Evans Reading Company

PRICE, Judge.

A set of railroad tracks intersects Route 322 at what is known as the Rocklyn Crossing, in Honeybrook, Township, Chester County. The tracks run north-south while Route 322 runs east-west. On the morning of October 2, 1963, a train owned and operated by appellant Reading Company, en route from Reading, Pennsylvania to Wilmington, Delaware, was proceeding south toward the intersection. At the same time, a tractor-trailer driven by appellee’s decedent, Lawrence Evans, was proceeding east toward the intersection on Route 322. The train reached the intersection only moments before the…