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1) Minturn

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A train passes through Minturn. Round house can be seen at back mid-field.

2) Snow plow

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Snow plow on the tracks at Minturn, Colorado, 1919.

3) Two engines

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Two engines and a coal car at Minturn, 1919.

4) Ice Train wreck

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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.

5) Engine 804

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Barbara Gleason Pearch and friend on either side of engine 804.

6) Mallet locomotive

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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) 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.

8) Rio Grande locomotive

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Rio Grande locomotive running through the Eagle River Canyon, possibly Minturn..

9) Minturn turntable

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A locomotive on the turntable at Minturn.

10) Mallet locomotive

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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.

11) Engine 736

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A crew with engine 736 at Minturn. Second from left may be Bill Flynn.

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