This past weekend

woodjin

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Nov 8, 2004
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Had a great weekend. I finally found this spot I have been trying to get to deep in Wharton. When I got there I wasn't dissappointed. Amazing! I don't want to post the exact location but lets just say it was a good deal beyond where the devil bids the owl goodnight, as Asa Pittmans friend would say (Thanks Dave, I am going to use that whenever possible).

Also, I went to the Cranberry festival in Chatsworth. The usual commercial stuff was going on but I met a gentleman by the name of Stan Fayer while observing a display of photos of the blue comet crash. He is in charge of investigating environmental crimes for Burlington county. He is the one responsible for finally getting the DEP to clean up pioneer smelting. He is a wealth of knowlege on the Chatsworth area. He accompanied Fred Brown and John Mcphee on their trip to see the proposed jet port in the plains back in the 60's. He also had met the last curator of the Wharton estate before it was sold to the state. He had actually met Beck as well. I encouraged him to check out this web site. He invited me to attend a woodland twp historical society meeting, of which he is a member, I think I will take him up on it.

Jeff
 

Teegate

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Very nice Jeff. Were the photo's his or the historical society's?

Guy
 

woodjin

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Nov 8, 2004
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Near Mt. Misery
Yes, Ben is correct they were selling them there and the proceeds go toward a Blue Comet memorial or something like that. I bought them. I believe original photos were taken by the parents or grand parents of someone in the historical society. Stan told me the photos were taken a week after the accident.
 

Teegate

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I now have the photo of them working on what appears to be the rails. The train is still leaning so I would assume once the rails were fixed the train would be picked up and placed back on the tracks or on a flat car to remove it.

The men look really dirty and tired.

Guy
 
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