Kent, Colorado
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Jack and Kate Flynn standing at the railroad tracks with Teddy, the dog. Caption reads: "A Bad Day."
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Jim [Flynn], Claude [Connors], Agnes [Wheaty], and Jay [McDougall] posing with rifles on the tracks at Kent.
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Five members of the Flynn family on Christmas day 1917 at Kent. Kate Flynn is second from left. Railroad track is at right foreground. Section house is in the background. Inscription reads: "A Bunch of Flynns."
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Kate Flynn holding Dorthy Gilroy at Kent in 1918. Railroad tracks are to the left. Inscription reads: "Some Style."
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Ruth Gilroy holding Dorthy Gilroy at Kent in 1918. Railroad tracks are to the left.
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From left, Claude Bailey and Smith standing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
28) Work train crew
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The work train crew posing on the tracks at Kent, 1918.
"Often a work train of the 1880s consisted of just the machine and the locomotive, as cabooses were still too scarce to warrant using one on what many managers saw as unnecessary service. As the years went by, it became common practice to attach a caboose, and/or a tool car, to the train. An extra water car was frequently attached to pile driver trains to reduce the number of times the train...
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Mr. Whitney and Jack Cockram standing next to a handcar at Kent. Inscription reads: "Heck."
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The Western Union crew lined up next to an outfit car at Kent, 1917. Inscription reads: "Western Union Boys." They worked on telegraph poles for Western Union and were not railroad employees.
31) 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.
