Category: History - American
The originals of these articles appeared in Bulletin 74 of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in October 1948. A second edition was published by Bert Baker in the fall of 1956. The present volume contains additional information and pictures gathered since the appear...
After the turntable was abandoned a train leaving Red Mountain headed into Corkscrew Gulch, backed down to Joker Tunnel, headed into Corkscrew again and finally backed to Red Mo...
2. Part 2“The assumption that Mr. Mears contemplated extending the S. R. from Ironton to Ouray is correct but he was deterred because of its being so formidable an undertaking. He may ha...
1. Part 1The originals of these articles appeared in Bulletin 74 of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in October 1948. A second edition was published by Bert Baker in the fal...
4. Part 4The engine _pushed_ the cars from Eureka to Animas Forks. It would not have done to have had them behind for, if a coupling had broken, the brakes would not have been able to ho...
5. Part 5Abbot, Morris W.—Contributor of reports and “Transactions” from the Yale Library Airy, Mrs. Percy—The story of entertaining Mears Baker, Bert—Data on the snowshed, the explosion...