Location: Glendale (Calif.) / Subject: Transportation - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A derailed train is burrowed shallowly in the ground in the aftermath of a railroad accident. Bystanders--men, women, and children--surround the locomotive, especially to the left of the image. The head of the train has numbers, "2451" and "76." The engineer's train car is painted with "2451." Power line towers, houses, and white picket fences are seen in the background. In the far distance, a "West Glendale" sign is present. 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.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: George Burns (on left?) arriving at Grand Central Air Terminal with his brother Willie Bernstein.
Date:: December 13, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, in suit, tie, and hat, holding cigar, standing at entrance to train car
Date:: [1926?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, in suit, tie, and hat, with four men and seven women, all standing in near door of train, with two men and one woman visible inside train
Date:: [1926?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Derailed train engine is surrounded by bystanders and railroad workers. The numbers "4355" and "76" can be seen on its front. Two railroad tracks are present, including the one the engine is derailed from. In the distance, power lines, houses, and trees can be seen. 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.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Close-up of a derailed locomotive slightly buried into the ground, with train cars behind it; the outcome of a collision with a 7-ton sand truck. The locomotive is leaning at crooked angle. About a dozen bystanders are visible on the left. The number "2451" is on the front of the locomotive and the train number -- “76” -- is on each of the two indicator boards (more clearly visible on the right). In the background are power lines and mountains. 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.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: October 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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