Fragile – Handle With Care


Philip Dove
 

The box doesn't appear to be damaged though. Everyone is looking pretty relaxed about matters. 


B.L. Griffith
 

At least the exposed boxes marked “fragile” in the picture were placed at the top of the boxcar’s load initially.


Guy Wilber
 

 Bob Chaparro wrote:

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


Scroll down below the reporting marks on the Southern box car for an iconic aspect within this photo; a "Bozo Texino".


Guy Wilber
Reno, Nevada

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Bob Chaparro
 

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