Original 1947 Associated Press Wire Photo showing the aftermath of a passenger train derailment near Springfield, Missouri. The original AP caption states that a nine-car passenger train jointly operated by the Frisco and Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroads overturned while rounding a curve on October 6, 1947, killing one crewman and seriously injuring another. No passengers aboard the train, which was en route from Dallas to St. Louis, were reported injured. The photograph measures approximately 9 x 8¼ inches overall and is mounted on black archival paper with the original caption affixed below the image. From a Pittsburgh area newspaper's archive. Please see photos.
