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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, c. 1853 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1853. Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops complex. From 1850 until the completion of the Horseshoe Curve in 1854, the PRR's mainline was different than its current form: the tracks paralleled 9th Avenue out of Altoona to Duncansville and the interchange with the Allegheny Portage Railroad ~ instead of curving right at 9th Street, paralleling 10th Avenue past ALTO and SLOPE Towers, then climbing the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. As such, the mainline tracks and the Passenger Station are actually on the other side of the two-story Master Mechanic's Building and the long shop structure depicted here. Brush Mountain dominates the distance. William E. Burket Collection. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 8:14:33 AM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, c. 1860 |
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WB. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1860. Prominent here is the cathedral-like roundhouse near the center of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops complex. With the completion of the Horseshoe Curve in 1854, the PRR's mainline took its current form: instead of paralleling 9th Avenue out of Altoona to Duncansville and interchange with the New Portage Railroad, the tracks curved right at 9th Street and paralleled 10th Avenue past SLOPE Tower and up the Allegheny Mountains. Note the two-story Master Mechanic's Building at the left and the unidentified wood-fired "Ten-Wheeler" parked in front of the roundhouse. [For more photos of this roundhouse, see RRPA album http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=142429] (Not Burket Collection.) |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 8/29/2020 8:13:57 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, c. 1870 |
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WB. Here is an image of a photo by T.G. Vallade that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1870. Shown here are portions of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops complex. Near the center is the two-story Master Mechanic's Building; to its left are the cast-iron 12th Street Footbridge and the Eastern Roundhouse. In the foreground ~ paralleling 10th Avenue ~ are the PRR's mainline tracks: Harrisburg/East to the left, Pittsburgh/West to the right. William E. Burket Collection. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:14:40 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Bridge |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, 1903 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1903. Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops complex. At the far left are the Shop buildings that line 9th Avenue. Toward the center is the Eastern Roundhouse and water tower. At the right are the Eastbound Locomotive Ready Tracks with dozens of engines awaiting their next assignments. William E. Burket Collection. |
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2/2/1903 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 3:26:26 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, 1919 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in October of 1919. Prominent here is the outdoor Gantry Crane at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops. Suspended in midair is a reconditioned steam locomotive firebox & boiler tube assembly. Visible in the foreground are several cylinder saddles and front-coupler assemblies. The names of the three Shopmen pictured here are not recorded. William E. Burket Collection. |
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10/24/1919 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:15:21 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, 1919 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in October of 1919. Prominent here is sign at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops. It proclaims that "The World's Greatest Battle [is] The War Against Accidents." It was part of a National Accident Prevention Drive that ran from October 18th through the 31st in 1919. (Looks like a boxcar-roof shot.) William E. Burket Collection. |
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10/24/1919 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:16:02 AM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Machine Shops, 1931 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 27 December 1931. Prominent here are the still-smoldering ruins of several structures belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops. The fire-damaged structures were razed and never replaced. Partially visible in the center are portions of the cast-iron 12th Street Footbridge and Erecting Shop #3. William E. Burket Collection. |
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12/27/1931 Upload Date: 8/16/2020 7:28:47 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Car Shops, c. 1935 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1935. Shown here is an interior view at one the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Car Shops. In the foreground is a partially-completed freight car underframe. Photo taken during the noisy old days of riveting! William E. Burket Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1935 Upload Date: 8/2/2022 7:57:40 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Altoona Car Shops, #1 of 2, 1944 |
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WB. Here is the first of two successive images of official photos that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1944. In the foreground is a portion of the cast-iron 12th Street Footbridge, along with the guard shack and employee staircase leading to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Car Shops visible in the distance. At the right, a passenger train sits by the Altoona Station, awaiting a fresh locomotive before climbing the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Johnstown and points West. Photo taken from inside Erecting Shop #3. (Not Burket Collection.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/1944 Upload Date: 8/13/2020 5:42:58 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Bridge,Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, 1903 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1903. Prominent here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops complex that borders on Chestnut Avenue. In the foreground are several passenger cars awaiting reconditioning, as well as the tracks leading in and out of the Altoona Yards. In the middle distance is the cast-iron 4th Street Footbridge; SOUTH Tower sits under the Bridge's right end. At the right are the Cabin Car Ready Tracks with numerous "crummies" awaiting their next assignments. William E. Burket Collection. |
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2/2/1903 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 3:27:18 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Bridge,Yard,Steam,Passenger |
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| Title: |
PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, c. 1911 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1911. Shown here is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops complex that borders on Chestnut Avenue (partially visible at the far left). Also visible are several passenger cars awaiting reconditioning. Note the photographer's shadow visible in the foreground. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge. William E. Burket Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1911 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 7:09:16 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Passenger |
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| Title: |
PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, c. 1913 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1913. Shown here is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops complex that borders on Chestnut Avenue. Note the different construction materials in these two passenger cars: the nearer and newer one is made of steel, the other and older on is made of wood. Partially visible at the far right is the PRR's Westbound Forwarding Yard. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge. William E. Burket Collection. |
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6/21/1913 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 7:09:49 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Title: |
PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, 1920 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 February 1920. Prominent here are the two Power Plant smokestacks at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops along Chestnut Avenue. Partially visible at the right is the 4th Street Footbridge. William E. Burket Collection. |
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2/10/1920 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:16:42 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Bridge,Winter |
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PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, c. 1935 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1935. Shown here is an interior view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shop #1. The Shopmen pictured here are actually on catwalks; there are more men working underneath them at ground level. William E. Burket Collection. |
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5/5/1935 Upload Date: 8/2/2022 8:02:47 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Passenger |
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PRR Altoona Passenger Car Shops, 1946 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 9 May 1946. Shown here is a steam locomotive shifting cars in and about the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops complex that borders on Chestnut Avenue. (Looks like a boxcar-roof shot.) William E. Burket Collection. |
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5/9/1946 Upload Date: 8/1/2022 3:28:38 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR Coaling Uipple, 1942 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 July 1942. Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's newly-constructed Coaling Tipple, located midway between the 4th and 7th Street Bridges. It was built here to save time and congestion: returning helper engines could refuel here, rather than running down and back to East Altoona for more coal. Partially visible across the tracks are some of the PRR's Passenger Car Shops. William E. Burket Collection. |
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4/17/1942 Upload Date: 8/2/2022 8:03:48 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Title: |
PRR Finishing Roundhouse, 1934 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 1 August 1934. Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Finishing Roundhouse, located near the intersection of Chestnut Avenue and 1st Street. Looks to me like it's turntable replacement time! William E. Burket Collection. |
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8/1/1934 Upload Date: 8/2/2022 10:18:50 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Title: |
PRR Finishing Roundhouse, c. 1934 |
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WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1934. Shown here is an interior view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Finishing Roundhouse, located near the intersection of Chestnut Avenue and 1st Street. William E. Burket Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1934 Upload Date: 8/2/2022 10:19:47 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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