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PC 6040 and 6204 Pushing on Horseshoe Curve
Title:  PC 6040 and 6204 Pushing on Horseshoe Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/23/1969  Upload Date: 1/5/2009 8:16:32 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6040(SD40) PC 6204(SD45)
Views:  1041   Comments: 0
PC "Horseshoe Curve," c. 1969
Title:  PC "Horseshoe Curve," c. 1969
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Horseshoe Curve." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Eastbound locomotives passing the Pride & Joy of the P.R.R. K-4s #1361 on the world famous Horseshoe Curve." Pictured on the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in May of 1956 after 38 years of faithful service. Pictured on the right are Penn Central Railroad engines #6040 and perhaps two other units whose numbers are not recorded. #6040 is an SD-40 built (for the PRR) in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1969  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 12:29:50 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PC 6040(SD40) PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:  688   Comments: 0
PC 6040
Title:  PC 6040
Description:  An SD40/GP38 combo heads west with general freight at "Slope." Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  11/1/1974  Upload Date: 4/28/2009 9:26:01 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6040(SD40)
Views:  927   Comments: 1
PC 23401
Title:  PC 23401
Description:  An SD40 shoves hard on a former Pennsy cabin at the rear of a hopper train climbing Horse Shoe Curve. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/21/2006 11:42:16 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6041(SD40)
Views:  1273   Comments: 3
Penn Central SD40 #6041
Title:  Penn Central SD40 #6041
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing.
Photo Date:  4/11/1976  Upload Date: 2/3/2007 4:40:28 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6041(SD40) PC 6162(SD45)
Views:  915   Comments: 0
IHB SW1500 #9203 & PC SD40 #6041 w/TOFC
Title:  IHB SW1500 #9203 & PC SD40 #6041 w/TOFC
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing.
Photo Date:  4/11/1976  Upload Date: 2/3/2007 4:40:11 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IHB 9203(SW1500) PC 6041(SD40) PC 6162(SD45)
Views:  800   Comments: 0
Penn Central 6042
Title:  Penn Central 6042
Description:  Horse Shoe Curve
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 5:09:18 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Mike Ray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6042(SD40)
Views:  716   Comments: 1
Control stand w/ leg.
Title:  Control stand w/ leg.
Description:  PC SD40
Photo Date:  9/10/1975  Upload Date: 2/24/2010 7:06:11 AM
Location:  Bringhurst, IN
Author:  David Warnick
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  PC 6042(SD40)
Views:  554   Comments: 1
PC 6044
Title:  PC 6044
Description:  Westbound ore train on the old Middle Division at Duncannon. PC 6044 was later CR 6297, CSXT 8874. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1971  Upload Date: 2/25/2021 8:28:17 PM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6044(SD40)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD40 #6044
Title:  Penn Central SD40 #6044
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing.
Photo Date:  4/6/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2006 11:21:52 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6044(SD40) PC 6103(SD40)
Views:  1652   Comments: 1
PC 6020
Title:  PC 6020
Description:  from my father slide collection. date approx. penn central 6020 leads eastbound around the curve
Photo Date:  9/4/1971  Upload Date: 2/16/2013 12:20:08 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Kevin Quinn
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  PC 6020(SD35) PC 6069(SD40) PC 6238(SD45) PC 6045(SD40)
Views:  1002   Comments: 2
PC SD40 6045
Title:  PC SD40 6045
Description:  The 6045 and another help a Westbound up the hill.
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 10:24:42 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6045(SD40)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
PC 6045
Title:  PC 6045
Description:  exact date unknown
Photo Date:  3/1/1977  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 10:14:53 AM
Location:  South Bend, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6045(SD40) CR 6726(C628)
Views:  966   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD40 #6046
Title:  Penn Central SD40 #6046
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing.
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/9/2006 7:13:23 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6046(SD40)
Views:  686   Comments: 1
"Allegheny Portage Railroad," Front Cover, 1997
Title:  "Allegheny Portage Railroad," Front Cover, 1997
Description:  Here is the front cover of Charles S. Roberts' 1997 book entitled "Triumph I: Altoona To Pitcairn 1846-1996." Partial Cover Caption: "Bitter winter weather remains another obstacle to any mountain crossing, no less so for PRR on this or any other day. On 10 February 1968, units 6046, 2425, 2503, and 2205 with a westbounder have just topped the grade as they exit Allegheny Tunnel, PRR's first bore at Gallitzin. The summit is precisely at the portal behind the locomotives." Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central engines #6046, #2425, #2503, and #2205. #6046 is an SD-40 built by GM-EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #2425 is a C-425 built by the American Locomotive Works in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2503 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2205 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower.
