Print, Photographic

1954.225.0090

1954.225.0090

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1954.225.0090

Description

Train wreck in front of Depot, Brakeman was killed. 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 Engine 4464 were involved. Workmen in foreground amid the debris surveying the damage. Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23". Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, Wy. Railyard. Back soiled; paper slightly yellowed. Upper right corner bent-emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Emulsion cracked in upper left and lower right. Slightly soiled. 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