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Title: |
PC "Horseshoe Curve," c. 1969 |
Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Horseshoe Curve." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Eastbound locomotives passing the Pride & Joy of the P.R.R. K-4s #1361 on the world-famous Horseshoe Curve." Pictured on the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in May of 1956 after 38 years of faithful service. Pictured on the right is Penn Central Railroad engine #6040 and perhaps two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #6040 is an SD-40 built (for the PRR) in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/1969 Upload Date: 10/27/2018 12:29:50 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
PC 6040(SD40) PRR 1361(4-6-2) |
Views: |
719 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 23401 |
Description: |
An SD40 shoves hard on a former Pennsy cabin at the rear of a hopper train climbing Horse Shoe Curve. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1974 Upload Date: 7/21/2006 11:42:16 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6041(SD40) |
Views: |
1287 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Penn Central 6042 |
Description: |
Horse Shoe Curve |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1970 Upload Date: 1/23/2013 5:09:18 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Ray |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6042(SD40) |
Views: |
733 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Control stand w/ leg. |
Description: |
PC SD40 |
Photo Date: |
9/10/1975 Upload Date: 2/24/2010 7:06:11 AM |
Location: |
Bringhurst, IN |
Author: |
David Warnick |
Categories: |
InCab |
Locomotives: |
PC 6042(SD40) |
Views: |
574 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Penn Central SD40 #6044 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
4/6/1975 Upload Date: 10/1/2006 11:21:52 AM |
Location: |
Dolton, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6044(SD40) PC 6103(SD40) |
Views: |
1669 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6020 |
Description: |
from my father slide collection. date approx. penn central 6020 leads eastbound around the curve |
Photo Date: |
9/4/1971 Upload Date: 2/16/2013 12:20:08 PM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Kevin Quinn |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6020(SD35) PC 6069(SD40) PC 6238(SD45) PC 6045(SD40) |
Views: |
1032 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PC SD40 6045 |
Description: |
The 6045 and another help a Westbound up the hill. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1974 Upload Date: 5/12/2007 10:24:42 AM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6045(SD40) |
Views: |
756 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6045 |
Description: |
exact date unknown |
Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 10:14:53 AM |
Location: |
South Bend, IN |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6045(SD40) CR 6726(C628) |
Views: |
982 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central SD40 #6046 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
8/21/1976 Upload Date: 8/9/2006 7:13:23 PM |
Location: |
Dolton, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6046(SD40) |
Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
"Allegheny Portage Railroad," Front Cover, 1997 |
Description: |
Here is the front cover of Charles S. Roberts' 1997 book entitled "Triumph I: Altoona To Pitcairn 1846-1996." Partial Cover Caption: "Bitter winter weather remains another obstacle to any mountain crossing, no less so for PRR on this or any other day. On 10 February 1968, units 6046, 2425, 2503, and 2205 with a westbounder have just topped the grade as they exit Allegheny Tunnel, PRR's first bore at Gallitzin. The summit is precisely at the portal behind the locomotives." Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central engines #6046, #2425, #2503, and #2205. #6046 is an SD-40 built by GM-EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #2425 is a C-425 built by the American Locomotive Works in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2503 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2205 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1997 Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:42:31 PM |
Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Tunnel,Winter |
Locomotives: |
PC 6046(SD40) PC 2425(C425) PC 2205(GP30) PC 2503(U25B) |
Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6047 (RF) |
Description: |
A Northbound on the River Line. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/1976 Upload Date: 6/24/2007 5:51:33 AM |
Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6047(SD40) |
Views: |
775 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6047 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/1/1976 Upload Date: 6/16/2011 7:14:34 PM |
Location: |
Wellesley Hills (sub, MA |
Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6047(SD40) |
Views: |
493 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6048(SD40) PC 6096(SD40) |
Views: |
95 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pair of Penn Central SD40s (2 days post Conrail) |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/1976 Upload Date: 6/24/2006 4:53:20 PM |
Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6051(SD40) PC 6098(SD40) |
Views: |
950 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC SD40 6052 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/30/1976 Upload Date: 9/3/2007 9:55:49 AM |
Location: |
Avon, IN |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6052(SD40) |
Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6053 |
Description: |
