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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Type: Gondola
User Notes:   Covered Gondola; Horseshoe Curve; Altoona, PA.

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"Horseshoe Curve Pictorial," Page 42, 2004
Title:  "Horseshoe Curve Pictorial," Page 42, 2004
Description:  Here is page 11 of a 12-page camera study entitled "Horseshoe Curve Pictorial." It was published originally in the Winter 2004 issue of "Keystone" magazine, page 42. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "PC (ex-PRR) snappers U-25c #6511 and SD-35 #6032 earning their keep on a westbound freight ascending Horseshoe Curve on March 2, 1969." Both "snappers" were built in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. Penn Central engine #6511 was built by General Electric, but #6032 was built by GM-EMD. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "Here, a mixed lashup of six diesels descends while one of the Pennsy's 'patented' mail and express trains (with a few coaches thrown in at the end) climbs westbound with EMD passenger units in charge. June 1966." The last of the six eastbound diesels is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9829, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Both photos by Ken Murry.
Photo Date:  12/21/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2018 12:01:17 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 6032(SD35) PRR 9829(F7A) PC 6511(U25C)
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