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Four Penn Central Crewmembers Killed in Train Collision
In Herndon Pennsylvania a coal train passed a signal and collided head on with a freight train. Thirty four cars telescoped into the engines and caught fire trapping the crews beneath rubble. Firefighters battled burning diesel and fertilizer as bodies of two engineers and a brakeman were recovered.
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Herndon
Penn Central
Pennsylvania
H. C. Billig
Camp Hill
Emil L. Serhan
Williamsport
Robert M. Otto
W. P. Kennedy
Nesbitt