Name/Title
Wreckage of the 1958 Train Wreck in BroomfieldEntry/Object ID
1980.5.1.cDescription
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 the wreckage of a head-on collision between two trains, with the car of one train uplifted over the diesel locomotive of another. Individuals can barely be seen immediately in front of the wreckage. A barbed wire fence and a wooden structure are visible in the foreground along a dirt path. 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
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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.bProvenance
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.