The day the locomotive was almost vertical: The curious 1981 railway accident in Los Angeles - El Contraste

Almost 44 years ago one of the most curious and unforgettable events occurred in the history of the Los Angeles railway. When a diesel locomotive ended up almost upright, embedded in a wall next to Ercilla Avenue. An accident without casualties or injuries, but which was recorded in the collective memory of the Angelinos. It ran on the cold morning of June 24, 1981, and it was around 08:00 hours under a thick fog covered the city. At the old tra…