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Men pose in front of a caboose in the Denver & Rio Grande Railyards in Salida, Colorado.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Engines 213, 576, & 218 in the Denver & Rio Grande Railyard.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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The D Street Suspension Bridge with the Denver & Rio Grande Railyards in the background.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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Denver & Rio Grande Across the Grand River at Glenwood Springs.
Virgil Jackson Collection.
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About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety First caution’,...
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About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck occurred, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety...
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About a mile and a half west of Salida, the two engines of Passenger Train No. 16 were wrecked due to a rail washout on the line. The washout extended for about a hundred yards and the first engine fell in and buried itself, followed by the second engine, which rammed against it. Before the wreck, Engineer Reardon averted disaster when he noticed a cautionary headlight given off by a neighboring switch engine. Using his ‘customary Safety First caution’,...
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Heading south from Minturn, Engineer Milt Blount and his crew were clearing a snow slide at Belden Station when the locomotive they were driving hit a loosened rail and turned over into the Eagle River. Milt suffered serious injuries of scalding from the firebox and shock from his arm being pinned under the engine; his crewmates suffered head trauma, scalding, and steam inhalation from the boiler.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
