Tyrone, Pennsylvania: Circus Train Wreck Memorial
The Walter L. Main Circus train was unwisely sent down a steep, twisting track on May 30, 1893. The elephant car was the first to crash, wrenching the rest of the train down a 40-foot embankment. Six people died. Elephant casualties unknown. 1975 monument was upgraded in 2025.
- Address:
- 108 Baughman Hollow Rd, Tyrone, PA
- Directions:
- From Tyrone drive north on Old US-220/Pennsylvania Ave. for 3.5 miles. Turn left (no stoplight) onto Vanscoyoc Hollow Rd. Drive a quarter-mile. You'll see the monument on the left.
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The new memorial is located at the edge of a gravel lot in a residential neighborhood. A book about the train wreck is for sale at the town museum.
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According to the monument that marks the site of the crash, this was "one of the greatest circus train wrecks in the history of the world."