| iStation. Here is an aerial photo by Mr. Tom Hollyman that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1953. Shown here is the industrial heart of Altoona, "The Railroad City." From bottom/West to top/East, eleven items are of interest here. #1: ALTO Tower, its signal bridge, and the Hollidaysburg Branch line at the right. #2: 17th Street Bridge and the PRR's Test Plant at the right. #3: PRR's Passenger Station at the left, and the 12th Street Car Shops at the right. #4: 12th Street Footbridge. #5: Steam locomotive with train passing under the 9th Street Footbridge. #6: 7th Street Bridge. #7: PRR Passenger Car Shops at the left, paralleling Chestnut Avenue. #8: 4th Street Footbridge, site of both WORKS Tower (L) and SOUTH Tower (R). #9: PRR Altoona Car Shops at the left; at the right, westbound freight trains waiting to depart and entrance to the Eastbound Receiving Yards. #10: PRR's Juniata Shops, including the Erecting & Machine Shop. #11: 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. |