Photo Date:  1/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/10/2018 1:42:31 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Winter
Locomotives:  PC 6046(SD40) PC 2425(C425) PC 2205(GP30) PC 2503(U25B)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
PC 6047 (RF)
Title:  PC 6047 (RF)
Description:  A Northbound on the River Line.
Photo Date:  5/6/1976  Upload Date: 6/24/2007 5:51:33 AM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6047(SD40)
Views:  759   Comments: 1
PC 6047
Title:  PC 6047
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 6/16/2011 7:14:34 PM
Location:  Wellesley Hills (subdivision), MA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6047(SD40)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
PC 6048, SD40, 1968
Title:  PC 6048, SD40, 1968
Description:  AHC. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in April of 1968. Shown here (R to L) are Penn Central engines #6048 and #6096. Both are SD40's built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. #6048 was constructed in February of 1966, while #6096 was built one month later. In this context, they're rounding the Curve on their way down to East Altoona for yet another helper or pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back.
Photo Date:  4/16/1968  Upload Date: 2/20/2024 10:00:40 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6048(SD40) PC 6096(SD40)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Pair of Penn Central SD40s (2 days post Conrail)
Title:  Pair of Penn Central SD40s (2 days post Conrail)
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing.
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 4:53:20 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6051(SD40) PC 6098(SD40)
Views:  937   Comments: 1
PC SD40 6052
Title:  PC SD40 6052
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1976  Upload Date: 9/3/2007 9:55:49 AM
Location:  Avon, IN
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 6052(SD40)
Views:  692   Comments: 1
PC 6053
Title:  PC 6053
Description:  Eastbound (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/12/1972  Upload Date: 2/17/2014 9:42:49 PM
Location:  Alliance, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  500   Comments: 3
PC 6053
Title:  PC 6053
Description:  A pair of SD40s heads west with a TV train. PC 6053 was later CR 6306, HLCX 5040, IMRL 202. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/15/2009 7:08:00 PM
Location:  Marion, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  726   Comments: 1
PC 6053
Title:  PC 6053
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 4:22:49 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
PC 6053
Title:  PC 6053
Description:  A pair of helpers shove on the caboose of a Westbound.
Photo Date:  6/4/1975  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 8:12:07 AM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6053(SD40)
Views:  452   Comments: 1
PC 6054
Title:  PC 6054
Description:  Westbound approaching PC passenger station (Early PC)
Photo Date:  5/30/1968  Upload Date: 3/28/2015 9:14:35 PM
Location:  Canton, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6054(SD40)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, April 1968
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, April 1968
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. John G. Williams, Jr. It was published originally in the April 1968 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "On Merger Day plus 10, a westbound Penn Central freight ascends Horse Shoe Curve behind a locomotive team consisting of freshly repainted EMD SD-40 6056 and unrelettered ex-PRR Geep calves. Initially at least, new 'two worms in love' PC logo is eing carried in white on nose and flanks." Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central engines #6056, #3816-B, and #3835-B. All were built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad. #6056 is an SD40 built in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #3816 and #3835 are both GP9 B-units rated at 1,750 horsepower each; #3816 was built in November of 1957, while #3835 was constructed in October of 1959.
Photo Date:  4/1/1968  Upload Date: 4/12/2022 8:50:31 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PC 6056(SD40) PC 3816-B(GP9B) PC 3835-B(GP9B)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
EL 3666, 3636, and PC 6056
Title:  EL 3666, 3636, and PC 6056
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:27:54 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EL 3666(SDP45) EL 3636(SDP45) PC 6056(SD40)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
PC 6056, EL 3636, and EL 3666
Title:  PC 6056, EL 3636, and EL 3666
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2010 9:28:31 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6056(SD40) EL 3636(SDP45) EL 3666(SDP45)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1972  Upload Date: 3/5/2016 9:18:51 PM
Location:  Canton, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40)
Views:  222   Comments: 1
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/1973  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 8:53:31 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Dean E Arnold
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 10/26/2012 11:27:47 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40) PC 3083(GP40) RDG 3655(GP35)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
PC 6057
Title:  PC 6057
Description:  Early Conrail
Photo Date:  10/10/1976  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 7:41:02 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6057(SD40)
Views:  349   Comments: 1
PC 6059
Title:  PC 6059
Description:  Unusual appearance of a westbound freight on the #1 eastward freight track at Wooster, descending Smithville Hill. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/31/2009 8:59:28 PM
Location:  Wooster, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6059(SD40)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
PC 6060
Title:  PC 6060
Description:  An Eastbound drifts down to Altoona, while behind it, a Westbound works up the hill.
