Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1968. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6180 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 3,600 horsepower each. #6180 is an EF-36 built in December of 1967. They have just rounded the Horseshoe Curve and are on their way down the Allegheny Mountains to Enola, Pennsylvania, with a merchandise freight train. |