the railroad tires. Kent section house is in the background. There is a bridge over Milk Creek between the crew walking in the background and the section house.
