Runaway Engine - A Peculiar Wreck at Pottsgrove, 1899

Runaway Engine - A Very Peculiar Accident

February 17, 1899

"One of the most unique railroad accidents that ever took place on this branch of the Reading system occurred Friday night last, the wreck, in which thirteen curs were off the track and two locomotives demolished, beginning at Pottsgrove and ending at Mooresburg" 

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