| A wrecker is called in to upright a GBW boxcar which is leaning
        precariously over the side of a wooden trestle. 
 Here is an interesting image of a derailment on a long trestle, with
        two Green Bay & Western boxcars and
        a Chicago & North Western stock
        car.  In the background is a wrecker, and a steam locomotive sits
        behind it.  The remains of a fourth freight car lies smashed on the
        ground on the left side of the picture. Notice that the trestle bents are being upgraded -- there are
        finished timber trestle piles and larger unfinished piles under the
        bridge.   The lettering style on GBW
        boxcar #1706 was the standard of the time adopted by the Master Car Builders
        Association (MCB), the forerunner to the American Railway Association's Mechanical Division. I am unsure of the exact location of this photo, but it appears to be
        on the Winona & Western, somewhere in
        the Bear Creek Valley. |