Horseshoe Curve Souvenir, Frame 4, 1952         
Here is the fourth of 18 photos by Fred McLeod that are included in a souvenir brochure entitled "Horseshoe Curve; Pennsylvania Railroad; Altoona, Pa." Photo Caption: "Freight Diesels on Downgrade." Shown here is an A-B-B-A set of "EF" Class diesel-electric locomotives built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train down the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona.
Date: 8/23/1952 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA Views: 219 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Horseshoe Curve Souvenir, Frame 4, 1952
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  PRR: McLeod ~>Horseshoe Curve Souvenir~1952
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