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	Photo #: 83-2-1 Date of origin: Item Name: Railroad Depot Description: Railroad depot at Colton.
	Photo #: 83-2-1 Date of origin: 1905 Item Name: Railroad depot Description: Railroad depot at Colton circa 1905. Robert Edwards collection.
	Photo #: 83-2-3 Date of origin: Item Name: Steam Engine Description: Moqul Engine (narrow gauge) at Pleasant Valley Junction.
	Photo #: 83-2-4 Date of origin: Item Name: Water tank Description: Pleasant Valley Junction main street with water tank for steam engine.
	Photo #: 83-2-5 Date of origin: c1890 Item Name: Colton Description: The town with steam engine picking up water from water tower. Colton was a railroad stop for steam engines to fill up with water and coal. this photograph was at the time of the narrow gauge engine.
	Photo #: 83-2-6 Date of origin: Item Name: Railroad Depot Description: Railroad depot at Pleasant Valley Junction.
	Photo #: 83-2-7 Date of origin: Item Name: Train Description: Train at water tower at in Colton.
	Photo #: 83-2-8 Date of origin: 1905br />Item Name: Water tank Description: Water tanks at Colton. 1905. Used for water in steam engines.
	Photo #: 83-2-9 Date of origin: Item Name: Construction crew Description: Colton railroad construction crew - building the Pleasant Valley Railroad. Circa 1900s. Robert Edwards collection.
	Photo #: 83-2-10 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: Colton train wreck twisted metal
	Photo #: 83-2-11 Date of origin: 1940 Item Name: Steam Engine Description: Steam engine, hauling freight, early 1940s with Rising Sun on nose of engine, at Colton, Utah. q\An L 105 articulated 4-6-6-4. There were 14 of these engines in service. The Rising Sun logo was changed after Pearl Harbor because it looked so much like the Japanese flag.
	Photo #: 83-2-12 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: D&RGW train wreck at Colton, Utah, October 6, 1941.
	Photo #: 83-2-13 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: D&RGW train wreck at Colton, Utah, October 6, 1941.
	Photo #: 83-2-14 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: D&RGW train wreck at Colton, Utah, October 6, 1941.
	Photo #: 83-2-15 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: D&RGW train wreck at Colton, Utah, October 6, 1941.
	Photo #: 83-2-16 Date of origin: 1941 Item Name: Train Wreck Description: D&RGW train wreck at Colton, Utah, October 6, 1941.
	Photo #: 83-2-17 Date of origin: Item Name: Railroad Description: Railroad tracks at Colton.
	Photo #: 83-2-20 Date of origin: Item Name: Section Crew Description: Denver & Rio Grande Section Crew
	Photo #: 83-3-1 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Mainstreet Colton Description: Colton circa 1920
	Photo #: 83-3-2 Date of origin: Item Name: school house Description: What was left of the school house at Pleasant Valley Junction near Colton.
	Photo #: 83-3-3 Date of origin: Item Name: home Description: Last house at Pleasant Valley Junction.
	Photo #: 83-3-4 Date of origin: Item Name: town Description: Town of Colton.
	Photo #: 83-3-5 Date of origin: Item Name: tombstone Description: Tombstone of Thomas & Elizabeth Bagnall - death of children recorded on tombstone.
	Photo #: 83-3-6 Date of origin: Item Name: Town Description: Main street in Colton. Photo shows J.M. Miller, general Merchandise, a saloon and the Thomas Hotel.