Engineer dies in train crash

Title

Subject

local news

Description

Scattered At Impact...in fatal train wreck near Pacific Junction, empty coal cars of parked train lie jumbled with those of northbound train that hit it. Five units of the 100-car parked train and 12 of the 110-car northbound train derailed in the crash, killing the northbound train's engineer and injuring the other three crew members. More photos on Page 3A. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil April 13, 1983

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1983-4-13

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Burlington_Northern_Railroad_4_13_1983_011.jpg

Coverage

Western Iowa

Rights

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