Since my apartment building got damaged on September 11th, I have been looking for a more permanent residence for my train collection.

One of my choices was the Port Jervis region, a spot on the Delaware River where New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all meet. There is a very famous turntable there, which will be the subject of a future article.

Driving through formerly Erie Railroad country, I found some interesting train related facts next to this Erie Baywindow Caboose, which explained why this Erie RR Caboose was a lone sentinelin such a pastoral setting.

The following text is taken from the Department of Interior's Historical Marker commemorating and remembering this tragic event.:

"On July 15th, 1864, an Erie Railroad train carrying 833 Confederate prisoners and 128 Union guards to the prison camp at Elmira, N.Y., collided with a coal train between Shohola and Lackawaxen Pennsylvania.

About forty eight prisoners and seventeen guards were killed.

Survivors, both injured and uninjured, were brought to Shohola where they were generously cared for by residents of the village."