A railroad train with two locomotives is stopped just before the cut at Rocky Point, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Men pose near the train or on the lead locomotive. Circa 1898-1913. The narrow gauge railroad tracks pass in between narrow, rough rock walls on its way to Boreas Pass and Como. Utility pole in the foreground.

Railroad train on the curve leading to Boreas Pass after climbing Barney Ford Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1898. The snow-capped peaks of the Tenmile Range are in the background.

Railroad train approaching the cut at Rocky Point east of Breckenridge, Colorado on its way to Boreas Pass and Como. Circa 1898-1899.

Snow cleared from the railroad tracks and spur that serviced the Kilton Gold Reduction Company ore sampler west of Breckenridge, Colorado, in the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. Quoted from print on reverse: "RR yds Breckenridge 1899".

Railroad tracks through Platte Canyon, along the Platte River. Cathedral Peaks in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "Cathedral Peaks in Platte Canon [sic] Below Buffalo, Colo" and stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Looking north at the trench through avalanche debris from the Curtin avalanche path just south of Frisco, Colorado, in the Ten Mile Canyon. Circa 1889-1900. Note the man standing next to the railroad tracks in the right foreground. Quoted from text handwritten on the reverse: "effects of snow slide in Ten Mile Canyon showing open cut of slide (could be the Curtin slide - FBR)".

View looking northwest down the railroad tracks leading from Boreas Pass to Breckenridge, with the Tenmile mountain range in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "on Boreas Pass - Ten Mile Range background." Stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway on Barney Ford Hill between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado, with view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from Niggerhill, showing Peak eight".

Breckenridge, Colorado looking northwest from railroad grade on Barney Ford Hill at 500 feet above town. A man stands next to the tracks in front of the locomotive stopped at Engineer's Curve. Two other men lean on the metal frame attached to the front of the train (called a "cow-catcher"). Tenmile Range in the distance. Handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge from the railway grade on Niggerhill, at an elevation of 500 ft. above town."

Utility poles line the railroad tracks at Rocky Point along the Boreas Pass route, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. View of snowy Tenmile Range in the background.

Railroad tracks from Breckenridge, Colorado leading to Boreas Pass, near Rocky Point. Handwritten on the reverse "Rocky Point - West side Boreas Pass." View of Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1880-1900.

Railroad tracks curve around the High Line route that leads from Breckenridge, Colorado, over Boreas Pass to Como, Colorado. Snowy Tenmile Range in the background.

View looking through the wood-framed railroad snowshed on Boreas Pass, along the Boreas Pass route from Como to Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten on the reverse: "Snowshed - Boreas Pass" and stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Locomotive Number 205 is stopped at Engineer's Curve on Barney Ford Hill overlooking the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. Two men lean on the metal frame pilot attached to the front of the train, also called the "cowcatcher". Tenmile Range in the background.

Locomotive Number 205 is stopped at Engineer's Curve on Barney Ford Hill overlooking the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. One man stands on the side of the railroad tracks while two men lean on the metal frame pilot attached to the front of the train, also called the "cowcatcher". Tenmile Range in the background.

Train stopped on its tracks blocked by snow from a snowslide or avalanche in the Ten Mile Canyon. The Ten Mile Creek runs through the canyon along the railroad bed. Handwritten on the reverse "Train from in [illegible] Saturday morning. There was a couple feet of snow over the top of the rear coach." Circa early 1900s.

People sit or stand on a railway handcar stopped on its tracks near the Gold Pan Mining Company operations, located just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Standing in the center of the handcar is a woman wearing a feather plumed hat and a wool cloak with cape. Sitting far right wearing a white hat is Ben Stanley Revett. Standing behind Revett, back right, is Conrad Leslie (C.L.) Westerman. Far left, standing, is George H. Evans, company manager and mining engineer. The men are smartly dressed in suits and waistcoats with neckties. Barney Ford Hill in the background. Circa early 1900s.

View of a rock retaining wall and the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) narrow gauge railroad tracks on the way down from the Alpine Tunnel on Alpine Pass near Pitkin, Colorado. Paywell Mountain stands in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "Palisades at Alpine Pass near Pitkin DSP&P RR." Stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. In the 1880s-1900s, Breckenridge locals called the mountain Peak Tilly Ann, named after Matilda Silverthorn and Ann Remine, the two young women that allegedly first climbed Peak 8. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Mount Tillyann near Breckenridge."

Denver, Leadville & Gunnison (DL&G) Engine Number 113 pauses on the railroad tracks at Rocky Point cut, above the town of Breckenridge, Colorado, on the way to Boreas Pass and Como. Circa 1889-1899. Railroad workers sit on or stand beside the locomotive's metal frame pilot (also known as a "cowcatcher"). Another man, finely dressed in a suit and bowler hat, stands off to the side with his hands on his hips. The Denver, South Park & Pacific (DSP&P) operated Engine No. 113 from 1885-1889.