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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Two men are standing on the locomotive, examining damage.
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Ice train wreck above Minturn. Ice and debris scattered on the hillside down to the Eagle River. Photo is labeled 1918. Men are examining the wreckage.
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Another Mallet locomotive at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.
7) Engine 146
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Engine 146 of the Chicago & North Western Railroad. Five unidentified men are standing in front of the engine, on a siding at an unidentified location.
8) "Big Mike"
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"Big Mike" at Kent 1918. Bridge across the Eagle River visible at right midfield.
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From left, Burke, McDougal and West standing by a locomotive at the Eagle Station.
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A locomotive and coal car derailed into a river. Railroad employees are removing items from the cab.
11) Railroad workers
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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.
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D. & R.G. at Eagle station, "taking water."
"There was a water tank at Eagle, located a little east of the depot. The water was piped from the water tank to the stand pipe. From the stand pipe, the water goes into the engine's tender
to generate steam, steam being the source of engine's power." -- Jimmy Blouch
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This Mallet locomotive is at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.
16) Dan Flynn
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Dan Flynn in the cab of engine 5101. He was an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, driving the coal train route from Grand Junction to Aspen.
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Shared marker for: Gustafson, Mother, Lola Lucile, July 17, 1920-- ; Father, William Albert, May 28, 1913--Dec. 5, 1988; married Mar. 21, 1942, in Riverview Cemetery. A locomotive is engraved at the top of the marker.
