Photo of Rio Grande train crash, close up
Photograph -- Black-and-White Photograph
Identifier:
2023.7.52Description
Black and white photo adhered to foam mat. Photo is a close up of a Rio Grande train wreck. Damage to train is present. Four unidentifiable individuals pull a body from the wreckage.D&RGW F3A 5531 was the lead locomotive on the Mountaineer. The aftermath of a head on collison with a freight train at Dos, CO on November 20th 1953. The body is the engineer of the locomotive. Fred H Keely was from Grand Junction, he was 67 whe he died.