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  • Union Pacific train at first demonstration of a "continuous rail" crossing, South Gate. August 7, 1930

    Union Pacific train at first demonstration of a "continuous rail" crossing, South Gate. August 7, 1930

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    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.

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  • A train depot, with train cars stopped along the tracks

    A train depot, with train cars stopped along the tracks

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    Train at the Needles train station.

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  • San Francisco and San José railroad train at Palo Alto

    San Francisco and San José railroad train at Palo Alto

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    Photograph of a Vischer drawing of a passenger train on the San Francisco-San Jose railroad crossing San Francisquito Creek.

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  • Pack train with horses crossing Big Creek on a suspension bridge at Big Creek #1

    Pack train with horses crossing Big Creek on a suspension bridge at Big Creek #1

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    pack train with horses crossing Big Creek on a suspension bridge at Big Creek #1. .

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  • Railroad crossing at Grevalia in South Pasadena. 1925

    Railroad crossing at Grevalia in South Pasadena. 1925

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    Street view of a railroad crossing at Grevalia with a mailbox and automobiles.

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  • Passenger train, Los Angeles and Independence Railroad

    Passenger train, Los Angeles and Independence Railroad

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    Image of Locomotive No. 1 and passenger cars of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad on train tracks next to the railroad's terminal at Fifth Street and San Pedro Street in Los Angeles, California.

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