Atwater Village Neighborhood in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Glendale Train Crash Memorial

Alexis Doine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, August 6, 2024

1. Glendale Train Crash Memorial

Inscription. In remembrance of those who perished on January 26, 2005, when their trains were derailed, and in gratitude to the heroes of that day who helped so many others, the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, on behalf of the City of Los Angeles, dedicates this memorial.

Erected 2007 by the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, on behalf of the City of Los Angeles.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 34° 7.585′ N, 118° 15.759′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in the Atwater Village Neighborhood. It is at the intersection of Los Feliz Place and Seneca Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Los Feliz Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2870 Los Feliz Place, Los Angeles CA 90039, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in California’s Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Glendale Station Clock (approx. 0.2 miles away); North Atwater Bridge (approx. 0.7 miles away); Richardson Home (approx. 0.7 miles away); Griffith Park Pony Rides (approx. ¾ mile away); Wee Kirk o’ the Heather (approx. 0.8 miles away); Griffith Park

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Hyperion Bridge (approx. 0.8 miles away); William Mulholland (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Glendale Train Crash Memorial. Three years later another Metrolink train, also on the route to Ventura County, collided with a freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25 people. Two memorials are at the Simi Valley Metrolink Station, where many of the victims were from. One survivor of the 2005 Glendale crash did not survive the 2008 Chatsworth crash.
These incidents resulted in a number of safety improvements, including safer rail cars and locomotives, automatic train stops, and the nation's first onboard rail video cameras and the nation's first positive train control system.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. — Metrolink Train Crash memorials in Simi Valley.

Also see . . . 2005 Glendale train crash (Wikipedia). Overview:

The 2005 Glendale train crash occurred on January 26, 2005, at 6:03 a.m. PST, when a Metrolink commuter train collided with a sport utility vehicle that had been parked on the tracks by a suicidal man
Photographed by Craig Baker, December 7, 2025

2. Glendale Train Crash Memorial
Facing the crash site, which is behind the shopping center across the street.
in an industrial area of Glendale, California, just east of the Los Angeles city limits, causing the deaths of 11 people and injuring 177 more. The driver of the car, who had changed his mind shortly before the impact but willingly left his car on the tracks, survived the incident and was charged with eleven counts of murder and one count of arson.

(Submitted on November 2, 2025, by Alexis Doine of Los Angeles.)

Glendale Train Crash Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, December 7, 2025

3. Glendale Train Crash Site

Located ¼-mile north of the memorial, behind a shopping center.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2025, by Alexis Doine of Los Angeles. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 31, 2025, by Alexis Doine of Los Angeles. 2, 3. submitted on December 12, 2025, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.