Reading Railroad Derailment at Ringtown
In September of 1975 the Reading had a very impressive derailment near Ringtown. My father was very fortunate to capture the photo's below of the wreck.
A unique view from the back of the work train - 1975 (Slide)
Picture of me at age 9 as we entered the wreck site. We had to walk over a mile to get to the site. - 1975 (Slide)
Crane hard at work laying prefabricated sections of track to reach wreck site - 1975 (Slide)
Crane hard at work laying prefabricated sections of track to reach wreck site - 1975 (Slide)
What are we going to do with this bloody tank car? - 1975 (Slide)
What a mess! New track needed to be laid just to allow the crane to reach the mass of wreckage - 1975 (Slide)
More to come as I get them scanned!