Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1952 Kern County

	Image-B1201 Earthquake damage to railroad tunnels and tracks. Southern Pacific Railroad.
	Image-B1202 Left: Track is continuous under the wall indicating that the tunnel wall lifted enough to allow rail to slide under. Right: Tunnel wall at left straddles twisted rail. Southern Pacific.
	Image-B1203 Landslides blocked railroad tunnels after the earthquake.
	Image-B1204 Left: Earthquake damage to tunnel. Right: Ground breakage over tunnel no. 4 -- Southern Pacific Railroad.
	Image-B1205 Left: Landslide damage to tunnel no. 5, Southern Pacific Railroad. Right: One of the holes above tunnel no. 5.
	Image-B1206 Walls of tunnel no. 5 crushed together. Photo taken 8 ft. above subgrade. Southern Pacific.
	Image-B1207 Left: Steel water tank at Caliente collapsed directly onto its foundations. Right: Wooden water tank at Bealville. Seriously weakened after the earthquake, new bracing was added.
	Image-B1208 Railroad tracks near Bealville, California, bent and twisted by the July 21, 1952 earthquake.

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