Print, Photographic

1954.225.0095

1954.225.0095

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1954.225.0095

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. Large group of people looking at the damage and debris cleanup. Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23." Wreck occurred in the Rawlins Wy railyard. Paper yellowed. Lower left corner bent-emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Emulsion cracked in lower left. Surface scratched. 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