|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 22, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo from H.G. Colyer. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 22. Partial Caption: "This is a great overview of the complex at Kittanning Point, just east of Horseshoe Curve. The smoke you are seeing is from fires on the mountain. The highest tracks on the right side of the photo are the extension from the Kittanning Run Railroad down to the PRR 'coal wharf,' as it was known. Coal was dumped from the standard gauge cars into bins that filled the small carts which were wheeled across the structure and dumped directly into waiting tenders of steam locomotives pulling mainline trains. There are also penstocks to enable the train to take on water at the same time. The passenger station is named Kittanning Point and the freight station across the tracks at the junction with the K.P.R.R. is framed by the signal bridge. The line to Delaney is evident and you can see cars disappearing around the curve. The culvert at the bottom of the light-colored fill brings Kittanning Run beneath the railroad." Note the two track workers in the foreground and the white-washed stone "horseshoe" at the apex of the Curve. This photo was taken after 1900, after the total Curve was widened to four tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:02:05 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
|
| Views: |
124 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 2, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo from H.G. Colyer. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 2. Partial Caption: "A double-headed passenger train [~ with a pair of K-2S (4-6-2) 'Pacifics' ~] charges westbound around the park at Horseshoe Curve. Notice the 'fifth track,' which is actually the lead for the turnout on the left. This is the standard gauge branch of the Glen White Coal Company, which went east approximately two miles to an array of coke ovens and a coal tipple fed by an inclined plane via a 36-inch gauge Vulcan 0-4-0. Later, the railroad nearly doubled in length to haul clay out. The tracks were removed in 1943." |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:03:21 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
|
| Views: |
143 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 3, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo by Arlington J. Wolfe. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 3. Partial Caption: "You can almost hear Pennsylvania Railroad J-1 #6444 as it charges up and around Horseshoe Curve with a merchandise freight." Shown here is PRR engine #6444, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in February of 1960 after just 17 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:04:33 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6444(2-10-4) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 6, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo by Gary R. Zuters. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 6. Partial Caption: "The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, Pennsylvania, called them RF-15's, but the rest of the world called them 'Sharknoses' for obvious reasons. Here, a perfectly matched set of A-B-A sharks led by class unit #9700 is thundering uphill with a freight in April 1959." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9700 and two more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by Baldwin. #9700 is a BF-15A built in April of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:13:55 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9700(DR4-4-15) |
| Views: |
591 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 7, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo by Gary R. Zuters. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 7. Partial Caption: "In this scene from August 1961, a pair of very rare Baldwin RT-624 cantercabs are making their way arond Horseshoe Curve with a 'porthole' caboose....The 8965 is the highest-numbered centercab delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad by Baldwin." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8965 and another "BS" Class unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by Baldwin. #8965 is a BS-24M built in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They are pulling a single N-5C cabin car whose number is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:15:33 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8965(RT-624) |
| Views: |
650 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 7, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a phouo by David W. Seidel. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 7. Partial Caption: "Pennsy GP-35 #2301 is swinging around the Curve with a westbound mixed freight." Shown here is PRR engine #2301, an EF-25 built by GM-EMD in November of 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:17:35 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2301(GP35) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 23, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a chronology called "Key Dates in Horseshoe Curve's History." It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Cusve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 23. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:19:03 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
|
| Views: |
158 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
