Horseshoe Curve Souvenir, Frame 17, 1952         
Here is the seventeenth of 18 photos by Fred McLeod that are included in a souvenir brochure entitled "Horseshoe Curve; Pennsylvania Railroad; Altoona, Pa." Photo Caption: "Heavy Freight on Center of Curve." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6330 and another steam locomotive whose number is not recorded. #6330 is an I-1S (2-10-0) "Decapod" built in Juniata during July of 1919 and retired in December of 1955 after 36 years of service. They're heading up the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve on Track 3 with a mixed-cargo freight train.
Date: 8/23/1952 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA Views: 251 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 6330(2-10-0)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Horseshoe Curve Souvenir, Frame 17, 1952
Picture Categories: Steam This picture is part of album:  PRR: McLeod ~>Horseshoe Curve Souvenir~1952
Share
User Comments No Comments on this picture
Add a Comment:  
Please Log in to leave a Comment.  
Link to this page: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5088114