Print, Photographic

1954.225.0101

1954.225.0101

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1954.225.0101

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 with a heavy duty crane removing debris from the wreckage pile. Workmen working on the pile in foreground left. Written on the back in black ink: "9/12/23". In pencil: "4". Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, WY. Railyard. Paper yellowed. Lower corners bent, emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Vertical crease left of center-emulsion cracked. 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