Totaled truck at train collision site, Glendale, 1935

Description: Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935.
Dozens of bystanders--men, women, and teenagers--stand around totaled truck that is next to derailed locomotive. Debris and wreckage surround the smaller vehicle and train. The truck sits near what appears to be a railroad crossing bell, composed of a ringing mechanism atop a pole. The smaller vehicle has a 12 painted against its side. In background, billboard for lumber company is advertised for its location across the street. Additionally in background are power lines. This is most likely the truck which, according to the article, was responsible for the train collision. 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: Handwritten on negative: Truck wrecked train - SP Glendale, 10-19-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [STAMPED:] OCT 23 1935

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9032
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh19x
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