Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0098Description
Train wreck in front of Dept, Brakeman was killed.
Update 4/2010: Black and white print. Snapshot. Image of the aftermath of a train wreck. Similar to 1954.225.0097 but after more of the debris has been removed. Overturned box car at left cleared of contents. Engine debris at center with tender gone .Overturned box car at right with people and buildings in background. Workmen gathered at left.
Dark developing anomalies along left side.
Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23."
Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, WY. Railyard.
Paper yellowed. Back soiled. Slight corner damage, emulsion cracked in upper right corner and in upper left. Surface slightly scratched; fingerprint in lower left.
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