Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A derailed train is burrowed shallowly in the ground in the aftermath of a railroad accident. Bystanders--men, women, and children--surround the locomotive, especially to the left of the image. The head of the train has numbers, "2451" and "76." The engineer's train car is painted with "2451." Power line towers, houses, and white picket fences are seen in the background. In the far distance, a "West Glendale" sign is present. 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. Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935. Text from 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_9034 ark:/21198/zz002dh1cz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Disaster Transportation Railroad accidents--California--Glendale Spectators--California--Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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