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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) Train Wreck of 5017 on "Golden State Ltd."

Description: A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 5017, 4-8-4, on RI train No. 4, "Golden State Ltd.", on its side, struck an auto at a crossing which then caught in switch points derailing the train about 6:40 pm, Jan. 23, 1938, just west of Topeka, KS. No one injured. Wreck cleaned up by K.C. Terminal and RI wreckers. [see also 2008.008.1035, 1036 & 5511]
Date: January 23, 1938
Creator: Kelley, Francis O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0388]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A mug shot of Brig. Gen. Murray A. Bywater, head of the investigation team sent to the crash scene, and a picture of curious crowding a barricade surrounding the crash area."
Date: January 18, 1965
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0604]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "B. D. Eddie inspects two scientifically fed broilers from the new feed technology program at Kansas State college."
Date: January 26, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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