Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here is an East-facing view from the 24th Street Bridge. Visible on the left is SLOPE Tower. The 12th Street Shops are visible in the middle distance. In olden days, there was a locomotive turntable immediately across the tracks from the Tower ~ where the weed patch is in this photo. The long open area to the right of the signal bridge was once filled with fired-up steam locomotives, waiting to push heavy trains up the Alleghenies. |
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6/6/1965 |
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Altoona, PA Map ![Show Altoona on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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Thomas C. Ayers |
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Author: Thomas C. Ayers
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![PRR SLOPE Tower, 1965](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/116775/S2S_JUN65_01.jpg) |
Picture Categories: Scenic |
This picture is part of album: PRR: Altoona, PA ~ From SLOPE to WORKS: 1965 |