Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0095Description
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