Burlington Railroad Wreck Photo, Dec. 12, 1922. Box cars and derailed engine. Railroad crew pictured with wreck. This photo appeared in St. Joseph News-Press, Dec. 13, 1922 of a deliberate act to derail the train by removing the supports for a section of rail.
Headline:
"Passenger Train #16 Wrecked Near Easton."
Enginr and Seven Coaches were derailed, with five people hurt. It was the St. Louis Express that left St. Joseph the night of December 12 and derailed about 10 pm. in the area between Saxton and Easton in the east Platte River bottoms. Someone had removed the spikes and angle iron that supported the rail, so that the rail slipped out of place. More than 100 passengers were on board.
For Original digital scan see History 20 CD
Made/Created
Artist
MAX HABECKER
Date made
1922
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
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Burlington Railroad, Train Wreck in St. Joseph, 1922
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 6, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max Habecker
Provenance
Notes
Photographs taken by Max Habecker, affixed in photo album.
