Pennsyvania Railroad K4 Pacific #5451 on show at Altoona in 1937. From a negative by an unknown phtographer.

Only 6 months on the property, PRR 8797 and mate are the sign of things to come. 8797 was renumbered to 5897 by PC and lasted into the Conrail era. In 1986 it was sold to Chicago Rail Link where... (more)

Diminutive 0-6-0 B6sB (sB stands for 'superheater/Belpaire firebox' in PRR nomenclature) 8357 on the inter-shop tracks, hoping the bell will ring again as the internal combustion invaders are popp... (more)

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)

Back then as a teenager we'd ride #13 from Newark, an early morning mail train to Pittsburgh, to railfan Altoona. A stop to switch out power at Harrisburg in the morning light enabled me to get t... (more)

View from the fireman's seat on a GG-1. I bummed a cab ride on a freight from Lancaster to Camden. Got the following location backchannel: "You're eastbound approaching Paoli, PA on No.2 track, ... (more)

"Midday Congressional" just after arrival from New York

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.

K4 in action, possibly backing up to his train. This view is looking north, and is where PRR swapped steam for elec/diesel power. There was a small yard & engine terminal at one time. Then a jo... (more)

Lets all raise our pantographs and toast the New Year.

Happy New Year, 1951 PRR style. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S PRR Class GS4.

Built by Pullman-Brill in April 1929 then converted to Diesel, and scrapped iin '63. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S.

Empty reefers march west at Mt. Union under the command of M1 Mountain-type 6903. At one time PRR had 10 westbound symbol trains to handle this type of traffic (Tankers/Reefers/Stock-EB Loads/WB ... (more)