Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0099Description
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 showing a pile of overturned and nearly vertical box cars. Buildings in the background center and left. Workmen removing cargo from splint open box car in foreground on right.
Written on back in black ink: "9/12/23."
Wreck occurred in Rawlins, WY. Railyard.
Paper yellowed. Back slightly soiled. Upper left corner bent-emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Emulsion cracked at top center, lower right corner and lower left. Slight soiling and scratching.
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