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John Flynn standing next to the signal at Kent (near Wolcott). John was a railroad telegrapher and a veteran of World War I.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Two men are standing on the cab of the derailed locomotive.
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Workers constructing track and a platform at Kent.
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Railroad sign for Kent, by the D. & R. G. tracks.
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Workers constructing track at Kent.
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Locomotive on its side near Kent. Crane at the ready to lift the locomotive. Work crew looking on.
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The work train crew posing on the tracks at Kent, 1918. "Often a work train of the 1880s consisted of just the machine and the locomotive, as cabooses were still too scarce to warrant using one on what many managers saw as unnecessary service. As the years went by, it became common practice to attach a caboose, and/or a tool car, to the train. An extra water car was frequently attached to pile driver trains to reduce the number of times the train...