Train Derailment
Lykens, PA
July 18, 1921
A train derailment occurred on Monday, July 18, 1921 at 11 a.m. Train No. 8513 was on the "Long Stretch", about a mile from the Lykens train station. As it approached the switch near the coal scale, the engineer saw that the switch was open and applied the breaks. By the time the train stopped, the engine and ten cars had left the track. Many local residents were passengers aboard the train, but no one was hurt. |
