Minturn, Colorado
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21) 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. A previous photo 1982.081.008 appears to be the same derailment but is labeled 1914-15.
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Rio Grande locomotive running through the Eagle River Canyon, possibly Minturn..
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Dan Flynn and Fred Martinez standing in a yard in Eagle, 1918. Dan was employed by the D. & R. G. W. railroad at Minturn (1930s).
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Bill and his wife, Norah, Flynn standing in a yard in Minturn. Bill worked as the depot agent in Minturn. In the 1940s, Norah worked as a secretary for Eagle County School District 11.
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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.
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The Flynn Brothers in Minturn, Colorado, May 30, 1933. From Left: Jack, Jim, Bill, and Dan.
29) Minturn depot
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A group of young adults standing on top of a baggage cart at the Minturn depot.
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A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive on the turntable at Minturn. The Minturn roundhouse is visible on the left. The three railroad employees are unidentified. Possibly taken before the construction of the larger turntable in 1928.
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A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive on the turntable at Minturn. The Minturn roundhouse is visible on the right. The railroad employees are unidentified. Taken sometime in the 1920s.
32) D&RG RR YMCA
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor...
