Nostalgia & History > Incident at Verdugo

Found this photo at" Burbankia" web site....no mention of the photographer or date. just says Verdugo St..............This is in Burbank Calif. I have not seen this photo before.
Second photo also says Verdugo...no date or photo credit.



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Interesting, top photo actually looks like vehicle was hit and pushed toward the crossing?
JB

Wow! Perfectly center punched the boxcar door. Amazing, Margaret!

Cheers,
Jack

#1 looks like 1940's. Right side shadow looks like shadow of vertical wig-wag in photo 2
#2.

Verdugo Avenue is where the old SP Burbank Depot was, it's now the Southern end of Metrolink's Burbank Station parking lot.
That is the Depot where the W/B Daylight is standing I believe.
90mac



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engine3420 Wrote:
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> Found this photo at" Burbankia" web site....no
> mention of the photographer or date. just says
> Verdugo St..............This is in Burbank Calif.
> I have not seen this photo before.
> Second photo also says Verdugo...no date or photo
> credit.


As a "car guy" who owns a 48 Chev Coupe and a 50 Chev PU - "these hurt".

That coupe would be one valuable car today. The second on looks like a 34 or 35 Chev sedan.

Trains and old cars, what more could a guy want?

Thanks for sharing!

Nomosantafe
Fort Worth, Texas
"Where the West Begins"



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nomosantafe Wrote:
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> engine3420 Wrote:
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> > Found this photo at" Burbankia" web site....no
> > mention of the photographer or date. just
> says
> > Verdugo St..............This is in Burbank
> Calif.
> > I have not seen this photo before.
> > Second photo also says Verdugo...no date or
> photo
> > credit.


>
>
> As a "car guy" who owns a 48 Chev Coupe and a 50
> Chev PU - "these hurt".
>
> That coupe would be one valuable car today. The
> second on looks like a 34 or 35 Chev sedan.
>
> Trains and old cars, what more could a guy want?
>
> Thanks for sharing!
>
> Nomosantafe
> Fort Worth, Texas
> "Where the West Begins"

The car in the first photo looks like a 39 or 40 mercury convertible....I own two 41 Caddy Convertibles......



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forget the accident, check out the fully "accessorized" wig-wag. This one's a keeper.

That Jergens factory was there until the 1990s, I believe.

This crossing was closed off long before that.

Looking carefully at the box car in the second photo, the "Handle With Care" placard had to be tacked up there
by a really tall mudhop. Probably could only be done at a loading dock. Wouldn't happen today; not safe.

Charlie

I find it curious that the wig-wag has an additional bell mounted on the standard.
...Lorenzo

Police evidence rooms all over the country are filled with long forgotten photos such as these........too bad they are that accessible.....nice find.

Could that extra bell be a Clatter Gong?
Wow, what a racket!!

Jim Baker