Jul 19, 2010

Recalling the 1905 trolley tragedy near Dallastown



(YDR) It was a Saturday afternoon. York Railways car 101, packed with 105 men, women and children, left York at 4:30 on its way through Spry to Dallastown, Red Lion and Windsor. Many of the passengers lived in those little towns and were returning home from shopping or visiting friends.
There was only a single track for the two-way electric trolley system. Cars could pass each other at switches. A signal system had recently been installed, and it was the responsibility of each motorman to set the signal switch as he entered a new section, or block, so that a light at the other end of the block indicated that an oncoming car must wait. Continued



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