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- ↑ http://wikimapia.org/9945366/Santa-Fe-Derailment-Redondo-Junction-site Santa Fe Derailment: Redondo Junction
- ↑ "The Santa Fe Train Wreck Introduced the Public to Live TV Coverage". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2014-06-16. Santa Fe Train Wreck
- ↑ Railroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, p133-4, publ 1993, ISBN 0-8453-4844-2
