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Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601

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Landmarks at a Landmark

Oopsie! derailment on a massive PSR merchandise train bites NS in the ass below Horseshoe curve, leaving a single main track open.

Westbound stack uses MT-1 at Horseshoe Curve, DP's visible across valley.

Penn Central SD40 6261, bigger than two houses, and then some...Altoona, Pennsylvania, summer, 1974

Climbing the eastern slope of the historic ex-Pennsylvania Railroad crossing of the Allegheny Mountains, two Penn Central helpers, an SD40 and SD45 6159, passing through Altoona, PA, 1973

Freight trains passing on the then-4-track ex-PRR mainline on Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1972.

Eastbound freight comes down the "slide" from the summit at Gallitzen, on the ex-PRR 4-track "broadway" near Altoona, Pennsylvania. 1876

CR 4021; Altoona, PA; February 1997

Neely's Train Shop

CR 6663 E/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

PC Helpers E/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

PC 6055 (Helpers) W/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

PC 6034 (Helpers) W/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

PC 6126 W/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

PC 6044 E/B @ HSC Altoona, PA

"WB passing "AR" tower"

CR 6320; Altoona, PA; April 1983

CR 6635; Altoona, PA; July 1989

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