Distant view of derailed train burrowed in ground in aftermath of collision, Glendale, 1935

Title: Distant view of derailed train burrowed in ground in aftermath of collision, Glendale, 1935
Date Created: October 19, 1935
Date: 1935-10-19
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935.
Distant view of derailed locomotive and bystanders--men, women, and children-- looking on wreck. Several train cars as well as the engine are present. Engine is partially buried in ground as result of impact. Engine has numbers "2451" and "76." Power lines are in the background. 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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935
Handwritten on negative: Wrecked S.P. train, 10-19-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Location: Glendale (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Railroad accidents--California--Glendale
Spectators--California--Glendale
Transportation
Disaster

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9035
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh1dg
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Rights Country: US
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