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Title
Train wreck blamed on sabotaged switch
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated March 5, 1963 reads, "Train's engine smashed into passenger car behind it - Impact nearly turned over the car directly behind it."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108953
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d008_f18_i28
CARL0005229079
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44251
Subject
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad accidents--California--Los Angeles
Passenger trains--California--Los Angeles
Crash injuries--California--Los Angeles
Locomotives--California--Los Angeles
Disasters--California--Los Angeles
Sabotage--California--Los Angeles
Railroad accidents--Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Night photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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