| Riley. Here is a reproduction B&W postal card of a photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1911. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Western Roundhouse, located along the mainline tracks near 14th Street. The three large shop buildings visible here are part of the Altoona Machine Shops complex. The structure in the foreground is the Locomotive Test Plant. Photo taken from atop the PRR's Test Plant Building situated on 17th Street. |