My goodness! You’d certainly want to watch what you were doing while walking around Pasadena in 1928. This photo shows the Santa Fe thundering across Colorado Blvd, the main thoroughfare of Pasadena, as it was heading for Los Angeles. I’m kind of amazed that it cut through the center of town like that, midway between Raymond and Broadway (now the Arroyo Parkway.) I don’t see any safety barriers or flashing lights warning of a coming train!
These days you can still see where there train line used to be. (January 2018)
Not to be a smartass, but I see safety barriers, and a set of lights on the RHS 🙂 No doubt the train was honking away too. Great shot nonetheless and very dramatic.
Alistair – I had to look long and hard to see those lights, which I eventually did. But I still can’t see the barriers – but I’ll take your word for it. It does make sense that they’d have them but bank in the Roaring 20s, it’s hard to know for sure!
The light to the right, where the Santa Fe sign is seen, is a wig-wag type (swinging flagman). Notice the strategically placed Southern Pacific billboard just peeking above the car’s roof? SP local trains had a terminus and ticket office in Pasadena at Colorado before it all went over to the electric lines of PERy. and the end of steam services.
My goodness! You’d certainly want to watch what you were doing while walking around Pasadena in 1928. This photo shows the Santa Fe thundering across Colorado Blvd, the main thoroughfare of Pasadena, as it was heading for Los Angeles. I’m kind of amazed that it cut through the center of town like that, midway between Raymond and Broadway (now the Arroyo Parkway.) I don’t see any safety barriers or flashing lights warning of a coming train!
Not to be a smartass, but I see safety barriers, and a set of lights on the RHS 🙂 No doubt the train was honking away too. Great shot nonetheless and very dramatic.
Alistair – I had to look long and hard to see those lights, which I eventually did. But I still can’t see the barriers – but I’ll take your word for it. It does make sense that they’d have them but bank in the Roaring 20s, it’s hard to know for sure!
There are barriers and lights in the photo. This was not uncommon at the time.
The light to the right, where the Santa Fe sign is seen, is a wig-wag type (swinging flagman). Notice the strategically placed Southern Pacific billboard just peeking above the car’s roof? SP local trains had a terminus and ticket office in Pasadena at Colorado before it all went over to the electric lines of PERy. and the end of steam services.