Burlington Rail Roadbed Damage & Train Wrecks near St. Joseph, 1958-1960

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Name/Title

Burlington Rail Roadbed Damage & Train Wrecks near St. Joseph, 1958-1960

Entry/Object ID

9999.BUS.1

Scope and Content

Rail Roadbed Damage & Train Wrecks near St. Joseph, 1958-1960 A: "Too Tough for Dynamite", July, 1958. News photo of Burlington Railroad crew with cranes attempting to clear the tracks of an earth slide north of waterworks in St. Joseph, MO. B: "Railroad Men in 24-Hour Fight Against Landslide" July, 1958. News story related to A above. C. "Washout Near Chillicothe," July, 1958 News Photo of derailed train engine at washout. Train was running between Brookfield & St. Joseph. D. "The New Landslide", July, 1958(?) News photo of lower road to Amazonia covered by landslide and second photo of clamshell shovel removing debris from RR tracks. E. "Work to Save Tracks at Nodaway", undated, probably, 1958 News photo of Burlington road repair crew trying to stop loss of bank bordering tracks on Nodaway river. F. "Rebuild Flood-Damaged Track", May 20, 1959 News photos of Burlington RR workmen placing ballast for west track north of the Francis street depot, washed out two days prior. G. "Nodaway Train wreck" and other remembered stories printed in St. Joseph News-Press Young at Heart Section, April 29, 1994. Remembrance with 2 news photos of head-on collision of two trains Aug. 22, 1960. Dale Paden was fireman at controls. Photos show Paden in hospital and photo of the wreckage. Other railroad stories in this issue: Burlington Offered Farm to Market Service Great Window Treatments on Train Unworldly light guides engineer to destination Mountain trains left impression on young rider Train crews well known to family St. Louis Trip remembered

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photocopy

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Copy, Reprographic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Transportation, Railroads

Search Terms

Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, Burlington Railroad, Railroad Time Tables

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 8, 2013

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

St. Joseph News-Press 1960 St. Joseph, Missouri