PRR Ballast-Cleaning Train, c. 1952         
Niles. Here is the sixth of 19 original photos by George Niles, Jr., that were taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, perhaps during 1952. Shown here is a single I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" slowly pulling a ballast-cleaning train around the Curve down toward Altoona. The locomotive road number and the exact date are not recorded.
Date: 9/23/1952 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA Views: 226 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR Ballast-Cleaning Train, c. 1952
Picture Categories: Steam This picture is part of album:  PRR: Niles ~> Horseshoe Curve II ~ c. 1952
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