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Order Number	00096121
Title	Train derailed, Pico Rivera
Photographer	Sergieff, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b008_f6_i7
Date	1988
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 35 cm. on sheet 18 x 36 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Railroad workers survey the wreckage of locomotives after one freight train crashed into another at Serapis Ave. and Slauson Ave. in Pico Rivera, killing a longtime Santa Fe Railroad supervisor and destroying two buildings. Approximately 12,000 gallons of diesel fuel, which spilled from the engines on the moving train, erupted in a huge fireball, shooting flames about 80 feet high as it engulfed the two buildings. The overall damage to the trains, twisted tracks and the two nearby buildings were estimated at approximately $2 million. The high-speed accident was blamed on a signal malfunction. Photograph dated January 23, 1988.
Subject	Santa Fe Southern Railway Company. Railroad accidents--California--Pico Rivera. Debris--California--Pico Rivera. Railroad tracks--California--Pico Rivera. Railroad cars--California--Pico Rivera. Diesel fuels--California--Pico Rivera. Pico Rivera (Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection