Location:
, VA, United States
Post Date:
May 8, 2013 11:28 PM
TAG ID:
pubnchpics005945
(RM)
Credit:
Andrew J. Russell / NC History Images/Newscom
Format:
5697 x 4270 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Andrew J. Russell
Keywords:
United States Military Railway Department, CW150, 1861-1865, American Civil War, War Between the States, W&OD, transportation, railroad, AL&H, Alexandria Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, accident, wreckage
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Train wreck caused by the fracture of an axle on a railroad car traveling along the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad line in Northern Virginia. The accident occurred on March 28, 1863. A large group of men is seen here attempting to clear the wreckage from the tracks in an effort to get the train moving again.