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Owner: Southern Pacific
Type: Autorack
User Notes:   Derailed at Horseshoe Curve; Altoona, PA; 12 May 1968.

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PC Derailment At Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 2, 1968
Title:  PC Derailment At Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 2, 1968
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page camera study that was published originally in the September 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 34. These photos were taken by Ken Kraemer as a westbound Penn Central freight train began derailing as it rounded the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 May 1968.
Photo Date:  9/1/1968  Upload Date: 4/13/2022 10:30:32 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Wreck
Locomotives:  PC 6068(SD40) PC 6175(SD45) PC 4366(FP7A)
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