turn schedule). A layover was sched- uled each day in Altoona to allow pas- sengers time to visit the Railroaders’ Memorial Museum.
Chasers also enjoyed the trips (and with multiple trips it was easily possi- ble to both ride and chase during the weekend). Some classic locations like the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona over- looking the recently decommissioned Alto Tower were mobbed, and the re- maining classic Pennsy position light signals drew numerous photographers. It seemed like photographers were lin- ing the right of way mile by mile. Per- haps the most desirable location, how- ever, was the ledge on the outside of Horseshoe Curve just uphill from the visitors’ area. The ledge was mobbed each day, although one day the photog- raphers got less than they bargained for. Intermodal train 25Z left Altoona just in front of the steam train and rounded the Curve on the outside track; meanwhile, the passenger extra
RIGHT: The passenger extra steams under new Safetrans signals in Mifflin as steam con- denses in the cool morning air of May 26. BELOW: At the opposite end of the same day, No. 765 crosses the arch bridge at Duncan- non. Soon the train will be tied down in Enola Yard for the night. STEVE BARRY PHOTOS
Steam has returned to Horseshoe Curve at long last, and there is no reason to believe it won’t happen again in 2014...
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