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 7/4/2009 8:34:13 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40) PC 6124(SD45)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
PC 6060
Title:  PC 6060
Description:  East and Westbounds pass on the Curve.
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 9:51:47 AM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40) PC 6124(SD45)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Three Penn-Central EMD SD-40's work their way west up the Curve
Title:  Three Penn-Central EMD SD-40's work their way west up the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/30/2008 8:00:26 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40)
Views:  1996   Comments: 0
PC SD40 #6060
Title:  PC SD40 #6060
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Dolton Crossing.
Photo Date:  6/8/1975  Upload Date: 5/1/2006 10:06:31 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6060(SD40)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD45 #6142
Title:  Penn Central SD45 #6142
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. On IHB.
Photo Date:  7/17/1976  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 11:07:00 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6142(SD45) PC 6061(SD40)
Views:  1062   Comments: 1
PC 6062
Title:  PC 6062
Description:  Eastbound tonnage rolls alongside the Susquehanna River at Duncannon. PC 6062 was originally PRR 6062, later became Conrail 6315, EMDX 414, EMDX 2818, rebuilt to SD40M-2 UP 4768. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1971  Upload Date: 2/27/2021 2:12:07 PM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6062(SD40)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
L&N 1617
Title:  L&N 1617
Description:  6:30 PM U25B 1617 arrives with coal train off CV, yard engine 142 and U.S. Steel mtys arrived with PC units.
Photo Date:  6/2/1973  Upload Date: 11/14/2020 2:21:40 PM
Location:  Corbin, KY
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LN 1617(U25B) LN 1324(C420) LN 1425(C630) LN 142(RS3) PC 6205(SD45) PC 6063(SD40)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
PC 6205
Title:  PC 6205
Description:  6:30 PM arriving U.S. Steel mty train from Gary, Ind.
Photo Date:  6/2/1973  Upload Date: 11/14/2020 2:22:50 PM
Location:  Corbin, KY
Author:  Dennis Mize
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6205(SD45) PC 6063(SD40)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
PC 6003
Title:  PC 6003
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1974  Upload Date: 8/29/2012 2:35:30 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6003(SD35) PC 2542(U25B) PC 2869(U30B) PC 6063(SD40)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
PC 6063
Title:  PC 6063
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/19/1975  Upload Date: 5/6/2016 10:48:11 AM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6063(SD40) PC 2320(GP35)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Penn Central SD45 #6180
Title:  Penn Central SD45 #6180
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Blue Island Crossing.
Photo Date:  3/28/1976  Upload Date: 6/21/2006 7:15:40 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6180(SD45) PC 6064(SD40)
Views:  670   Comments: 1
PC 6065
Title:  PC 6065
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/8/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 6:50:24 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (CP ROSE), PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6065(SD40)
Views:  1550   Comments: 1
A little helper action unfolds as this SD-40/SD-45 duo leans into caboose 21721 and keeps things moving westbound up the Curve
Title:  A little helper action unfolds as this SD-40/SD-45 duo leans into caboose 21721 and keeps things moving westbound up the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 12:04:00 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6065(SD40)
Views:  2269   Comments: 4
PC 2233, GP-30, 1969
Title:  PC 2233, GP-30, 1969
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 30 May 1969. Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central Railroad engines #2233, #6066, #6077, and another unit whose number is not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad; their PRR road numbers were the same. #2233 is a GP-30 built in April of 1963, rated at 2,250 horsepower, and presently on display (in Conrail colors!) at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. #6066 and #6077 are both SD-40's built in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. Here, they are pulling a TrucTrain around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pittsburgh, and points West.
Photo Date:  5/30/1969  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 2:11:38 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 2233(GP30) PC 6066(SD40) PC 6077(SD40)
Views:  791   Comments: 1
Penn Central SD40 #6066
Title:  Penn Central SD40 #6066
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Entering IHB Blue Island Yard.
Photo Date:  7/17/1976  Upload Date: 2/3/2007 10:19:53 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6066(SD40) PC 1829(F7A) EL 2525(U25B)
Views:  1281   Comments: 1
PC 8084
Title:  PC 8084
Description:  Photo by George W. Turnbull
Photo Date:  5/24/1970  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 5:03:33 PM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 8084(RS12) PC 6067(SD40)
Views:  1176   Comments: 0
Penn-Central EMD SD-40 6067
Title:  Penn-Central EMD SD-40 6067
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 6/9/2008 8:57:33 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6067(SD40)
Views:  831   Comments: 1


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