Canadian Pacific Railway Collision

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1995.x.248

Date 1941

Description Three photographs of a Canadian Pacific train collision. The photographs are glued to a piece of cardboard, the back of which reads "Sept. 1941 // 41 years ago // Submitted by Ray Capel Red Deer, Alberta // 2 freight trains collided 10 miles west of Swift Current. All lead end crews died but one, an engineer from Medicine Hat, he jumped clear." The trains were 2354 and 2357.

Materials Photographic Paper; Cardboard

Category Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artifact, Print, Photographic