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The Great K & A Train Robbery was filmed in Glenwood Canyon in 1926. Tom Mix, the star, did his own stunts, including some on a moving train, that thrilled those watching.
James J. Flynn was the fireman on the train in the film. He had a picture of Tom Mix with the train crew which he submitted to the Green Light, a magazine for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employees. The magazine no longer exists but this clipping of the article was...
3) Drowning
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
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Looking up the tram at Belden toward Gilman; railroad siding in foreground.
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Photo postcard, handcolored, 15797: Bridge over the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff.
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"'The Pagodas' in Red Canon, Colorado River. The Dotsero Cutoff, 38.1 miles long, is the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's latest construction, connecting Dotsero, 17 miles east of Glenwood Springs, with Orestod, on the Moffat Road. This reduces the distance 175 miles from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City and beyond. Ceremonies...
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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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The Kent section house which was the home of the Flynn family until Oct. 15, 1923, at which time Catherine and Nora Flynn moved to Glenwood Springs.
8) Train wreck
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Crumpled coach car at midfield with crane above it.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Crane lifting wreckage is working at the left in the photo.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24. Broken cars are in the river.
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D & RGW passenger train wreck (Engine 1601) on September 5, 1926. Twenty-one people were killed in this incident at the Waco Switch near Granite, Colorado. Granite is south of Leadville approximately 15 miles on Highway 24.
12) Drowning
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Tree that marked the final resting place of a Navajo Indian who was working for the D& RGW Railroad and was drowned in the river. A wooden cross marking the grave was placed in the dead tree, but was not evident in 1989.
