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Viewing Album: PRR: Altoona's Horseshoe Curve ~ '29-'89
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
3/11/1946 - 12/31/1996
Album Info:
Here are several photos that were taken at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, from 1929 through 1989.
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Title:
PRR 8674, AS-18AM, 1963
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in September of 1963. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8674 and #8675. Both are AS-18AM road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. In this context, they're pushing a freight train on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
9/22/1963
Upload Date:
1/17/2021 7:10:54 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8674(RSD12)
PRR 8675(RSD12)
Views:
310
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7131, EFS-17M, 1963
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 September 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7131, #7252, #2204, #2205, and #2220. All were built by GM-EMD. #7131 and #7252 are EFS-17M's rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7131 was built in 1957, but #7252 was built in 1959. #2204, #2205, and #2220 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 56-car westbound merchandise freight up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
9/28/1963
Upload Date:
8/12/2016 2:43:59 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
PRR 7131(GP9)
PRR 7252(GP9)
PRR 2204(GP30)
PRR 2205(GP30)
PRR 2220(GP30)
Views:
1412
Comments:
3
Title:
PRR 5807, EP-22, 1963
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 September 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5807, #5704, #5857, and #5710. All were built by GM-EMD. #5807, #5704, and #5710 are EP-22's built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5857 is an EP-20 built in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They are pulling a 50-car westbound mail/express train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
9/28/1963
Upload Date:
8/12/2016 2:57:23 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
PRR 5857(E7A)
PRR 5710(E8A)
PRR 5807(E8A)
PRR 5704(E8A)
Views:
1779
Comments:
4
Title:
PRR 2004, BF-16, c. 1964
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2004 and #9714. Both were built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #2004 was constructed in July of 1951 and retied in July of 1966, while #9714 was built in January of 1951 and also retired in July of 1966. In this context, they're pulling a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. Produced and distributed by FUC Productions.
Photo Date:
8/15/1964
Upload Date:
8/29/2023 8:58:21 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2004(RF-16A)
PRR 9714(RF-16A)
Views:
193
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9551, EF-15A, c. 1964
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9551 and a pair of B-units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9551 is an EH-15 built in December of 1948, rebuilt later as an EF-15A, and retired in September of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. Produced and distributed by the Hawk Mountain Chapter of the NRHS.
Photo Date:
8/15/1964
Upload Date:
7/24/2018 11:07:21 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9551(F3A)
Views:
380
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9856, EFP-15, c. 1964
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9856 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #9856 is an EFP-15 constructed in June of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They're pulling a mixed-cargo freight up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/15/1964
Upload Date:
6/16/2021 10:03:29 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9856(FP7A)
Views:
184
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 7204, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Robert R. Malinowski that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1965. Shown here are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7204 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #7204 is an EFS-17M built in November of 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. In this context, they're descending the Allegheny Mountains and rounding the Curve with a mineral train fresh from the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
6/5/1965
Upload Date:
10/2/2021 9:30:10 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7204(GP9)
Views:
175
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5855, EP-20, 1965
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during June of 1965. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5855, an unidentified "B" unit, and #5900. All are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5855 was built in September of 1947, while #5900 was built in September of 1945. They are pulling a passenger train down the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:
6/21/1965
Upload Date:
6/20/2018 2:49:01 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5855(E7A)
PRR 5900(E7A)
Views:
767
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2361, EF-25, 1967
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2361, #2606, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #2361 is an EF-25 built by GM-EMD inMarch of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2606 is a GF-25 built by General Electric as number "2506" in August of 1962, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and renumbered "2606" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. In this context, they're just entering the Curve with a "high-&-wide load" train that's on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. Visible at the far right is a portion of four-track Signal Bridge #2416.
Photo Date:
8/15/1967
Upload Date:
10/2/2024 7:42:43 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 2361(GP35)
PRR 2606(U25B)
Views:
34
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8659, AS-18AM, c. 1967
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8659, #8667, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8659 and #8667 are both AS-18AM's rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8659 was constructed in January of 1958, while #8667 was built in February of the same year. They're serving as tail-end pushers for a mixed-cargo freight train that's rounding the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." Produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware.
Photo Date:
8/15/1967
Upload Date:
7/15/2024 6:06:42 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8659(RSD12)
PRR 8667(RSD12)
Views:
137
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6126, EF-36, c. 1967
Description:
AHC. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Mike Schafer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in the Fall of 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6126, an EF-36 built by GM-EMD in November of 1966 and rated at 3,600 horsepower. In this context, it's powering a manifest freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
9/22/1967
Upload Date:
6/30/2021 6:34:00 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 6126(SD45)
Views:
222
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6000, EF-25A, c. 1967
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6000, #6007, and #6509. All were built during 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #6000 and #6007 are EF-25A's built by GM-EMD, whereas #6509 is a GF-25A built by General Electric. In this context, they're rounding the Curve on their way back down to East Altoona for yet another helper or pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back.
Photo Date:
9/22/1967
Upload Date:
3/29/2018 3:39:52 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 6000(SD35)
PRR 6007(SD35)
PRR 6509(U25C)
Views:
1000
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 6048, SD40, 1968
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in April of 1968. Shown here (R to L) are Penn Central engines #6048 and #6096. Both are SD40's built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. #6048 was constructed in February of 1966, while #6096 was built one month later. In this context, they're rounding the Curve on their way down to East Altoona for yet another helper or pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back.
Photo Date:
4/16/1968
Upload Date:
2/20/2024 10:00:40 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 6048(SD40)
PC 6096(SD40)
Views:
85
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 6519, U25C, 1968
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in April of 1968. Shown here (R to L) is Penn Central engine #6519 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #6519 is a U25C built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad in December of 1965. They're serving as tail-end pushers on a freight train that's rounding the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for yet another helper or pusher run up "The "Mountain."
Photo Date:
4/16/1968
Upload Date:
2/20/2024 10:01:09 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 6519(U25C)
Views:
73
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 2233, GP-30, 1969
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 30 May 1969. Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central Railroad engines #2233, #6066, #6077, and another unit whose number is not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad; their PRR road numbers were the same. #2233 is a GP-30 built in April of 1963, rated at 2,250 horsepower, and presently on display (in Conrail colors!) at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. #6066 and #6077 are both SD-40's built in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. Here, they are pulling a TrucTrain around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pittsburgh, and points West.
Photo Date:
5/30/1969
Upload Date:
6/17/2018 2:11:38 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 2233(GP30)
PC 6066(SD40)
PC 6077(SD40)
Views:
799
Comments:
1
Title:
PC Westbound Passenger Train, 1969
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in September of 1969. Shown here is a pair of unidentified Penn Central Railroad locomotives pulling a six-car passenger train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. Silent in the center is PRR K-4S "Pacific" #1361. Partially visible at the left is Kittanning Point; the valley beyond it marks the route of the old Kittanning Indian Trail.
Photo Date:
9/22/1969
Upload Date:
11/3/2024 7:49:52 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:
20
Comments:
0
Title:
PC Eastbound "Pennsylvania Limited," 1970
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken while riding Penn Central's eastbound "Pennsylvania Limited" around the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in October of 1970. Note the oncoming freight train on Track 4.
Photo Date:
10/10/1970
Upload Date:
12/11/2021 10:54:41 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
68
Comments:
0
Title:
Penn State Classmates, 1973
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1973. Shown here are two of my Penn State-Harrisburg classmates: Twyla Jean King and Charles Ottaviano, both of Middletown, Pennsylvania. Behind them is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata in May of 1918, retired in September of 1956 after 2,469,000 miles, enshrined at the Horseshoe Curve in June of 1957, restored for excursion service in April of 1987, withdrawn for safety reasons, disassembled for repairs, and still awaiting resuscitation.
Photo Date:
8/15/1973
Upload Date:
2/17/2017 2:15:32 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:
865
Comments:
1
Title:
PC MoW Tool Shed, 1974
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1974. Shown here is the venerable Maintenance-of-Way Tool Shed, as seen from trackside. Looks to me like it's seen better days!
Photo Date:
8/11/1974
Upload Date:
2/6/2022 8:36:38 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
82
Comments:
0
Title:
CR Eastbound TrucTrain, 1976
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 August 1976. Shown here are two Conrail (nee PC) GM-EMD diesel locomotives pulling a TrucTrain down the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve to Enola and points East. [N.B.: The "telephoto effect" is a result of "cropping."]
Photo Date:
8/18/1976
Upload Date:
2/17/2017 1:24:54 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
277
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 590, SDP40F, 1976
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo by Larry Moss that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1976. Prominent here are AMTK engines #590 and #470-B. Both were built by GM-EMD. #590 is an SDP40F constructed in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #470 is an E-9B built originally for the Union Pacific Railroad in October of 1955 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. They're rounding the Curve with a passenger train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. This photo was taken during the time when Track 2 was being removed, hence the presence of the maintenance-of-way equipment parked there.
Photo Date:
10/11/1976
Upload Date:
3/8/2021 10:17:52 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 590(SDP40F)
AMTK 470(E9B)
Views:
224
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 980901, N-6B, c. 1977
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Gene P. Schaeffer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1977. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad cabin car #980901, an N-6B built in the Altoona Car Shops during August of 1916. It was enshrined at the Curve in early 1964 to remember and honor the many thousands of men and women who labored in the Altoona Works for more than a century.
Photo Date:
2/2/1977
Upload Date:
9/19/2023 9:53:31 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
52
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 1361, K-4S, 1977
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in November of 1977. At the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918, retired in September of 1956, enshrined at the Horseshoe Curve on 08 June 1957, and restored for excursion service during 1987-1988. Meanwhile, at the right, a three-unit Conrail TOFC train rounds the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
11/14/1977
Upload Date:
10/8/2021 6:01:26 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:
260
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 980901, N-6B, 1977
Description:
AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in November of 1977. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad cabin car #980901, an N-6B built in the Altoona Car Shops during August of 1916. It was enshrined at the Curve in early 1964 to remember and honor the many thousands of men and women who labored in the Altoona Works for more than a century. Vandals set it afire in late 1977 ~ but instead of restoring it, the City of Altoona had it towed away and scrapped. What vandals started, bureaucrats finished: destruction of our railroad and cultural history. Alas....
Photo Date:
11/14/1977
Upload Date:
10/18/2021 6:52:40 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
125
Comments:
0
Title:
High School Classmates, 1989
Description:
AHC. Here is an original photo that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1989. Shown here (R to L) are Vera (Hazmuka) Fickinger and Thomas C. Ayers. We both graduated with the Hollidaysburg (Pennsylvania) High School Class of 1964, and had returned for our 25th Class Reunion. A portion of the upper or southern arc of the Curve is visible in the background. Photo taken by Vera's husband, Tom Fickinger, the patent-holder of DuPont's Kevlar.
Photo Date:
8/15/1989
Upload Date:
2/27/2017 7:37:17 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
569
Comments:
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