WAY cool! I especially liked one of the last scenes with the steam helpers shoving away on a westbound in the distance down the straightaway while an eastbound leans into The Curve. SO glad I managed to get there to see it in person, if only the one time. The great Pennsylvania Railroad. 👍✅
Like many others say, if only i could've seen this, I really wish there wasn't as much foliage as there is now, being able to see everything easily like in this video would be awesome
Thanks for uploading this video! It was before my time...but it would have been fantastic to have spent days there watching the endless variety of trains.
When I was a lad my parents would take me to the 'curve' it was still 4 track and shortly after Penn Central days fresh into the Conrail days there was a huge difference of locomotives , big thundering ALCo locomotives, EMDs , G.E. as well I was too young to really identify those locomotives. My parents ( WW2 generation) would tell me stories of the Pennsy days my dad was a B&O fan as well. I was born to late for the Steam days, the K4 sat there on the hill as testament to the city of Altoona , wish PRR would have kept a few of those Ts and especially the J1's because the Pennsy always added their touch to those fantastic C.& O. (Texas types) engines. Thanks for the video for all of us that love those excellent but now extinct locomotives.
Thanks for posting this. My great great uncle was the first engineer to take a train around the curve. I have a pretty cool news article about it. I should probably do a video now that I think about it.
It probably is oil from the journal boxes that burns off when the brakes are applied. The brake shoes then were cast iron. Oil got all over the wheels from the journals then. @@DavidOram
The railroad that totally killed Altoona they kept any and all jobs away from coming into Altoona they refused to give new places the water rights and after all prospect of any growth to Altoona was done they got up and wiped their feet and walked out, and still to this day is the norm
Icons on parade! Wow, it must have been fantastic to have been there and then. Thanks for sharing this. The T-1 was a treat!
Thank you for sharing. I was born five years too late to ride behind those sleek diesels or see those great steam monsters.
The sheer amount of trains, esp passenger, that passed the Curve in that era was staggering!
WAY cool! I especially liked one of the last scenes with the steam helpers shoving away on a westbound in the distance down the straightaway while an eastbound leans into The Curve. SO glad I managed to get there to see it in person, if only the one time.
The great Pennsylvania Railroad. 👍✅
What a treat to be able to see this, thank you for digitizing and sharing. It's wonderful.
Wonderful !! Many thanks for your excellent work!
Best,
Scott
J1 on the head end, and two j1s pushing, what a sight. Thank you for the upload.
You're Welcome!
Like many others say, if only i could've seen this, I really wish there wasn't as much foliage as there is now, being able to see everything easily like in this video would be awesome
Thanks for uploading this video! It was before my time...but it would have been fantastic to have spent days there watching the endless variety of trains.
You’re welcome! Yes, it would have been great to spend a day there watching the endless parade of PRR trains. Thanks for watching!
When I was a lad my parents would take me to the 'curve' it was still 4 track and shortly after Penn Central days fresh into the Conrail days there was a huge difference of locomotives , big thundering ALCo locomotives, EMDs , G.E. as well I was too young to really identify those locomotives. My parents ( WW2 generation) would tell me stories of the Pennsy days my dad was a B&O fan as well. I was born to late for the Steam days, the K4 sat there on the hill as testament to the city of Altoona , wish PRR would have kept a few of those Ts and especially the J1's because the Pennsy always added their touch to those fantastic C.& O. (Texas types) engines. Thanks for the video for all of us that love those excellent but now extinct locomotives.
Some great old memories in this film
Cool seeing a T1 still running in 1951
That's my favorite steam locomotive.
I think they were in existence until 1956
@@northpennvalleysteamrailroad From what I've read all were out of service by 1953. They sat around until 1956.
Love the guys on the roof of the car.
Those decopods in this video would chew up at big boy and spit it out.
The T-1 at 8:06 is beautiful
miss the plain bearing journal boxes.
Thanks for posting this. My great great uncle was the first engineer to take a train around the curve. I have a pretty cool news article about it. I should probably do a video now that I think about it.
You’re welcome!
Coal smoke and brake dust that had to have been amazing to see
A T-1 in 1951. Far out.
That’s quite a bit of J1 action! And I don’t blame the tape for not having sound. It’s old.
Hasn't changed a great deal in the intervening years!
other than Kittanning station and the siding up at the curve and the horseshoe logo but they've been gone for a while.
Great stuff - what a variety of power!
great !!
Thanks for sharing
They really heated up some brake shoes back then
How was the photographer able to get so close to the tracks/trains?
02:00 is something burning?
Brake shoe smoke.
It probably is oil from the journal boxes that burns off when the brakes are applied. The brake shoes then were cast iron. Oil got all over the wheels from the journals then. @@DavidOram
whats with the flames?
i think it is steam that looks like flames
@@Memphisdoug yeah old film i guess
4 track?
About 1981 CR removed a track.
Has been 3 track ever since.
The railroad that totally killed Altoona they kept any and all jobs away from coming into Altoona they refused to give new places the water rights and after all prospect of any growth to Altoona was done they got up and wiped their feet and walked out, and still to this day is the norm