Showing
41 - 60
of 86
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Image
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.]
Format:
Image
Lettuce shed at Allentown, Colorado, near Edwards Colorado, 1939. Fort Tidwell Company is on the sign on top of the building.
[Title supplied from a catalog supplied by the Eagle County Historical Society]
43) Kent and 4 Pines
Format:
Image
Location of the section house at Kent. The four pines on the hillside opposite continue to be a marker for the Kent location.
Format:
Image
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.]
Format:
Image
View of the Minturn rail yard from U.S. Hwy 24, looking east, showing iced water tanks at center. The depot is on the right with the Taylor addition neighborhood in the background.
46) Railroad workers
Format:
Image
Group photo at the Minturn train depot ca.1925. The engine is #3715, A.T.&S.F. The railroad was a large part of the Minturn economy in the 1920s and 30s.
47) Kent location
Format:
Image
Newspaper article showing the estimated location of what was formerly Kent. Milk Creek drainage is to the left of I-70 [3/4 mile west of the Wolcott exit on I-70; Milk Creek comes into the Eagle River at the bridge]. The 4 pines on the opposite hillside remain.
The Old Watson Road labeled in this photograph refers to George Watson, a cattle rancher.
"The Watsons also bought the old Sherwood [Kent] ranch near Wolcott from John Morris, and owned...
Format:
Image
Belden below Gilman in the Eagle River Canyon. Railroad siding, water tower, wagons, and equipment visible. Photo labeled: "On D.&R.G., Eagle River Canon, 293, Brisbois Photo, Leadville, Colo."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
Photo postcard, handcolored, 15797: Bridge over the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff.
Caption on Verso:
"'The Pagodas' in Red Canon, Colorado River. The Dotsero Cutoff, 38.1 miles long, is the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's latest construction, connecting Dotsero, 17 miles east of Glenwood Springs, with Orestod, on the Moffat Road. This reduces the distance 175 miles from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City and beyond. Ceremonies...
50) Mr. McDonald
Format:
Image
"Mac" McDonald and horse, Dixie, at Kent in 1918. Laundry is hanging on a line in right background.
Format:
Image
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.]
52) Snow plow engine
Format:
Image
Engine clearing snow as it passes over a trestle bridge. Trees in background.
Format:
Image
1934: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place. Men at either end of the span are waiting to assist the crane.. Eagle River visible in foreground (Eagle, Colorado).
55) Flynn's Curve
Format:
Image
Location of the section house at Kent. Milk Creek is at the center of the photo. This is called "Flynn's curve" -- Jim Flynn derailed a train at the curve. No one was hurt.
Format:
Image
Train derailment below the depot in Eagle, Colorado, January 10, 1944. Two cars overturned with wheel carriages visible amid debris. Snowy fields in background (original photo blurred). Engineer Denny Cornwall was killed in the accident.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
Passengers waiting at the Red Cliff railway (Denver & Rio Grande) depot, circa 1915. Several trunks are on the platform.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
Format:
Image
Timber shoring under steel stringers at midspan of the Pine Street viaduct over the railroad tracks and Eagle River in Red Cliff, Colorado. One of a series of photographs prepared by Lonco, Inc., consulting engineers for the Town of Red Cliff on July 31, 1992.
Format:
Image
Looking north at the bridge deck at the Pine Street viaduct over the railroad tracks and Eagle River in Red Cliff, Colorado. High Street is visible in the background. One of a series of photographs prepared by Lonco, Inc., consulting engineers for the Town of Red Cliff on July 31, 1992.
Format:
Image
Railroad overpass on Colorado Highway 24 leading to Red Cliff. This was the route to Red Cliff prior to the construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge Construction photo 1]