Railroads
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Quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Boreas". Shows the remains of the section house at the summit of Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1966. In the 1880s and early 1900s the section house served as the main building for the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railroad narrow gauge route over the pass.
Sans titreLooking south down Ten Mile Canyon, Summit County, Colorado near the "SKY" chutes east of present day Copper Mountain. Avalanche debris covers the narrow gauge railroad tracks. Handwritten on the reverse: "effects of a great snow slide in Ten Mile Canon [sic]."
Sans titreView looking northwest towards the Tenmile Range with Illinois Gulch (Illinois Park) in the foreground. The Gold Pan trestle can be seen with the railway line curving around Barney Ford Hill. The Dunkin Mine is on the right. Southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sans titreMen dig a path in the deep snow after an avalanche buried the railroad tracks in the Ten Mile Canyon, near Frisco, Colorado. On December 15, 1922 two snow slides occurred in the canyon near the Curtin train station, one on the east side and another on the west.
Sans titreA 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.
Sans titreBeginning of the railroad grade through snowy Ten Mile Canyon at Frisco, Colorado. To the left (southeast) of the narrow gauge track is a large stack of lumber or railroad ties. Opposite are utility poles. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Entrance to the ten Mile Canon [sic] at Frisco."
Sans titreBakers Tank along the narrow gauge railway route on Boreas Pass from Como to Breckenridge, Colorado. Bakers water tank was moved to this location in 1910 from the Alpine Tunnel. Photograph taken circa 1966.
Sans titreSnowy landscape view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking east toward the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill. Plumes of smoke are visible rising from the rotary snowplow railroad engines. Bald Mountain in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "Last train out of Breckenridge beginning of the 78 day blockade Feb 5 at noon showing rotary 1899". During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899.
Sans titreA photographer's contact sheet. From top, left to right: Alpine Pass near Palisades; view of Tenmile Range from Boreas Pass Route; group of people, unknown; railway snowshed on Boreas Pass; two boys near the D&RG railroad tracks in Frisco, Colorado; mountains, unknown; group of people, unknown; railroad hookeye curve; cabin, unknown; "Tom's Baby"; view of Breckenridge from Barney Ford Hill; mine adit and two men, unknown; cabin and smaller structure, unknown; mountain valley, unknown; view of Breckenridge and Barney Ford Hill, probably from Fredonia Peak (gulch at the base of Red Mountain); mountain valley, unknown; rock cairn; Breckenridge.
Sans titreLooking 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)".
Sans titreRailroad 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.
Sans titreLocomotive 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.
Sans titreRailroad train approaching the cut at Rocky Point east of Breckenridge, Colorado on its way to Boreas Pass and Como. Circa 1898-1899.
Sans titreWooden snowshed covering a section of the narrow gauge railroad tracks approaching Boreas Pass from the Breckenridge, Colorado side.
Sans titreGold Pan Mining Company operations at the southern outskirts of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. A sluiceway with a rubber conveyor belt moved rocks from the gold excavating pit and into an ore trolley. The trolley moved up the elevated wooden scaffold and dumped the rocks over the edge, eventually creating a massive tailings pile. The Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) tracks ran under the conveyor system and crossed a trestle to the west side of the Blue River. In the foreground is a wood frame house with a square bay window, facing east. A rail fence borders the property. Tenmile Range in the background.
Sans titreTwo well-dressed men and a burro stand outside a rough hewn log cabin by the Blue River, west of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Wagons are parked nearby. Looking southwest with Colorado and Southern (C&S) railway boxcars and mill and/or smelter buildings in the background. Circa early 1900s.
Sans titreDenver South Park and Pacific Railway (DSP&P) narrow gauge railroad tracks along the Boreas High Line route entering Breckenridge, Colorado with a view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The Mountains as they appear from railway grate, just before entering Breckenridge."
Sans titreNarrow gauge railroad and snow shed over the tracks at Hook Eye Curve in Illinois Park near Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sans titreNarrow gauge railway through Illinois Park, looking west toward Breckenridge, Colorado. Germania mine and mill on the left. A train is traveling on Barney Ford Hill high above the gulch. Handwritten caption on card mount: "View showing Train of Cars going around Niggerhill".
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