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PC "Horseshoe Curve," c. 1969
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:  717   Comments: 0
PC 23401
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6041(SD40)
Views:  1285   Comments: 3
Penn Central 6042
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6042(SD40)
Views:  729   Comments: 1
Control stand w/ leg.
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:  573   Comments: 1
Penn Central SD40 #6044
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6044(SD40) PC 6103(SD40)
Views:  1668   Comments: 1
PC 6020
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
PC SD40 6045
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
PC 6045
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6045(SD40) CR 6726(C628)
Views:  982   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD40 #6046
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6046(SD40)
Views:  706   Comments: 1
"Allegheny Portage Railroad," Front Cover, 1997
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:  561   Comments: 0
PC 6047 (RF)
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
PC 6047
Title:  PC 6047
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 6/16/2011 7:14:34 PM
Location:  Wellesley Hills (sub, MA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6047(SD40)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
PC 6048, SD40, 1968
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6048(SD40) PC 6096(SD40)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Pair of Penn Central SD40s (2 days post Conrail)
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6051(SD40) PC 6098(SD40)
Views:  949   Comments: 1
PC SD40 6052
Title:  PC SD40 6052
Description: 
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:  706   Comments: 1
PC 6053
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:  518   Comments: 3
PC 6053
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  754   Comments: 1
PC 6053
Title:  PC 6053
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 4:22:49 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
PC 6054
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
"Trains" Magazine, April 1968
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
EL 3666, 3636, and PC 6056
Title:  EL 3666, 3636, and PC 6056
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:27:54 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3636(SDP45) PC 6056(SD40) EL 3666(SDP45)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
PC 6056, EL 3636, and EL 3666
Title:  PC 6056, EL 3636, and EL 3666
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:28:31 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6056(SD40) EL 3636(SDP45) EL 3666(SDP45)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/1973  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 8:53:31 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Dean E Arnold
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 10/26/2012 11:27:47 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40) PC 3083(GP40) RDG 3655(GP35)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
PC 6057
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:  369   Comments: 1
PC 6059
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
PC 6060
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
PC 6060
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:  552   Comments: 0
Three Penn-Central EMD SD-40's work their way west up the Curve
Title:  Three Penn-Central EMD SD-40's work their way west up the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 8:00:26 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40)
Views:  2019   Comments: 0
PC SD40 #6060
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD45 #6142
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6142(SD45) PC 6061(SD40)
Views:  1084   Comments: 1
PC 6003
Title:  PC 6003
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1974  Upload Date: 8/29/2012 2:35:30 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 2542(U25B) PC 2869(U30B) PC 6063(SD40)
Views:  702   Comments: 0
PC 6063
Title:  PC 6063
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/19/1975  Upload Date: 5/6/2016 10:48:11 AM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6063(SD40) PC 2320(GP35)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD45 #6180
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6180(SD45) PC 6064(SD40)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
A little helper action unfolds as this SD-40/SD-45 duo leans into caboose 21721 and keeps things moving westbound up the Curve
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: 
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 12:04:00 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6065(SD40)
Views:  2311   Comments: 4
PC 2233, GP-30, 1969
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 2233(GP30) PC 6066(SD40) PC 6077(SD40)
Views:  812   Comments: 1
PC 8084
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 8084(RS12) PC 6067(SD40)
Views:  1194   Comments: 0
Penn-Central EMD SD-40 6067
Title:  Penn-Central EMD SD-40 6067
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 6/9/2008 8:57:33 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6067(SD40)
Views:  839   Comments: 1
PC Derailment At Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 2, 1968
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:  260   Comments: 0
PC 6237
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:  673   Comments: 2
Penn Central SD45 #6199
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6199(SD45) PC 6068(SD40)
Views:  964   Comments: 1
pc 6020
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:  838   Comments: 0
PC 6069
Title:  PC 6069
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/1975  Upload Date: 8/28/2021 12:20:26 AM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6069(SD40)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
PC 6178 and 6069
Title:  PC 6178 and 6069
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/1976  Upload Date: 8/21/2010 10:27:23 PM
Location:  Kouts, IN
Author:  Tom Gold`n
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6178(SD45) PC 6069(SD40)
Views:  1363   Comments: 4
CR SD45 6177
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:  521   Comments: 0
CR SD45 6177
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:  337   Comments: 0
PC 6071
Title:  PC 6071
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1973  Upload Date: 7/24/2015 1:05:46 AM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6071(SD40)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
PC SD40 6071
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:  806   Comments: 2
PC 6072
Title:  PC 6072
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1975  Upload Date: 5/6/2016 10:49:54 AM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6072(SD40)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
PC 6072
Title:  PC 6072
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/19/2011 2:12:02 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  bob gottschall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6072(SD40)
Views:  834   Comments: 2


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