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Northern Pacific Railway turntable mishap in Auburn, 1941
Northern Pacific Railway turntable mishap in Auburn, 1941
TitleNorthern Pacific Railway turntable mishap in Auburn, 1941
PhotographerUnknown
Date1941
CaptionThe turntable within circular area in photo was not moved or lined up to match the track that the locomotive was on; the locomotive was moved forward and landed in the turntable pit instead of on the table where the wrecking crane stands.
Such accidents were infrequent but they did happen.
The hostler involved (employee who moved locomotives about the roundhouse area) was given a suspension as discipline for this event.
NotesHandwritten on verso of duplicate image: Auburn Round House, Turn Table Pit, 1941.

Source of caption information: White River Valley Museum staff.
SubjectsRailroad accidents--Washington (State)--Auburn
Locomotives--Washington (State)--Auburn
Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad employees--Washington (State)--Auburn
ClassificationAuburn, WA/Transportation/Railroads
Personal NamesUnidentified
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Auburn
Digital CollectionWhite River Valley Museum Photograph Collection
Image Number2363
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: hpittenger@auburnwa.gov. Please cite the Image Number.
RepositoryWhite River Valley Museum (Auburn)
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3 x 5 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationA photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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