| Extra Board. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here is the 9th Street Gate on 9th Avenue; it's one of the gates to the 12th Street Shops. Now largely disused and weed grown, this place ~ and 9th Avenue generally ~ was one of the busiest and most important places in Altoona. Once upon a time, the PRR's mainline and passenger station were located on 9th Avenue. After the Horseshoe Curve was completed in 1857 and the mainline was redirected up the mountains from here, 9th Avenue fronted the PRR's Altoona Machine Shops where they built everthing from steam locomotives and tenders to freight cars. There were three locomotive roundhouses located on these grounds at one time. Now, there's only weeds, memories, and ghosts. |