I was going through some old papers and found this original photo. It looks like it might be Southern Pacific rail accident. Do you have images of this already? Or maybe it might be the only one. It looks like it might be a silver photo as it reflects in areas and is mounted to black cardboard. Nothing written on it as far as I can see. Love to know what you think. ...
—Bill Davis
Unknown Old Photograph – Southern Pacific Railroad Train Wreck?
Courtesy of William R. Davis.
From: "John Bergman" traincrazyjohn@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteTo me it looks like somewhere on the Coast Line between King City and Paso Robles. It also appears to be pre automobiles as there are horses etc. in the background and no gas vehicles. Sorry I can't help more.
—John B.
From: "Arnold Menke" waspman@cableone.net
ReplyDeleteThat is a Stanley Palmer photo of a wreck near Reno many years ago – probably around 1910. Negative is in the Nevada [State] Railroad Museum in Carson City.
—Arnold Menke
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteActually the background hills look more like Nevada desert, with hay farming in the valley flats by the river.
—Kyle
From: "Artist Sauer" artist.elsauer@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSubject: UPRR Surveyor Cady Staley
My father was an Engineer as was my grandfather for the UPRR. My fathers run was up Echo Canyon. If you would email me the photos you are trying to identify, perhaps I could help recognize where they were taken.
—L Sauer
[Search for "Cady Staley" on that Great-Grandfathers page, then click on an image to enlarge.]
From: "Artist Sauer" artist.elsauer@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSubject: UPRR Engineer George Patrick Aaron
Thank you. My father, grandfather and uncles all worked for Union Pacific out of Ogden.
I'm looking for pictures of my father Engineer George Patrick Aaron - he drove the Bigboys. ...
—Linda Sauer