Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street, 1960

Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started. These are the same string of cars shown in exhibits F-39 and F-40. Derailment occurred about a half mile below the point where exhibits F-39 and F-40 were taken.