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Comment: July of 1971 finds 2-8-0 #29 rumbling across the Squaw Creek High Bridge over Squawbottom Creek after passing thru the short tunnel at Eagle’s Nest. In the distance is the always snowed-in Cold Shoulder.
s1_028_wall_jul68 * An overall view of French Gulch in July of 1968. * 4264 x 2896 * (4.33MB)

s1_029_logs_oct67 * Logs that were floated downstream and formed a jam are being unloaded by steam donkey out of Sowbelly Creek. A similar scene was on the cover of the June. 1970 Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. * 4280 x 2896 * (4.97MB)

s1_030_linnsarchives_sep69 * Shay #7 shoves a flat full of rail past Andrews Depot. Linn’s Archives at the left is named after the late Model Railroader Editor Linn Wescott. A construction article on the Leming Compressed Gas Co. appeared in the March Model Railroader Magazine. This view was photographed in September, 1969. * 4280 x 2840 * (4.07MB)

s1_031_detritus_sep69 * Findley’s Detritus and Fenton Produce, one of the fifteen industries in and around Andrews. * 4264 x 2888 * (4.16MB)

s1_032_ssuaw29_jun70 * Down in the lower elevations of Giant Canyon, 2-8-0 #29 drifts into Squawbottom Station. * 4272 x 2896 * (4.6MB)
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s1_034_bridgesquaw_jul71 * 0-6-6-0 #35 is high above Squawbottom Depot on the Scalp Mountain Arch while the still incomplete narrow gauge line at the left waits for completion and some traffic. * 4272 x 2832 * (4.61MB)

s1_035_25bridge_feb72 * 2-6-0 #25 approaches the last bridge John Allen built, the Scalp Mountain Arch over Squawbottom, in February 1972. * 4272 x 2888 * (4.45MB)

s1_036_sqwbtmcrk_sep64 * September of 1964 finds 4-6-2 #50 with a local passenger train in tow crossing the concrete viaduct over Squawbottom Creek. The middle track is a stiff 3 1/2% grade while the top track leads to the town of Akin. * 4272 x 2888 * (5.03MB)

s1_037_35bridge_feb72 * Having left Cold Shoulder, 0-6-6-0 #35 trundles across the Scalp Mountain Arch spanning Squawbottom Creek. Squawbottom Depot and the surrounding buildings can be seen at the lower left. * 4280 x 2864 * (4.47MB)

s1_038_dividevening_feb72 * Early evening at Great Divide. Commuters wait patiently for the arrival of their train while the Superior Bakery works around the clock. Look carefully and you will see where the mirror surface touches the roof and tracks. * 4272 x 2840 * (4.23MB)
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