Spectators look on railroad wreckage, Glendale, 1935
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935, Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935., Handwritten on nitrate negative: Wrecked S.P. Train, 10-19-35, Several train cars lie in ruin, derailed with train parts strewn across the railroad accident site. Three men look through the wreckage while onlookers stand a short distance away. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had crashed into a seven-ton truck on the tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.