Alcos and EMDs gathered as far as the eye can see. Looks like an RSD-15 perhaps on the turntable.

1947 or 2007? In this test shot, the crew discuss their orders as PRR M1 6755 and K4 3750 await their departure. In actuality, these locomotives have never felt the heat of steam in over 50 years.... (more)

I was a teenager railfan on the loose at Altoona... PRR Class FF16.

Another cut to be humped.

Dimantled locomotive parts and other materials are seen on intershop property at Altoona Works of the once mighty Pennsylvania Railroad. This is the Juniata Shops.

Trailing power on #13, a no name mail train to Pittsburgh is BP30#5816. Ahead, Horseshoe Curve and the climb over the mountain.

I rode #13, a mail train, early morning out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. On my first trip there, our power on the electrified segment was a 2-D-2 electric class R1, #49... (more)

A mid-day passenger train (the westbound Juniata most likely), climbs Horseshoe Curve with some help. From another angle, see the eastbound Juniata, Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: GE U25C
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 6511
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1966

Looking out the back of a passing train, we see the PRR Erie-built 9458 on a freight. These were too big to build in Beloit, so FM contracted the work out to Erie after hiring famed industrial de... (more)

Taken almost 50 years to the day before 9-11-01, the Pennsy 2001 is photographed in Altoona. 2001 had only been on the property a few months, delivered earlier that year. PRR Class BF32.

Companion shot to #169990. This location was PRR Hunter St. Yard, a produce terminal, hence the paved area trackside. It was used for car storage and MOW in later years. Today, Amtrak uses this ... (more)

One more shot of the cleanup of the Broker derailment showing a ripped tender loaded onto a flat. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S

On February 6, 1951, the PRR's "Broker" derailed at excessive speed on a temporary trestle killing 85 and injuring 500 in one of the worst ever rail accidents in America. This picture was taken ... (more)

Long before placement in the bunker at Strasburg, PRR 1223 steps down Water St. with the Santa Claus Special at Lancaster, PA in December, 1966. PRR Class D16sb.

PRR E8s, possibly pulling the "General", pass eastbound through 21st Street, Chicago in June of 1959. For more of John's classic PRR color images, see "The Pennsy in the 1950's..The Last Great De... (more)