Railroad trains bucking snow in winter. 1901 Feb. 22.

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Railroad trains bucking snow in winter. 1901 Feb. 22.

Views of a double header train bucking its way through snow drifts outside Ward, 29 February 1901.

9 photographs (6 views).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7471643

Boulder Public Library

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Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company

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Chartered in 1897; reorganized as the Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad in 1909; line ceased operation in 1919. From the description of Records, 1897-1922. (Southern Methodist University). WorldCat record id: 18022290 ...

Gembrini, Sam, 1862-1945

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Two locomotives of the C&N railroad were swept off the tracks by a snow slide and landed at the bottom of a gulch at Camp Frances. The engines were hitched double-header, bucking the snow so as to open the road when the slide occurred. Four of the crew were killed in the accident. From the description of Railroad wreck on Grassy Mountain. 1901 April 18. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427378066 ...