The past and the present meet in downtown Altoona

Altoona Railfest Day Trip Excursion from Harrisburg.

Altoona Railfest special heading west

Just a few seconds off the Rockville Bridge, Pennsy E8s accelerate toward Altoona and Railfest 2009.

Altoona Railfest special departing Altoona station passing under signals

PRR 5809 hustles towards Altoona, PA along side Rt. 22.

PRR 5809 puts on a nice show as she passes through the small town of Fostoria, PA.

The Amtrak Special working its way around the famous Horseshoe Curve during Altoona RailFest 2009.

Two 1963-built former stalwarts of the Pennsy: E-44 #4465 was built by GE and was donated to the museum in 1991. GP30 #2233 was of course built by GM-EMD and was donated to the museum in 1998. It ... (more)

~ The Railroad Telegrapher has stepped away from his desk momentarily as a westbound freight waits to depart ~

~ Running on time ~

Here's a loco new to RP. PRR 0-6-0 #60 is a 1913 graduate of Juniata. She has 56" drivers, 22x24" cylinders, and could make over 36,000 lbs. of tractive effort. Though numerous details indicate he... (more)

The engineer keeps his eye on the conductor as they finish switching out a K4s for GG-1 4935.

The well maintained backhead of this 1905-built 102-ton H6sb is off particular significance to me. I can somehow still remember playing in this cab, which is open to the public, for hours when I w... (more)

Surprisingly, a search for DD-1 reveals no photos of these unique 4-4-0+0-4-4 electrics in preservation. The 3937/3936 pair were built by the Juniata shops in 1911 and donated to the RR Museum of ... (more)