Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Close-up of a derailed locomotive slightly buried into the ground, with train cars behind it; the outcome of a collision with a 7-ton sand truck. The locomotive is leaning at crooked angle. About a dozen bystanders are visible on the left. The number "2451" is on the front of the locomotive and the train number -- “76” -- is on each of the two indicator boards (more clearly visible on the right). In the background are power lines 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. Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935 Handwritten on negative: Wrecked S.P. Train, Glendale, 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_9036 ark:/21198/zz002dh1f0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Disaster Transportation Railroad accidents--California--Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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