The Derailment of Camp MacArthur’s Troop Train No. 264

On June 18, 1918, a troop train carrying soldiers from Camp MacArthur’s 80th Field Artillery left East Waco, Texas, on the Cotton Belt railway line. After about seven miles it derailed just north of Selby (no longer on the map). Two troops, Corporals Laurn Harrell and August Handschumacher, Jr., were killed, and about 30 military personnel and four employees of the railroad were injured. Shown here are images of the incident's aftermath.