1856 Camp Hill collision

The Camp Hill train wreck was a devastating wreck that happened in the early years.

What happened
The Shackamaxon (NPRR 2) left the station whilst pulling a train full of kids. The Shackamaxon was going over to a siding to let another train pass, The Argimino. The Argimino hadn't used the telegraph. This human error caused the two trains to have no idea were they were, this caused the two trains to collide. The two locomotives were ripped apart, whilst the coaches were torn straight apart, and destroyed by fire.

Aftermath
The locomotives were destroyed although they were somehow able to recover them from the wreckage, and were repaired. The Shackamaxon was renamed the Delaware, and the Argimino was renamed Lehigh. The Delaware was scrapped in 1901, and Lehigh was scrapped in 1881.