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5. Pete and Tom
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Another Mallet locomotive at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.
7. Engine 146
8. "Big Mike"
11. Railroad workers
12. Shorty Kindvater
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D. & R.G. at Eagle station, "taking water."
"There was a water tank at Eagle, located a little east of the depot. The water was piped from the water tank to the stand pipe. From the stand pipe, the water goes into the engine's tender
to generate steam, steam being the source of engine's power." -- Jimmy Blouch
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This Mallet locomotive is at Minturn. Anatole Mallet, a Swiss engineer, patented the compound engine which was housed under one locomotive frame having six or more sets of axles. The rear set of driving wheels were fixed in the main frame of the locomotive. The extra pull generated made the locomotive useful in mountainous regions but slower on flat terrain.