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Derrick lifts smoker which was the second car behind
5042. Derailed locomotive traversed the high fill before
turning over - a fortunate aspect of the tragedy. The
casualty list would have been very large if the cars and
engine had tumbled down the fill. View looks toward Saugus
which is about 12 miles from Lang, California where the Underside of three-cylinder locomotive is dramatically
San Joaquin Valley line was completed from San Francisco shown in this "doing it the hard way" scene. The rarely
to Los Angeles on September 5, 1876. The Baker Ranch seen counterweights of the center engine are shown at the
and stadium (later the Bonelli Ranch) is in the right back- center of the number 2 driver axle and the wheels and
ground. Photograph taken on November 12, 1929. foundation brake rigging show evidence of great abrasion
caused when the giant tore up the ballast before turning
Courtesy Robert C. Fowler.
over. Track in foreground is a temporary "shoe-fly" built in
an effort to return traffic to normal and for the eventual
rescue of the big passenger engine.
Courtesy Sam Zachery.