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Wedding photo of Ralph and Stella Allaria Marfitano, May 24, 1919, in Ouray, Colorado.
"...they had four children, Joy, Roy , and lost the other two. Son, Louie, died as an infant (buried at Ouray) and daughter, Esther died at birth (buried at Red Cliff). Ralph started working for the D&RG Railroad in 1919 on the section gang in Ouray/Ridgeway (7 years) before relocatiing to be the section foreman in Red Cliff from 1926 until 1944 when he was transferred...
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Photo postcard showing the Red Cliff Bridge, opened in 1941. A Denver & Rio Grande train is coming from Red Cliff, headed toward Gilman, alongside the very clear Eagle River. At the left is the Lover's Leap cliffs. On the right is the cut in the lower rocks for the road down to Red Cliff.
At the center of the photo above the bridge can be seen the tailings from Hornsilver Mine with Butter Flats (clearing) just above that.
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The engine of the Ice Train just after it was righted by the "Big Hook" at the right. The logo "Bucyrus" is visible on the crane arm. Debris and ice still surround the engine. The drailment occurred on December 31, 1927.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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The steam-powered "Big Hook" from Grand Junction lifts the derailed engine of the Ice Train into an upright position. Railroad employees and volunteers from the mine watch. The Ice Train derailed on December 31, 1927.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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"Denver & Rio Grande freight train of fourty-four cars, loaded with ice from the Pando ice pond, ran away last Saturday morning [Dec. 31, 1927] and the entire train and engine piled up in an awful mess of jumbled ice, broken wood and crumpled steel just west of the depot here [Red Cliff], blocking both main line tracks..." "Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
The photograph shows the top of the wreckage...
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The righted locomotive, on the rails, following the Ice Train wreck. Cables are attached to the front of the locomotive for towing. Onlookers are at the side of the locomotive and there is debris in the background.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Four men involved with the clean-up of the Ice Train wreck in Red Cliff are standing on the tracks in the snow next to a box car.
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Destroyed rail cars from the ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Pieces of cars and ice blocks are visible on the site.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ice train wreck in Red Cliff. Ice was being transported from Pando to the ice houses in Minturn, Colorado, to be used in refrigerator cars. The brakes on the train froze and the train wrecked in the Red Cliff city limits. Several men are examining the wreckage.
The accident occurred December 31, 1927.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Ice Train Wreck
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The "Big Hook" steam-powered wrecker, based in Grand Junction, moving the Ice Train engine into an upright position. Damaged box car in foreground.
"Volunteer labor was called for and many miners from this place went to work with the men rushed to the scene by the railroad company to clear the line."
"Ice Train runs away on grade below Pando," Eagle Valley Enterprise Jan. 6, 1928 p.1
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Red Cliff baseball game (town team). Spectators include four boys along the first baseline. The ball park was one mile east of town on Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad property.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1900-1910: Red Cliff Train Station, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in the snow.
Note: "a residence of William Smiley Cole"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
