17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8671, #8677, and #8678. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight train under the 17th Street Bridge and up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. The N-8 caboose is #478216. Partially visible in the background are some of the PRR's 12th Street Shop buildings. |
Date:
4/25/1964 |
Location:
Altoona, PA Map ![Show Altoona on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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![PRR 8671, AS-18AM, 1964](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/118283/17_64APR25_16_A-Pb.jpg) |
Picture Categories: RollingStock,Bridge,Track |
This picture is part of album: PRR: Altoona Bridges ~ 17th Street |