Tragedy would find its home one june morning in 1968. C&E train T9 The Alpha-Jet (Baltimore leg) ran away from the yard after an electrical fault, by time it hit B5.8 where it crossed the B&O, it was up to almost 70 MPH. an empty B&O coal train entered the diamond very slowly here. C&E 4107 T-Boned B&O 3555 and threw it 90 degrees into a building. The 4107 slowed ~35 MPH and toppled to the side. Sliding about 600 feet before coming to a stop. The 1326 slid the other way and landed on the F7 on an angle. The leading TOFC car flew up the side of the 1326 and a trailer fell off. The second car came beside the first. The third car flipped over and landed in the station, said station would be demolished 2 days later due to damage. The fourth car became victim to a passenger. when the 3555 was ripped violently from the train, it accelerated the last 3 units and train greatly. The 3rd unit flew up onto the TOFC car knocking the trailer right off. Below are pictures of the wreck and details on the fates of the two units that were highly damaged.
C&E 1326 (EMD GP35)
C&E 4107 (EMD F7)
B&O 3554 (EMD GP35)
B&O 3555 (EMD GP35)
B&O 3551 (EMD GP35)
B&O 6530 (EMD GP9)
B&O 5486 (Dead B Unit on the way to Cumberland for disposal)
3555 would be salvaged for parts and scrapped
the horn was found in the grass 13 years later when crews were tearing up the remainder of the interurban line
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4107 was sent to Hagerstown Shops, (4107 was one of 4 F units still on the roster) suffered a roundhouse fire, another derailment, and would sit in the woods on an abandoned spur for 46 years. In that time, it had been broken into, organizations stole parts off of it, the numberboards removed, the cab components were stolen. Trees grew through fans, grass was in the floor of the engine loco. In 2017 the land was bought by private investors, the Penn Central historical society was contacted as they thought the loco was ex PC. after tracing the serial number, it was found it was a C&E loco. The investors gave the C&EHS 6 months to get the loco off property. C&EHS couldnt raise the funds and eventually called on any contact they could get. A donor purchased the engine with in about an hour of the deadline, the private investors didnt contact anyone. It was found half the loco was gone by the next day.
The HS took the land owners to court and they were found guilty, the funds from the case made it so the 4107 could be fixed. The engine is in display in Carlisle, PA. Soon to be moved to Hagerstown to the new roundhouse complex.
Also found on this film roll were two shots of a small freight, here they are