Pile-Up



Photo Title

Pile-Up

Photographer/Creator

Carl F. Wagner

Collection

Publisher

Suburban Tribune

Caption/Description

A policeman and railroad worker survey the wreckage of an Amtrack passenger train and a Burlington Freight train that plunged thirty feet onto other railroad tracks when a rail overpass collapsed under the combined weight of the two trains as they passed each other on the overpass.

Citation

Carl F. Wagner, "Pile-Up," in POYi Archive, Item #8938, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/8938 (accessed November 22, 2024).

Date Added

07.04.2008