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View of Rock Creek Canyon showing the Moffatt railroad grade at upper right.
"This two and one half miles of railroad track with tunnels No. 45, 46, 47, 48 and the big bridge across the creek was considered the costliest piece of grade on the railroad. A high bridge across the canyon in the foreground could have eliminated all this costly construction and maintenance and such a bridge was contemplated, but steel for the structure was unobtainable...
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"Bond, Colo., June 16, 1934. Not only were there hundreds of people from Denver, Utah and towns of the western slope of Colorado, but also the local people, who turned out one hundred percent." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 79
The train in the foreground is the Pioneer Zephyr.
"Three special passenger trains left Denver at intervals for Bond loaded with passengers, among them were many dignitaries, also special trains from the west. Gov. Ed Johnson of Colorado...
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado, construction completed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Fred P., Hughie and an unidentified man standing next to movable scaffolding. The scaffolding is on train wheels and is pulled by a horse or mule when working on tunnel interiors, e.g. the railway tunnel under Tennessee Pass.
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Dotsero Drug Company building, no longer in existence. The building was left after the railroad boom and was used as a house for many years. Kenny Schultz was an occupant. Automobiles and a truck are parked by the building. The photo was printed April 2, 1933.
7) Outfit cars
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"Those cars are what were called outfit cars. They were older passenger cars converted to living quarters for work gangs that had to work in various locations. In this case, outfit cars for the construction crew." -- Jimmy Blouch 2012
9) Work Train
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The work train at Woody Creek, employing a ditcher with fill cars on either side.
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Avery's Texaco station in Dotsero, with gas pump out front. There is a kerosene pump next to the ice house, where 100 pounds of ice cost 50 cents. Gas price of the day was 14 cents per gallon. Advertisements for Nehi and ice cream are on the station buiding.
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The work train with carpenter outfit on its way to Utah to repair the damage to a railroad bridge that had been washed out, 1917.
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Cabins built by Nels Yost and rented to railroad construction workers. There are cherry and apple trees behind the cabins, close to the riverbank. They were located north of where the Colorado River Road meets Hwy 6. The photo was printed on April 2, 1933. The automobile at right appears to have a flat tire.
16) Narrow Gauge
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Construction crew working with narrow gauge track on a bridge built for standard gauge track.
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Tom Gill, an unidentified man, and Hughie constructing movable scaffolding. The scaffolding is on train wheels and is pulled by a horse or mule when working on tunnel interiors, e.g. the railway tunnel under Tennessee Pass.
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1930s: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place, guided by men at either end of the span. Eagle River visible at left (Eagle, Colorado).
"The Rio Grande Railroad began construction of the steel railroad bridge at Eagle in 1934." -- Those Were the Days, EVE Jan. 22, 2004 p.2
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
