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Men loading pipes for Howard’s Fork pipeline onto Galloping Goose No. 6, known as the “Work Goose.” August 1942. Second man from right is August Gustafson, a supervisor for the Western Colorado Power Company in Telluride. To his left is Walta Pera, his nephew. The bridge is part of the Ophir Loop, the longest and highest of the Rio Grande Southern RR, and one of the most famous engineering achievements in narrow gauge railroading history. Photographer P. C. Schools. From Esther Greenfield's book "Tough Men in Hard Places".






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