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Remembering the wreck of the Red Arrow,
Fifty years ago on Feb.18, 1947.
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The following pictures were taken before daybreak at the scene of one of the worst train disasters in history. The wreck of the Red Arrow occurred at the Bennington Curve about a mile east of the Gallitzin Tunnels. It claimed the lives of 24 people and left another 131 people injured.
Two workers among the wreckage of the Red Arrow, as one car lays atop another in the background, located at the bottom of the ravine.
A rear view of one of the two engines facing up the steep incline.
Coroner Ed Walls confirming one of the deceased along the tracks on the curve.
Three rescuers lower a minister out of the overturned car at the bottom of the ravine. This is the other end of the same overturned passenger car pictured in the first photograph
Browse at Eight more photos of the wreck of the Red Arrow. HERE.
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