Some of us have seen this photograph before. The train ended up on its side due to the famous 1906 earthquake. The one that destroyed SF.
The 1907 account reads:
KD: What do you think? Could an earthquake do this?
- At Point Reyes Station at the head of Tomales Bay the 5:15 train for San Francisco was just ready.
- The conductor had just swung himself on when the train gave a great lurch to the east, followed by another to the west, which threw the whole train on its side.
- The astonished conductor dropped off as it went over, and at the sight of the falling chimneys and breaking windows of the station, he understood that it was the Temblor.
- The fireman turned to jump from the engine to the west when the return shock came.
- He then leaped to the east and borrowing a Kodak he took a picture of the train here presented.
KD: What do you think? Could an earthquake do this?
