Distant view of bystanders looking on railroad accident, Glendale, 1935

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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, Foreground: dry, barren ground with weeds, bushes, and little other plant life. Background: Train cars and engines lie in ruin, derailed with their parts strewn across the railroad accident site. Bystanders, men and women, look on the scene of the crash. Further in the background are wooden power lines, a town, and mountains. Two train engines can be identified that were part of the locomotive: 4355 and 2451, numbers both on signage affixed to each respective engine car. Also affixed to each train engine is the number 76. To the left of the image, is a sign that reads, West Glendale. 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., Handwritten on nitrate negative: Train Wreck, Glendale, 10-19-35, Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935.