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Comment: The sun has just peeked out through the clouds as it casts its rays on the track leading to Daphetid at the left. The ties in place at the bottom of the picture belong to the under-construction Devil’s Gulch & Helengon narrow gauge RR.
s1_010_lake_april58 * Taylor Lake in April of 1959 showing completed construction near Devil’s Gulch. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.33MB)

s1_011_butler_unk58 * Below the Butler Mine at Angels Camp high above French Gulch, 4-10-0 #34 eases out of one of the G&D’s many tunnels. The yet to be completed girder bridge to Scalp stands to the left. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.16MB)

s1_012_levels_unk59 * The early days at French Gulch with four types of bridge construction in view. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.5MB)

s1_013_lake_april59 * Taylor Lake again in 1957 with one lone boatman in this scene from the original G&D Railroad. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.44MB)

s1_014_freight_july59 * Andrews and its associated industries. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.26MB)
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s1_016_curve_unkdate * With a string of stock cars, 4-10-0 #34 is about to plunge into a short rock-lined tunnel blasted through Devil’s Post Pile. The Ryan Gulch Trestle is the highest wood trestle on the railroad. Its tallest bent is 125 feet tall. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.1MB)

s1_017_squawbridge_may61 * 2-6-0 #25 with a cut of stock cars crosses the Squawbottom Creek High Bridge on its way to Cold Shoulder. Squawbottom Creek has yet to be installed 192 feet below in this view taken in May of 1961. * 3072 x 2048 * (1.95MB)

s1_018_butlermines_may63 * The survey crew is busy high above Devil’s Gulch checking the grade on the new high bridge which will run to Scalp. A lone horseman rides into Angel’s Camp Mine which seems to be inactive. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.18MB)

s1_019_great_sep63 * An overhead view of the very active engine facilities at Great Divide in Sept. 1963. * 4280 x 2896 * (4.27MB)

s1_020_b4squaw_sep64 * It’s September 1964 and Squawbottom Station is nothing but a simple wood shanty and not the ornate depot that is to come in a few years. * 4280 x 2888 * (4.3MB)
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