BEE LINE READING WERNERSVILLE WRECK 1942 VOL 28, #3

BEE LINE READING WERNERSVILLE WRECK 1942 VOL 28, #3 (image 1/1)
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THE BEE LINE THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE READING COMPANY TECHNICAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FRONT COVER PHOTO, A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BAGGAGE CAR, #8450, LEANS PERCARIOUSLY ADMIST THE WRECKAGE OF A EMPTY TROOP TRAIN EAST OF WERNERSVILLE ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1942. . IN THIS ISSUE A LIST OF WORLD WAR DEFENSE PLANTS ON THE READING RAILROAD. 39 LOCATIONS AND 55 DEFENSE PLANTS. NEXT THE WERNERSVILLE WRECK OF 1942. ENGINE 1700 WAS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS SHY OF HER 30TH BIRTHDAY. SHE WAS THE PROTOTYPE OF 56 COPIS BUILT BY BALDWIN PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1. AFTER PASSING THE FIRST ASUTOMATIC SIGNAL EAST OF WERNERSVILLE THE ENGINE MADE A VIOLENT LURCH, SWINGING LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE THE AUTO BRAKE WAS APPLIED. AFTER MOVING A SHORT DISTANCE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND TENDER DERAILED AND PASSENGER CARS LEFT THE TRACKS. THUS ENDED A PERCULIAR TRIP FOR THIS TRAIN. FOURTENN PHOTOS, A LIST OF TRAINS DELAYED BY THIS WRECK, MAP AND A TWO HALF PAGE DIAGRAM OF THE WRECK WITH CAR NUMBERS AND POSITIONS ON THE TRAIN. NEXT READING IN PHILADELPHIA SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR 2. PHOPTOS OF CAMELBACKS, A PHILADELPHIA TANSIT TROLLEY ON BERKS STREET AND FOUR PHOTOS OF PIER 18 COAL DAMPER AT PORT RICHMOND, APRIL 8, 1927. HIGH BID PAYS $3.25 S&H, CANADIAN BUYERS PAY $4.25. INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL AT $1.65. PAYPAL, MONEY ORDER OR CHECKING. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
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