There and Back Again

The NS Office Car Special arrived back in Altoona about a week prior, coming home via Hagerstown and the Lurgan Branch, but it was facing the wrong direction. To... (more)

A Century of Excellence

Assorted power rests around the turntable at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Locomotive Shop. Built as the Erecting Machine Shops of the PRR's Altoona Works (Juni... (more)

Amtrak 92 thunders its way around the Horseshoe on a late summer afternoon.

NS 7272 started out in life as a UP SD90MAC and is in the process of being converted to what I believe is an SD70ACU while a Southern 'E' and NS 'F' unit sit in the back ground.

PRR K4s No. 1361 has a respectable 8 cars in tow, crossing over at ROSE with a Bellefonte-Altoona excursion.

NS 5301 sits on the repair track in East Altoona next to and what appears to be a stripped down Dash 9-44CW.

An old cart and coupler (leaning against the metal beam) sit next to PRR GG1 #4913 at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. Of special note, the coupler, from some sort of PRR rail car, was b... (more)

The boiler of K4 1361 sits next to the right of observation car 'Mountain View' at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum.

PRR k4 1361 sits disassembled in the Railroader's Memorial Museum in Altoona, PA. Since my visit last year, several parts have had primer applied, parts assembled and parts have been relocated to... (more)

On one of those perfect autumn afternoons the shadows are beginning to encroach upon the right of way at MP241 west of Altoona as a 130 car Conway manifest climbs the east slope of the Alleghenie... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4913 on display at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. No. 4913 was retired in 1980, serving Amtrak, then as No. 913.

PRR K-4s No. 1361 (2017)

PRR K4 1361's boiler and firebox sit on an old Norfolk Southern flat car inside the 7 stall "Harry & Rebecca Bennett Memorial Roundhouse" at the Rail... (more)

PRR K-4s No. 1361 (2017)

PRR 4-6-2 K4s No. 1361 from the rear as seen at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. This is the infamous Belpair firebox which most would agree brought th... (more)

PRR K-4s No. 1361 (2017)

PRR K4 1361 sits in the "Harry & Rebecca Bennett Memorial Roundhouse" at the Railroaders Memorial Museum, disassembled with various parts laid out on the floor... (more)

Brookville BFA 4T Locomotive - on display in front of the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum - by the parking lot.

"Brookville Equipment Corporation, based in Brookville, Pennsylvania, Un... (more)