T h e C o t o p a x i a n P r e s s (this still cracks me up)
Between Dec.1994 and about Nov. 2011, I was employed by the Colorado Department of Transportation, on Patrol 60 in Cotopaxi, Colorado.
Then one day, I fell down, on July 6, 2009
-and suffered from a medial meniscus tear and a large extruded disc fragment (photo).
I could no longer meet the physical requirements of the job due to medical restrictions.
So that job is history...
But I do have a several thousand photos taken during those years...
A Previous Accident
Work Photos
Cotopaxi Rockslide Excitement Feb. 14-15ish, 2010
My wife and kids hiked up the RR tracks and took some photos.
The Rockslide at Cotopaxi is at mile marker 244.
Both lanes blocked, no one was under it when it fell, thank God.
Video! Snowplowing 101 posted 1-7-2010
Pouring cracks in Westcliffe, December 30, 2008.
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Maintenance Builds shop extension in Canon City: Summer 2007
Lots of photos! Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4
There are two divisions at CDOT: Maintenance...
and Engineering.
Maintenance maintains and repairs to Standard specifications that sub-standard work which Engineering pays private contractors for.
"You got anything good to eat?"
This photo was taken at the truck "rodeo" in La-Junta at the old airport.
Drilling rocks to break with the "Boulder Buster" on a big rockslide on HWY 96 on the "hardscrabble". Patrol 27, Westcliffe.
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Boss showing us how to load rock. Dropped it on the rail. This was the fastest we ever repaired rail. Had it fixed the same day. Ha. About mm 255.5 HWY 50.
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Safety tip: Always watch your backside.
Hauling "oil" (asphalt), going down Beaver Creek hill on Hwy 115. Patrol 23, Penrose.
UPDATE: CDOT has long since moved their HQ in Pueblo...I have no idea what became of the memorial. Just an historic account here:
With a lot of help from a lot of people, we built this memorial to fellow workers who were killed on the job.
..CDOT Region 2 Memorial Updated 12/2008
Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 10
The Memorial is finished, these webpages detailing it are not.
I worked with three of these men. One of them, David Valdez, worked on this memorial.
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April 9, 2009
David Valdez May his Rest be with Jehovah Jesus Messiah. April 14, 2009
Funeral services held for David Valdez in Walsenburg, CO. Pastor Albert Struck Officiating. To paraphrase David Montano: He was a man. AMEN. |
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April 9, 2009
David Valdez was killed in a work zone |
April 7, 2009
CDOT Annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at 905 Erie Ave., Pueblo, CO
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Above, 1991, drilling rocks on I70 - pre-CDOT days
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above, 1991?, pre-CDOT days working on Macenzie Junction, HWY 96
Above, c1966 somewhere in Colorado. Yep, that's me. I think I was a little better looking then.
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Area History on a sign (someplace)
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