Print, Photographic

2008.1008.1.542-1

2008.1008.1.542-1

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2008.1008.1.542

Description

Black & white print. Snapshot. Mounted on grey matboard. Image of two steam locomotive engines on tracks in a railyard with a tender between them. Front engine is #1279. Tender is loaded on a flat card - its own wheels missing. Second engine is extremely beat up & has no cab. Open car at far left appears to be filled with parts. Buildings behind & hill in background. Multiple tracks in foreground. These damaged trains may be the remaining salvagable pieces from the O'Neil train wreck. Engine #1279 appears as the first engine in photos of that wreck. See O'Neil train Wreck photos in the collection. Written on back: [blue ink] "3-e Old [marked out with pencil] engines- in front of old [marked out with pencil] U.P. depot which was located on south side of tracks." [black ink] "Copied by State" "Mounted" [red pencil] "Page 11- pix 2 - 3 5/8 x 7 1/4" [pencil] "-88%" "5282" [pencil on white adhesive label] "Locomotives" Mounted on acidic matboard. Cut down from original size - edges rough & uneven. Back surface peeled off around edges & exposing mat interior; lower left corner missing. Image stained, soiled & scratched. One 3 12 x 5 1/8 black & white copy print. Written on back in black ink: "Old Engine" "15". Update February 2011: Black & white copy print. Written on back in black ink: "Old Engine in front of old U. P. Depot which was located on south side of the tracks". Stamped in black: "Copy Provided By The Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department" "Neg. No. 5282" Good condition. Rainbow emulsion, wrinkled, fingerprints, scratched. Size 5 x 7".

Collection

Photograph Collection