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All 27 roundhouse tracks and nearly half of the Salida roundhouse itself, are visible in this photograph, taken sometime between 1890 and 1892. Nearly half of the stalls carry four rails to handle both gauges. The 62-foot turntable was used until 1909, when it was replaced with an 80-foot model. Moving counter-clockwise from the roundhouse lead nearest the photographer, the following locomotives are visible: • narrow-gauge Engine 62, a Baldwin...
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Shortly after the disastrous 1892 fire, locomotive servicing and repairs had to be done out in the open, in front of the roundhouse ruins. From this angle, the machine shop was at the left, and the charred boiler-house roof was visible beside the stack. Prior to the fire, the arch in the roundhouse doors had been bricked up. The 62-foot turntable was still in use. A standard-gauge switch engine, an 1890 Class 113 (C-28) Baldwin 2-8-0 in the 600-series,...
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An unidentified railway with a small encampment nearby. This could possibly be in the Tennessee Pass, Colorado area. This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Photograph of a train at the Minturn Yard in Colorado. This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Photograph of engine 1251 at the Minturn Yard in Colorado. This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Photograph of engine 1061 at the Minturn Railyards in Colorado. This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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The Denver and Rio Grande's narrow gauge engine 268. This engine is currently located at the Gunnison Pioneer Museum Park. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.