Troop Train Accident

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: April 15, 1918; 1918-04-15 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:9596 wjr-000044 wjr-000044.tif

Description: Eight cars of a train bearing 700 members of the 305th Infantry were overturned by a broken rail in the Long Island Railroad near Central Islip, N.Y. early in the morning on April 15, 1918. Three men were killed and thirty-seven injured. The ten-car train had left Camp Upton in Yaphank during the night and was on its way to Long Island City, the soldiers bound for overseas duty.

Title : Troop Train Accident

Collection : aql:9443; vital:1

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : April 15, 1918; 1918-04-15

Summary/Description : Eight cars of a train bearing 700 members of the 305th Infantry were overturned by a broken rail in the Long Island Railroad near Central Islip, N.Y. early in the morning on April 15, 1918. Three men were killed and thirty-seven injured. The ten-car train had left Camp Upton in Yaphank during the night and was on its way to Long Island City, the soldiers bound for overseas duty.

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Railroad accidents

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Central Islip, NY Suffolk County (N.Y.) Central Islip (N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:9596 wjr-000044 wjr-000044.tif