Collision of Two Texas and Pacific "Cannon Balls" in Jefferson, Texas

Collision of Two Texas and Pacific "Cannon Balls" in Jefferson, Texas

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Photo Credit The Portal to Texas History
Category Wrecks

Description

Photograph of train crewmen and curious spectators posed beside crushed locomotives near Jefferson, Texas in 1903. Trains met head-on after a mix-up in orders. Engine crewmen jumped before the trains hit.