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A crane is prepared to lower a section of the new turntable at Minturn into the turntable pit. In 1928, a new 120-foot turntable was set in place, replacing the old 100-foot table installed in 1912. The older turntable could not accommodate the 3600-series simple-articulated locomotives assigned to the area. The coaling tower is visible behind the crane on the left. Printed on July 2, 1928.
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Two steam cranes are used to lower a section of the new turntable at Minturn into the turntable pit. In 1928, a new 120-foot turntable was set in place, replacing the old 100-foot table installed in 1912. The older turntable could not accommodate the 3600-series simple-articulated locomotives assigned to the area. The coaling tower is visible on the right. Two water towers are also visible along with the roundhouse. Printed on July 2, 1928.
606. Goodale family home
607. Teller Ammons
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Former Colorado Governor Teller Ammons (left) on his 43rd birthday on December 3, 1938. Byron Price (middle) and Esther (Davis) Ammons (right) are also pictured. Teller Ammons served as Governor of Colorado from 1937-1939. The cake was made by Ruth Jackson, who earlier that year had made another cake celebrating the 56th birthday of former United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The lettering on the cake reads: "Wishing our son of Colorado...
609. Skip Gordon
612. Carol may Charboneau
613. D&RG RR YMCA
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor...