Rockport Wreck
The Old Road was the site of the DLW's most infamous train wreck. On June 16, 1925, a passenger train carrying German and American tourists from Chicago to Hoboken arrived well ahead of schedule at Slateford Junction. It was slated to run over the Lackawanna Cut-Off, but in order to avoid freight trains on the line, it was diverted onto the Old Road to Port Morris. At Rockport, NJ, the train struck debris washed onto a road crossing by a heavy thunderstorm. The train derailed, and killed 47 passengers and three trainmen.
In 1995, on the 70th anniversary of the wreck, a stone and plaque was erected at the Rockport crossing to remember the lives lost.
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