Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1954.225.0103Description
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 showing a large pile of crumpled and twisted box cars. Man standing at right looking over the debris.
Written on the back in black ink: "9/12/23". In pencil: "4".
Wreck occurred in the Rawlins, Wy. Railyard.
Paper yellowed. Lower right corner bent-emulsion cracked; slight damage to other corners. Emulsion cracked at center.
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