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4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:9/22/1949 - 9/22/1949
Album Info:Here are six original photos taken by Mr. Robert Hopkins at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, sometime during the late 1940's. These photos were given to me by his wife, Mrs. Vera Hopkins ~ both of whom were long-time residents of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #1 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the first of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Visible here are two of Altoona's municipal reservoirs and the upper or western leg of the Curve at the right, as seen from the visitor's area in the center of the Curve.
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 9/5/2022 11:05:02 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #2 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #2 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the second of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is an unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad "I" Class (2-10-0) "Decapod" steam locomotive pulling a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona.
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 9/5/2022 11:05:31 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
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Hopkin', Horseshoe Curve, #3 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkin', Horseshoe Curve, #3 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the third of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is an unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad "I" Class (2-10-0) "Decapod" steam locomotive pulling a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona. Perhaps it's just my imagination, but it sure looks as if this "Hippo" ~ not to mention the entire Age of Pennsy Steam ~ is dematerializing before our very eyes!
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 9/5/2022 11:05:59 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
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Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #4 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #4 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the fourth of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is an A-B-A trio of unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad AP-20 diesel locomotives pulling a passenger train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 9/5/2022 11:06:30 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
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Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #5 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #5 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the fifth of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is the first of three unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad AP-20 diesel locomotives pulling a passenger train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 9/5/2022 11:06:58 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #6 of 6, c. 1949
Title:  Hopkins' Horseshoe Curve, #6 of 6, c. 1949
Description:  Here is the sixth of six original photos by Robert Hopkins that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is a single Pennsylvania Railroad I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" steam locomotive pulling a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  9/22/1949  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 9:25:32 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
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