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1956 Redondo Junction train sccident...
1956 Redondo Junction train sccident...
Item # 710743
January 23, 1956
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Jan. 23, 1956
* Redondo Junction train accident
* Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles
* Surf Line railway crash - disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "2 Killed, 90 Hurt In Train Mishap" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on page 7.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: The 1956 San Diegan train wreck occurred on the evening of January 22, 1956, when a Santa Fe Railway San Diegan passenger train—consisting of two Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) operating as Train No. 82—derailed at Redondo Junction just south of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in California. As the train approached a sharp curve with a 15 mph speed limit at about 68–69 mph, it left the tracks, flipped onto its side, and slid roughly 500 feet, resulting in 30 deaths and around 117 injuries among the passengers and crew. The engineer later admitted to losing control and possibly suffering a blackout before the crash; investigators attributed the derailment to excessive speed on the curve. This disaster was the deadliest rail accident in Los Angeles history and one of the first major accidents in the area to be broadcast on live television, prompting widespread media coverage and emergency response changes.
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