Monday, August 29, 2022

Railroad and Township Police are Seeking Individual who Tampered with Equipment near Hamburg


Police from the Reading Northern Railroad and Tilden Township are attempting to identify an individual that tampered with railroad equipment near Hamburg on Friday.

According to police, on Friday, August 26th, 2022, just before 7:00pm, a white male wearing ball cap, dark colored shirt with possible heart symbol towards top of shirt with lettering underneath of it on back of shirt, and possibly jeans entered onto the Mainline railroad tracks off Industrial drive railroad crossing in Hamburg (Tilden Twp).

Reading Northern Railroad Police and Tilden Township Police responded to the area to investigate the incident. 

Both agencies are seeking information on identifying this individual for tampering with railroad equipment and operations.

Anyone with information on this individual can contact the Railroad Police by calling (570) 943-5027 or Tilden Township Police by calling (610) 562-9001.