Visual Materials
Union Pacific train at first demonstration of a "continuous rail" crossing, South Gate. August 7, 1930
- Description
- A series of three images showing a Union Pacific train at the "continuous rail" crossing in South Gate. The image on the left shows a crowd of onlookers at the South Gate station, watching as a train pulls in. The center image shows a crowd of people facing the last car of a train, with six men on the rear platform numbered in white ms. writing and identified below as "1. Senator W.J. Carr, State Railroad Commission ; 2. H.H. Whalen ; 3. Rex B. Goodcell ; 4. Governor C.C. [Clement Calhoun] Young ; 5. Mayor, John C. Porter ; 6. Elmer Snyder". Writing in white in the bottom left of the center image reads "Special Union Pacific Train, at first Official ; Demonstration of "Continuous Rail" crossing ; At South Gat [sic], California, Aug. 7th 1930." Writing in white in the bottom right corner of the center image reads "Photo By ; F.M. Huddleston". The image on the right shows a locomotive stopped at an intersection of rail lines, with a group of people standing around and looking at it.
- Date
- August 7, 1930
