Rounding The Horseshoe Curve in Classic E8 PRR Style
July 17, 2007 - 11:10am — ecooley
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Horseshoe Curve
Altoona, PAOn July 7, 2007 my family headed out to the Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark. It was Rail Fest and the E7 was making its appearance on the curve by taking passengers around the Curve through the Gallitzin Tunnels and then back to 
Altoona. We headed to the train station first to pick up our tickets for the 2:45 pm train ride. With plenty of snacks for my 8 month 
old son, we headed to the curve to get video of the Classic Pennsylvania Railroad engine the E8.
Altoona. We headed to the train station first to pick up our tickets for the 2:45 pm train ride. With plenty of snacks for my 8 month old son, we headed to the curve to get video of the Classic Pennsylvania Railroad engine the E8.The particular train we are riding is the PRR 5711 E8. I am new to the rail fanning hobby so I am not sure of this particular engine’s history but it looks great on the curve from both on the train and standing at the fence at the top of Horseshoe Curve. A lot of people that day got some better photos of the train so I focused on video. I hope you enjoy the footage.
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gr8 video
Nick was enamored with your video....as he is completley obsessed with trains. right now he is asking me to watch 'a big choochoo again"
i'm not much into the model railroading, but we have the Pennsy;vania in HO scale, and i know i bought the engine for a Christmas present one year, so it must be significant as per the price of that one car, lol!!
thanks for all the perspectives.....
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I like how we see the view from the visitors/wavers and then as the passengers, waving back. nice touch
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Railroad Stories
My Grandfather worked in the Samuel Rae Shops in Juniata PA as a welder and at that time employees and their families could ride the train with a pass. I am not sure whether a fee was charged. My grandmother, who did not drive, picked up the train at the Tyrone Train Station, which was a short walk from her home on Blair Ave. (directly behind the present day Burger King) and rode the train to Altoona with her two children, shopped in Downtown Altoona, and grandfather picked her up in his car after work and the family rode home together. My mother talks about how they rode the train to NYC to see the Statue of Liberty and shop in Chinatown. It was wonderful when my family rode the PRR around the Horseshoe Curve at Railfest 2007 and we thought of grandma and greatgrandma riding the same tracks and hearing the clickity-clack of the cars. It is grand to feel you are again a part of family history.