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D.&R.G. engine wrecked at Belden. Caption: "Malley"
Crane being used to right the engine; Eagle River in the foreground.
3) The "Local"
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The local D.&R.G. train, stopped at Wolcott. Posed by the engine, from left: John Anderson, Henery Fremier and Bill Flynn.
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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.
6) The No. 2
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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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Head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
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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.
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D.&R.G. engine wrecked at Belden. Caption: "Malley"
Crane being used to right the engine.
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Head-on collision at Allenton during the winter of 1921 [possibly 1920]. This view shows the locomotives after some of the debris and snow have been removed.
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Work crew removing debris from the scene of a head-on accident at Allenton. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
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Wreckage from the head-on accident at Allenton, showing barrels in a crushed car. Photos from this crash are labeled variously: 1919, 1920 or 1921.
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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.
