Fragile – Handle With Care

This is a 1957 wreck photo from the Council Bluffs Public Library:

https://www.councilbluffslibrary.org/archive/files/original/e9b445c24648e38d536b12ee1d8081e9.jpg

Description

“A Huge Cleanup Job...faced Milwaukee work crews as they started removing wreckage of the 37-car derailment at the Mosquito Creek bridge near Persia. A section of the badly damaged bridge is visible in the center of the picture.”

Scroll down to the bottom of the photo for an ironic aspect of this photo.

Bob Chaparro

Hemet, CA