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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a wrecked Southern Pacific Railroad engine car sitting on train tracks at River Station. The car sits on tracks, left-of-center, and is viewed from the rear. It is open and the boiler is visible inside the car. Damage appears along the right side of the car. The rear left tire sits lopsided on the tracks. Railroad tracks run parallel to the car to the left of it. In the distance at right, railroad engines sit in the round house. Text from negative sleeve: 1730. Los Angeles, California, about 1898. S.P.R.R. River Station round house. 1. 2. Two pictures of a wrecked S.P. engine. In one film may be seen the old round house at River Station. 2 films.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1730_001 ark:/21198/zz002htzpx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Railroad cars--American--California--Los Angeles Railroad accidents--California--Los Angeles Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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