Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0059Description
Train wreck UP #5003.
Update 4/2010: Black and white print. Snapshot. Image of the aftermath of a train wreck where two trains crashed head-on. Engine x5003 and 4464/500 involved. Train car(s) in a pile in the background left. Buildings in background.
Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23.
Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, Wy. Railyard.
Emulsion cracked below center. Slight corner damage. Paper slightly yellowed.
NOTE: Runaway train x5003 was stopped by placing the switch engine 4464 on the track in front of it and allowing the resulting crash to stop the train. (Rans Baker-Historian).Collection
Photograph Collection