Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0094Description
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. A heavy duty crane is lifting a large piece of debris from engine 4454-may be part of the tender (?). Workman is watching the operation in left foreground.
Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23".
Wreck occurred in Rawlins, Wy Railyard.
Paper yellowed. Slight damage to corners. Crack in emulsion near top center. Partial fingerprint below.
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