Circa 1914. "New York Central and Hudson River Railroad -- wreck of NYC 1063. No note on location. 4-4-0 1063, ex Rutland 193, Schenectady 1889, to NYC & HRR 938 January 1913, to 1063. 2059 is in charge of the wreck derrick. 2059 4-6-0 ex Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain 337. Then Rutland 492, to 59 then NYC 2159, 2059." 5x7 inch glass negative from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/27861
A word about Shorpy's: it's a long-time, ever-growing exhibit of quality photographs, primarily spanning... the late 1800's to 1950's, let's say. Pretty fascinating focus on contemporary peoples in history, just a little before our times.
Browsing the photos, I frequently get an 'oh, that's so modern but also so antique' feeling that kind of scratches a certain itch I didn't know I had...
Also a terrific source of content to share here, with 9000+ high-quality photos in the collection(!)
I have not heard the name "Shorpy" in a long time. An excellent historical archive. I still have a Shorpy's photo in my images collection that I come across from time to time. I found "The Close of a Career in New York" quite moving to me.
https://www.shorpy.com/node/7521
Whoa, how about that? And the comments do a good job explaining things...