At 8:36 AM, January 15, 1953, Train #173, The Boston to Washington "Federal Express," with engine #4876 lost brakes and crashed through the gates at the end of track 16 in Union Station, A "frozen angle cock valve" was the culprit. Amazingly, there were no major injuries or deaths. Now at B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore MD, awaiting restoration.

Photographed by Bill Hakkarinen, December 29, 2007.
Added to the photo archive by Bill Hakkarinen, December 29, 2007.
Railroad: Pennsylvania.

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