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Aftermath of locomotive pile-up in train tunnel, with bystanders looking on, Tehachapi, 1937

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Title: Aftermath of locomotive pile-up in train tunnel, with bystanders looking on, Tehachapi, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [Probably March 15, 1937]
1937-03-15
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Train accident in railroad tunnel with the resulting pile-up seen in the tunnel's entrance. Bystanders, men, stand throughout the image, on the bridge above the tunnel, in the nearby hillside, and around the wreckage. The bridge has the year, "1915" etched into it. The surrounding area is a rural, grassy field, with barbed wire fencing and trees.
A different photograph of this incident appears on the Photo Standalone page titled "Tehachapi Pass Railway Tunnel Mouth Blocked as Train Piles Up in Ravine." Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 1937: 22.
Text from sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck - Tehacapi [sic] - Train Wreck, 3-37, [Sramped:] MAR 26 1937
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9041
ark:/21198/zz002dh1mk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Transportation
Railroad accidents--California--Tehachapi Pass
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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