Better Than 194 Steps. The World Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pennsylvania is a busy thoroughfare for both Norfolk Southern and Amtrak. Home to a park in the middle of the curve that ... (more)
Near the freight terminal of Viinikka rail yard, the old Dr14 diesel hydraulic locomotive is shunting some empty box wagons that are meant to be loaded inside the terminal. As the same time when w... (more)
A former New York Central F7 with its old identity intact gets its face washed at Penn Central's Colehour Yard in Hammond, IN, on a summer afternoon.
Going up.
Installed in 1992, the PRR themed funicular takes visitors to a park built by the PRR in 1879 where visitors, young and old, gaze at the trains heading up and down the horseshoe grade.
NBEC shunting in yard
The two cars of the Horseshoe Curve funicular are about to pass each other halfway up the incline. The funicular runs every half hour in both directions. For those who don't want to wait liek us t... (more)