Great place for a wreck? Inspiration point has wrecked a lot more than cars with ugly paint jobs. On May 23, 1880 one of the very first passenger trains from San Jose, carrying tourists headed for the beach, derailed here, killing 15 people. By 1915 automobiles carrying tourists over the Glenwood Highway (later Highway 17) had replaced the train. But even at its worst, Highway 17 had few accidents per capita than the trains of the late 19th century.



Photo No. 301L30 ©2000 Marc Shargel
Photographed at Monterey, CA / Santa Cruz, CA

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