Eastbound (Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 2/17/2014 9:42:49 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6053(SD40) |
Views: |
520 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
PC 6053 |
Description: |
A pair of SD40s heads west with a TV train. PC 6053 was later CR 6306, HLCX 5040, IMRL 202. Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/15/2009 7:08:00 PM |
Location: |
Marion, OH |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6053(SD40) |
Views: |
756 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6053 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/18/1974 Upload Date: 7/21/2015 4:22:49 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6053(SD40) |
Views: |
558 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6054 |
Description: |
Westbound approaching PC passenger station (Early PC) |
Photo Date: |
5/30/1968 Upload Date: 3/28/2015 9:14:35 PM |
Location: |
Canton, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6054(SD40) |
Views: |
328 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"Trains" Magazine, April 1968 |
Description: |
Here is a photo taken by Mr. John G. Williams, Jr. It was published originally in the April 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "On Merger Day plus 10, a westbound Penn Central freight ascends Horse Shoe Curve behind a locomotive team consisting of freshly repainted EMD SD-40 6056 and unrelettered ex-PRR Geep calves. Initially at least, new 'two worms in love' PC logo is eing carried in white on nose and flanks." Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central engines #6056, #3816-B, and #3835-B. All were built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad. #6056 is an SD40 built in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #3816 and #3835 are both GP9 B-units rated at 1,750 horsepower each; #3816 was built in November of 1957, while #3835 was constructed in October of 1959. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1968 Upload Date: 4/12/2022 8:50:31 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Winter |
Locomotives: |
PC 6056(SD40) PC 3816-B(GP9B) PC 3835-B(GP9B) |
Views: |
209 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EL 3666, 3636, and PC 6056 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/3/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:27:54 PM |
Location: |
Gary, IN |
Author: |
Tom Golden |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
EL 3636(SDP45) PC 6056(SD40) EL 3666(SDP45) |
Views: |
745 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6056, EL 3636, and EL 3666 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/3/1976 Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:28:31 PM |
Location: |
Gary, IN |
Author: |
Tom Golden |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6056(SD40) EL 3636(SDP45) EL 3666(SDP45) |
Views: |
853 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6057 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 10/10/2017 8:53:31 PM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Dean E Arnold |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6057(SD40) |
Views: |
251 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6057 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1976 Upload Date: 10/26/2012 11:27:47 AM |
Location: |
Unknown, PA |
Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6057(SD40) PC 3083(GP40) RDG 3655(GP35) |
Views: |
703 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6057 |
Description: |
Early Conrail |
Photo Date: |
10/10/1976 Upload Date: 4/17/2015 7:41:02 PM |
Location: |
Akron, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6057(SD40) |
Views: |
370 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6059 |
Description: |
Unusual appearance of a westbound freight on the #1 eastward freight track at Wooster, descending Smithville Hill. Date of photo approximote. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1976 Upload Date: 5/31/2009 8:59:28 PM |
Location: |
Wooster, OH |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6059(SD40) |
Views: |
566 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6060 |
Description: |
An Eastbound drifts down to Altoona, while behind it, a Westbound works up the hill. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1974 Upload Date: 7/4/2009 8:34:13 AM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6060(SD40) PC 6124(SD45) |
Views: |
634 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6060 |
Description: |
East and Westbounds pass on the Curve. |
Photo Date: |
3/13/1974 Upload Date: 11/28/2009 9:51:47 AM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6060(SD40) PC 6124(SD45) |
Views: |
556 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three Penn-Central EMD SD-40's work their way west up the Curve |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/18/1974 Upload Date: 5/30/2008 8:00:26 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6060(SD40) |
Views: |
2019 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC SD40 #6060 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
6/8/1975 Upload Date: 5/1/2006 10:06:31 PM |
Location: |
Dolton, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6060(SD40) |
Views: |
523 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central SD45 #6142 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. On IHB. |
Photo Date: |
7/17/1976 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 11:07:00 PM |
Location: |
Riverdale, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6142(SD45) PC 6061(SD40) |
Views: |
1085 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6003 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/26/1974 Upload Date: 8/29/2012 2:35:30 PM |
Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 2542(U25B) PC 2869(U30B) PC 6063(SD40) |
Views: |
704 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6063 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/19/1975 Upload Date: 5/6/2016 10:48:11 AM |
Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6063(SD40) PC 2320(GP35) |
Views: |
350 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn Central SD45 #6180 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
3/28/1976 Upload Date: 6/21/2006 7:15:40 AM |
Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6180(SD45) PC 6064(SD40) |
Views: |
696 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A little helper action unfolds as this SD-40/SD-45 duo leans into caboose 21721 and keeps things moving westbound up the Curve |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/13/1974 Upload Date: 5/24/2008 12:04:00 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6065(SD40) |
Views: |
2313 Comments: 4 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 2233(GP30) PC 6066(SD40) PC 6077(SD40) |
Views: |
818 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 8084 |
Description: |
Photo by George W. Turnbull |
Photo Date: |
5/24/1970 Upload Date: 4/22/2009 5:03:33 PM |
Location: |
Newark, NJ |
Author: |
Ryan Kertis |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 8084(RS12) PC 6067(SD40) |
Views: |
1199 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Penn-Central EMD SD-40 6067 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/13/1974 Upload Date: 6/9/2008 8:57:33 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6067(SD40) |
Views: |
840 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC Derailment At Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 2, 1968 |
Description: |
Here is page one of a two-page camera study that was published originally in the September 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 34. These photos were taken by Ken Kraemer as a westbound Penn Central freight train began derailing as it rounded the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 May 1968. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1968 Upload Date: 4/13/2022 10:30:32 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Wreck |
Locomotives: |
PC 6068(SD40) PC 6175(SD45) PC 4366(FP7A) |
Views: |
262 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6237 |
Description: |
PC 6237, 6068 westbound on the ex-PRR Fort Wayne Line (Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 8:39:23 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Signal |
Locomotives: |
PC 6068(SD40) |
Views: |
675 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Penn Central SD45 #6199 |
Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1974 Upload Date: 6/18/2006 12:35:30 PM |
Location: |
Dolton, IL |
Author: |
Kim Piersol |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6199(SD45) PC 6068(SD40) |
Views: |
966 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
pc 6020 |
Description: |
pc 6020 leads eastbound around the curve date approx . from my fathers slide collection |
Photo Date: |
9/4/1971 Upload Date: 2/16/2013 12:20:07 PM |
Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
Author: |
Kevin Quinn |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6020(SD35) PC 6069(SD40) PC 6238(SD45) |
Views: |
842 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6069 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/14/1975 Upload Date: 8/28/2021 12:20:26 AM |
Location: |
Cresson, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6069(SD40) |
Views: |
211 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6178 and 6069 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
2/16/1976 Upload Date: 8/21/2010 10:27:23 PM |
Location: |
Kouts, IN |
Author: |
Tom Gold`n |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6178(SD45) PC 6069(SD40) |
Views: |
1365 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
CR SD45 6177 |
Description: |
CR pushers SD45 6177 and PC SD40 6070 (soon to be CR 6323) run light down track 1 at the Curve. |
Photo Date: |
5/22/1977 Upload Date: 6/7/2015 6:41:33 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CR 6177(SD45) PC 6070(SD40) |
Views: |
524 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CR SD45 6177 |
Description: |
CR pushers SD-45 6177, and SD-40 6070 run light down track 1 at Horseshoe Curve on May 22, 1977. Former PC 6070 would later be renumbered 6323 to make room for EL SD45s in series 6066 to 6099. |
Photo Date: |
5/22/1977 Upload Date: 6/7/2015 2:30:13 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Alan Page |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CR 6177(SD45) PC 6070(SD40) |
Views: |
338 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6071 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/12/1973 Upload Date: 7/24/2015 1:05:46 AM |
Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6071(SD40) |
Views: |
588 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC SD40 6071 |
Description: |
Southbound near Selkirk, NY. |
Photo Date: |
10/21/1973 Upload Date: 8/9/2008 6:48:59 AM |
Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6071(SD40) PC 2377(GP35) |
Views: |
807 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PC 6072 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/20/1975 Upload Date: 5/6/2016 10:49:54 AM |
Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6072(SD40) |
Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6072 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/1/1976 Upload Date: 10/19/2011 2:12:02 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
bob gottschall |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6072(SD40) |
Views: |
835 Comments: 2 |
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