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| Title | Northern Pacific Railway wrecker number 41 in Auburn, ca. 1940 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1940 |
| Caption | Wrecker or wrecking crane used for cleaning up accidents and derailments. Wrecker and crew were based at Auburn Car shop. Andy Walker was wrecker engineer and Telford was wrecking foreman. The crew assigned from car shop forces was on "call" whenever there was a collision or derailment on the Tacoma division and often were loaned out to other railroads such as Milwaukee or Great Northern to assist them with similar problems. The wrecker unit had kitchen, bunk and supply cars. The crew worked around the clock if necessary. When not being used in wrecker service, the personnel had regular railroad jobs. For example a car repairman possessing cooking skills would work as a cook when out with the wrecker, but as a mechanic during his regular duties, and so on. |
| Notes | Northern Pacific Railway also known as Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Acronyms for Northern Pacific Railway: NPRR, N.P.R.R., NPRY, N.P.R.Y., NPR, N.P.R.
Date and caption supplied by White River Valley Museum staff. |
| Subjects | Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--Auburn
Northern Pacific Railway Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad employees--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Auburn
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| Classification | Auburn, WA/Transportation/Railroads |
| Personal Names | Unidentified |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Auburn |
| Digital Collection | White River Valley Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2354 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: hpittenger@auburnwa.gov. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | White River Valley Museum (Auburn) |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
