Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0096Description
Train wreck in front of Depot, Brakeman was killed.
Update 4/2010: Black and white print. Snapshot. Image from elevation of the aftermath of a train wreck. Crushed box car on its side with contents strewn about the left . Destroyed engines at center. Vintage automobiles and curious folds at right. Lumber company and town in background. Workmen and other people in foreground.
Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23".
Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, Wy. Railyard.
Paper slightly yellowed. Back soiled. Upper right corner and left corners bent-emulsion cracked; slight damage in lower right. Emulsion cracked at center and upper right.
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