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By:Bryant Mills
Dates:3/10/2012 - 3/10/2012
Album Info:Took a quick trip to Altoona to pay my respects to ALTO tower which is scheduled to close soon.
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ALTO Tower
Title:  ALTO Tower
Description:  Soon to close, ALTO tower is still active when I visited. Check out the gingerbread!
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:37:50 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
New Signal
Title:  New Signal
Description:  With ALTO Tower in the background, here are some of the new signals for CP-Alto.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:38:29 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station,Signal
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
ALTO Tower
Title:  ALTO Tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:39:22 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
ALTO Tower
Title:  ALTO Tower
Description:  Both old and new signal bridges are visible in this view.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:40:51 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station,Signal
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Views:  163   Comments: 0
Rear View of ALTO Tower
Title:  Rear View of ALTO Tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:41:44 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station
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Views:  132   Comments: 0
NS 9622 passing ALTO Tower
Title:  NS 9622 passing ALTO Tower
Description:  Think of all the PRR steam engines that have passed this tower and generations of diesels from 4 railroads, not counting run-throughs. Typical of the state of the art at the end of its life, a 3-unit set of GE widebodies passes with a double stack train.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:42:54 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9622(C40-9W)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
ALTO
Title:  ALTO
Description:  View looking east.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:44:01 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station,Signal
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
NS 9781
Title:  NS 9781
Description:  NS 9781 passes ALTO on its way west. Wish I had a cable filter!
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:44:54 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9781(C40-9W)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Rear view of ALTO Tower
Title:  Rear view of ALTO Tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 9:45:34 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Station
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
NS 6325
Title:  NS 6325
Description:  Eastbound helpers
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 10:03:48 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 6325(SD40E) NS 6321(SD40E)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Westbound Helpers
Title:  Westbound Helpers
Description:  SD40E helpers, including class unit 6300 passes ALTO
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 10:05:18 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6316(SD40E) NS 6300(SD40E)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
NS 9135
Title:  NS 9135
Description:  NS 9135 leads another stack train east.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 10:06:27 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  NS 9135(C40-9W)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
UTLX 79178
Title:  UTLX 79178
Description:  Soon to be an exhibit at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 10:07:23 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
NS 9719
Title:  NS 9719
Description:  Good angle, bad light. NS 9719 leads a westbound intermodal.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 10:53:27 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Bryant Mills
Categories:  Action
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Views:  137   Comments: 0


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