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[Illinois Central Railroad]
Album of Railway Accident That Took Place Between Mounds and Villa Ridge, IL, c. 1928
Linen-backed silver prints (68); including 5 multi-part panoramas
Each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
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A compelling album of photographs documenting the aftermath of a railroad accident that took place between Mounds and Villa Ridge, Illinois, on the Illinois Central Railroad Line on August 6th,...
A compelling album of photographs documenting the aftermath of a railroad accident that took place between Mounds and Villa Ridge, Illinois, on the Illinois Central Railroad Line on August 6th, 1928. Included are a number of photographs surveying the scene, including several surreal pictures of the large hunks of twisted metal. There are also several pages of contact sheets, with four views to a page, and a number of multi-part panoramas, which lay out the accident in harrowing detail.
The wreck, which claimed the lives of nine people, was described in a contemporary newspaper account by Edward Albe, the train’s engineer, and M.P. Palmer, a fireman, who stated:
“We came upon a piece of Iron pipe laying parallel to the tracks between the north and south bound tracks. We struck a corner of the pipe, which appeared to be about feet long and a foot In diameter. It looked like an oil or sewer pipe. We hit the pipe and it was shoved onto the other track. We didn't have time to remove the pipe when number 3 hit It. Then train No. 3, the southbound train, left the track and sideswiped our train. There were eight coaches on our train, and all but two were overturned and derailed. The seventh coach was derailed only on one end. We were stunned by the Impact. Immediately after the crash, we climbed out of our cab to hear the moans, groans and shrieks of the injured.".
The wreck, which claimed the lives of nine people, was described in a contemporary newspaper account by Edward Albe, the train’s engineer, and M.P. Palmer, a fireman, who stated:
“We came upon a piece of Iron pipe laying parallel to the tracks between the north and south bound tracks. We struck a corner of the pipe, which appeared to be about feet long and a foot In diameter. It looked like an oil or sewer pipe. We hit the pipe and it was shoved onto the other track. We didn't have time to remove the pipe when number 3 hit It. Then train No. 3, the southbound train, left the track and sideswiped our train. There were eight coaches on our train, and all but two were overturned and derailed. The seventh coach was derailed only on one end. We were stunned by the Impact. Immediately after the crash, we climbed out of our cab to hear the moans, groans and shrieks of the injured.".