Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935. Overview of locomotive accident from elevated angle, with both sides of the railroad track visible. Photograph possibly shot from atop train car roof. Dozens of bystanders--men, women, and children--look on from either side of the derailed locomotive. A mechanical crane sits in front of two derailed engines. They are respectively numbered, "2451" and "4355." The crane is most likely there to move the wreckage. Painted onto the crane are the words, "Return to LA-Wrecker," and "Taylor Yards." Further back, a view of the town of Glendale can be seen, with power lines, small houses, white picket fences, and mountains. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had collided with a seven-ton sand truck on the train tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities. Handwritten on nitrate negative: Wrecked SP Train, 10-19-35 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9031 ark:/21198/zz002dh18d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad accidents--California--Glendale Disaster Hoisting machinery Spectators--California--Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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