Philadelphia Area Train Wreck Claims 8 Victims

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Synopsis: A huge electric locomotive of the Red Arrow, a Detroit to New York flyer, slashed through the full length of the last car of a halted Philadelphia Night Express from Pittsburgh grinding sleeping victims to death in their berths and cutting the steel car to ribbons near the Bryn Mawr station when the Philadelphia Night Express train halted on the tracks believed to be due to a faulty track signal - 8 were killed and 63 injured (2012-736t.txt)...(read more)

Date: 1951
Duration: 00:00:46
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Philadelphia Area Train Wreck Claims 8 Victims

Tragedy hovers over scene of disastrous railroad wreck, where eight dead are removed from smashed sleepers and scores injured. Speeding flyer plunged into rear of stalled train, with tragic results.