Name/Title
Wreckage of the 1958 Train Wreck in BroomfieldEntry/Object ID
1980.5.1.bDescription
Black and white photograph of the 1958 train crash in Broomfield. The photograph is not the original but a photograph of another photograph (original appears to be Gelatin Silver print with deckled edges, approximately 3" x 3"). This photograph is a newer color process, circa 1980s.
The image shows a train which has collided with another. A train car is seen uplifted over a diesel locomotive of the other train. 5 individuals are barely visible on top of the locomotive to the right. A small wooden structure and tall grass are in front of the wreck, with a large dirt patch and more grass in the immediate foreground. The collision between a Colorado & Southern freight train and passenger train happened on September 22, 1958 around 7:30 am just south of the 120th crossing. 3 individuals, at least 2 of them members of the trains' work crews, died in the crash, while 18 people were hospitalized.Collection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1958 - 1958Notes
Date: 1958/09/22
Copy/Orig/Other: CopyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Trains, Locomotives, Diesel, Wrecks, Railroad accidentsSearch Terms
Colorado and Southern Railway, Railroad accidents--ColoradoRelationships
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Notes
1980.5.1.a, 1980.5.1.cProvenance
Notes
Photos 1980.5.1a-c were donated by Glenn Mosher, 1996. His wife, Katheryn Mosher, had been among the first to arrive at the scene of the 1958 train wreck.
