Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 16, 1940
Caption:
WRECK RAMMED BROADWAY VIADUCT: In spite of the force of the pile-up of the freight train at the Michigan Central station this morning the supports for the bridge stood firm. The cars shown here were immediately behind the engine. Various of the cars contained coal, oil and liquid asphalt.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 16, 1940
Caption:
WRECK IN WHICH ONE DIED: Scattered wreckage of a New York Central freight train which piled up at the local station at 11:10 a.m. today is shown above. At the left is the steaming locomotive lying on it side and to the right are freight cars, torn from their wheel-trucks and emptied of their loads by the impact. A man riding behind the engine was killed and burned in the wreck.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 16, 1940
Caption:
RIPPED RAILS AND RUINED CARS: The character of the freight wreck at the Michigan Central station this morning is graphically shown in this photograph. The steaming engine lying on its side; the cards lifted from their carriages and the rails thrown completely away from the track. The passenger station was not damaged.