Print, Photographic

1954.225.0059

1954.225.0059

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1954.225.0059

Description

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