Name/Title
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteEntry/Object ID
2021.925.11.2Description
2 images of a train wreck. Matches other photos of 09/12/1923 wreck in Rawlins railyard. Runaway Union Pacific locomotive #5003 was stopped by placing locomotive #4464 on the track to collide. Both photos have "#289" written in black marker in bottom left corner. Most likely taken by Frank Meyers.
a) 2 locomotives nose-to-nose, surrounded by debris. The cabin on the smaller of the locomotives is crushed. Several men cleaning up in foreground around an overturned box car on the left. Front Street and a number of houses close to the tracks are clearly visible in the background.
b) A large crane is lifting an overturned box car while a number of men watch it. A locomotive is visible behind it at left. Front Street and a number of houses close to the tracks are clearly visible in the background, and the street is crowded with people watching the cleanup.Collection
Photograph Collection