Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2507 at Mukilteo, Washington in 1947.

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Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2507 at Mukilteo, Washington in 1947.

• 1947 (Creation)

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Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2507 at Mukilteo, Washington in 1947. Steam Locomotive 2507, a Class P-2, wreck on side in Puget Sound. Notes by photographer Hal Will: 'Great Northern train Number 27, the Fast Mail, hit a landslide near Picnic Point, south of Mukilteo, Washington, in the pre-dawn hours of February 18, 1948. The engineer, Al White, and fireman, W.P. "Bill" Murphy, were both injured when a slide rolled the engine, tender and a baggage car off the track. Murphy lost a thumb when it got caught in a valve handle as Number 2507 went over the rock sea wall into Puget Sound. The Great Northern yard bull (railroad cop) tried to prevent picture taking, but I shot this one and ran fast enough to save my 4x5 camera, and my skin. [HW]'. Bill Murphy states it was the tender footplate that sliced off the tip of his thumb . Other subject classes: Stm Loco

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The Hal Will collection was donated to MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, Washington). At his widow's request, MOHAI granted GNRHS (Great Northern Railway Historical Society) the right to display the collection on the internet, in this case using the Railroad Archives Online Catalog.

Online display rights granted by the Museum of History and Industry in 2016.

Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

• Photography of Railroads » Railroads--Equipment and supplies » Steam locomotives

• Washington (State) » Mukilteo (Wash.)

• Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)