Local History Photo Archive
The Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society work together to bring you thousands of photographs, artifacts, and many other items from historical Eagle County and the surrounding areas on the Western Slope.
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- Train in canyon
- A Zephyr wreck in Glenwood Canyon. On March 29, 1968, a passenger train was passing through Glenwood Canyon near Grizzly Creek when it derailed. Two of the diesel locomotives, F9A 5774 and F9B 5773, were later retired and sold for scrap to Barter Machinery & Supply Company out of Denver in May of 1969. Motorists can be seen on the other side of the river observing the wreck,
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- Train wreck in Eagle Canyon
- Train wreck in Eagle Canyon near Gilman on April 13, 1899. Men examining the wreckage with the Denver & Rio Grande engine in the water.
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- Train wreck near Mitchell
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engineer, George Bryant, and fireman C.W. Randall stand in front of engine 3601, following an accident near Mitchell. Engine 3601 is a type 2-8-8-2 locomotive. It wrecked in a ditch while going around a big curve near Mitchell. Ed Haskins, a Master Mechanic for the Railroad, worked hard to prop the engine up on wooden logs to prevent it from falling over onto the main line.
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- Train wreck near Salida
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's engine 1508 after an accident near Salida in 1923. The accident was the result of a washout following heavy rains the night before. "John T. Mangan, fireman, was killed this morning in a wreck one and one half miles Wiest of Salida. The headlights of a switch engine in the Salida yards at 3:30 o’clock this morning probably saved the lives of the passengers on train No 16, which was wrecked just beyond the bridge opposite the Bunbury ranch. Fireman Mangan was scalded to death. William Reardon, engineer of engine 1508, first locomotive in the train, saw the headlight and slowed down from a speed of forty miles to fifteen miles an hour. The track was washed out for a hundred yards and the two engines plunged into the hole. Engine 1508 plowed through the earth and buried itself in the bank. It rested at an angle of twenty degrees and Engineer Reardon and Fireman Stephen E. Reddy climbed out uninjured. Engine 1133 rammed against the forward engine and buried its pilot under the tank of engine 1508." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, Volume 43, Number 11, July 27, 1923.