Derailment of light weight high speed train occurred on Aug 12 about 1 1/4 mi east of Harney, Nev, on Southern Pacific Railroad, when rail was moved out of position, derailing westbound 17-car streamliner "City of San Francisco" and causing it to plow through 160-ft truss bridge into Humboldt river: 23 persons killed and 119 injured; notes on derailment.
"City of San Francisco" derailed
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 107 , n 8
1939
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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