| Muleshoe. Here is a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken at the Muleshoe Curve on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 29 October 1959. It was published originally in his (2019) book entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad-Best Of Bill Volkmer: Volume 3-Altoona," page 80. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7237, #7240, #7238, and #7239. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are pulling an iron-ore train up the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve to Gallitzin and points West. |