"Power To Burn," Page 64, 1976         
Here is page 64 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "En route to Tyrone [via the Bald Eagle Branch] early in the morning of May 31, 1893, the Walter L. Main Circus train 'lost its brakes' and wrecked." Note the elephants at the left side of the photo; escaped lions and tigers roamed the nearby woods until they were recaptured!
Date: 8/29/1976 Location: Tyrone, PA   Map Show Tyrone on a rail map Views: 69 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
"Power To Burn," Page 64, 1976
Picture Categories: Wreck This picture is part of album:  PRR: Shafer ~> "Power To Burn" ~ 1976
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