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Engine Breakdown On Single Track Results in Railroad Delay, 1924

When a locomotive got disabled on a single track of the Lykens Valley Railroad, it took crews from both ends of the line to work to get it out of the way. Meanwhile passengers on the train had to wait for another engine to get them their destination – in this case, Lykens. Likewise, the return trip train was also late in getting stared toward Harrisburg. The story was told in the Lykens Standard, September 12, 1924:

ENGINE TROUBLE DELAYED PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRAIN THREE HOURS

While bringing the passenger train scheduled to arrive at Lykens at 12:40 A. M., engine No. 1002 became disabled about four-and-a-half miles east of Millersburg Tuesday morning.  A phone call was sent for another engine which arrived at the scene an hour later.  A force of 8 or 9 men worked nearly three hours disconnecting the running gear of the dead engine, and due to a single track for a considerable distance in either directions passengers were compelled to wait until No. 1002 was connected.  The train arrived here [Lykens] at 2:45 and left at 2:55 for Harrisburg, being one hour and ten minutes late leaving Lykens.

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From Newspapers.com.

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