Photograph caption dated February 18, 1988 reads, "Firefighters investigate a fatal collision yesterday morning at Buena Vista Street crossing, near Vanowen Street in Burbank. A woman in her 60s driving this station wagon was killed when she was broadsided by a slow-moving passenger train, the Amtrak Coast Starlight, bound for San Francisco with 400 aboard. There were no injuries on the train."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Amtrak Coast Starlight (Express train) Passenger trains--United States Railroad crossings--Accidents--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Traffic accidents--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Traffic accident victims--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Traffic fatalities--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Debris--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Station wagons--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Fire fighters--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Streets--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Railroad tracks--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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