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Additional Topics with Drawings Coaling trestle and bin at Sargent, CO
IMAGES OF OTHER BUILDINGS (see town descriptions for more) Barrel Transfer at Salida 1940 Freight depot at Leadville, CO 1879 Sand Tower at Minturn, CO 1980 Section House at Curecanti Needle c1890 Section House at Sublette 1995 Storage Shed at Cisco Siding 1999Snow sheds at Marshall Pass east side Snow sheds at Marshall Pass west side Storage shed at Cisco, UT 1999
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OTHER SCENES CF&I Quarry near Monarch, CO c1940 Daly and Quincy Mines at Park City, UT c1900 Kyune tunnel portal with train 2000 Mud Tunnel at Toltec Gorge 1995 Rock Tunnel and Retaining wall at Toltec Gorge 1995 Utah Copper Mill at Bigham, UT c1900 Section Camp The people who operated and maintained the railroads often lived in Section Camps at remote sites. These camps were constructed along with the railroad at key locations. Generally, the camps would be near a water source where there was an area of flat land. The camps were spaced as far apart as a locomotive could travel on a tank of water and on how far a maintenance crew could travel in a handcart in one day. Some of the camps attracted additional settlers that did not work for the railroad. Small communities would often evolve around the section camps. When the larger locomotives began operation in the mid 1900's there was no longer a need for as many service points and therefore many section camps were closed down and abandoned. Four standard buildings are found at nearly every section camp. First there was a ##section house|Section Houses~ where the crew foreman lived. Next was the ##bunk house|Bunk Houses~ where the crews slept. Small ##coal bunkers|coaling~ facilities were generally in place. Finally a ##water tank|Water Tank~ was normally needed. The buildings at the section camps along the D&SNG have mostly been destroyed. As the D&RG consolidated the need for the structures disappeared and there was no need to maintain them. Furthermore, it became too expensive to pay the taxes on these buildings. You can still find a nearly complete section camp at Sublette, NM on the ##Cumbres and Toltec|cumbres pass to durango route~ (shown here).
Section Houses Section Houses were a center of activity in the remote ##section camps|section camp~. The crew foreman and his family normally stayed in the homes. Most meals and other get togethers would take place here for all the railroad workers. There were several rooms in the section houses. Some had additions and modifications to fit particular needs. It was not uncommon for the buildings on the ##D&RG|drg.pop~ to start with the same basic shape. A number of the buildings were actually shipped to the sites in "KIT" form from a wood mill owned by the D&RG. Once the basic kit was assembled, additions were often added. Only minor dimensional changes exist between standard section houses on the main line. In the early years there was a section house located in the ##Durango yard|yard at durango~ near the location of todays Macdonald’s. Furthermore, section houses were located at most of the major stops along the ##Main Line|Main Line~. Unfortunately, all of the section houses on the ##D&SNG|dsng.pop~ have been destroyed. However, you can find an easy to reach example at ##Cumbres Pass|cumbres pass to durango route~, CO (shown here). Bunk House, Freight House, Ice House Signs You will see many types of railroad signs along the track. The drawings show the D&RG sign standards from the early 1900’s. Today’s signs (shown in photographs) are made from modern materials but still serve the same purpose they did for the last hundred years. NO. 1A - MAIN LINE DEPOT^ Located on the end of the depot building. NO. 1A - ##BRANCH LINE DEPOT|durango\dur_sign.jpg~^ Located on the end of the depot building. NO. 6 - ##STATION SIGN|lob_sign.jpg~^ For stations without depots. Placed about 25’ from main track on opposite side from siding. NO. 8, 9, 10 - ##YARD SIGNS|yardsign.jpg~^ Placed on right hand side of track facing approaching trains. NO. 11 - STATION POST^ Placed one-half mile beyond head block farthest from station. NO. 12 - TUNNEL & CURVE^ Used as warning for approaching bridges, tunnels and curves. NO. 13 - HIGHWAY^ Used exclusively as warning post for approaching highway crossings. NO. 14 - ##FLANGE|flange.jpg~^ Placed 6’ 0” from end of planked crossing and where road crossing is between cattle guards, flanger posts should be 30’ from the wing fences of cattle guard. NO. 17 - ##MILE POST|chama\mp344.jpg~^ These small white posts beside the tracks show the total the mileage from Denver. Just like mile markers on the highway, these are used as a reference point. During freight days the mile posts were used to tell the rescue trains where a derailment occurred. When sections end at mile posts the section numbers are added. NO. 18 - SECTION^ Used when sections end between mile markers. NO. 20 - DERAILING^ Placed opposite derailing switch. NOTE: all signs placed 15’ 0” from track centerline unless shown otherwise. ##Semaphore|semi4.jpg~: Warning lights on roadway at crossing.
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