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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color Vol 9 Allegheny Division Antis to Derr Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color Vol 9 Allegheny Division Antis to DerryHard Cover with Dust JacketBy Robert J. YanoseyCopyright 2010128 pagesMorning Sun BooksFOREWORD3MAIN LINEANTIS TO DERRY 5Antis Tower 5East Altoona Engine Terminal 7East Altoona Roundhouse 7Bridge 233.41 7Antis-Alto Secondary Tracks 8Ash and Inspection Pits 9Diesel Servicing Facility 9Office and Storeroom 10Turntable 10Coaling Station 11Farm Yard Office 11Homer Tower and Yard Office 12WJ Tunnel 12Bridge 232.94 12Rose Connection 13Homer Interlocking 13Rose Tower and Yard Office 14Bridge 234.28 14Westbound Advance Yard 16Bridge 235.65 20Eastbound Receiving Yard 20South Tower and Yard Office21Cattle Resting Pen 21Scales Hump Office22Works Tower 23Combination Coal Station 24Altoona Works26Juniata Shops 26Altoona Car Shops 28Altoona Machine Shops 2812′” Street Car Shops 29Bridge 235.91 30Standard 4101 Dwarf Signal 30Freight Station 31Outbound Freight House 31Inbound Freight House 31Bridge 236.2932Altoona 34Operation Beaver 35Train Shed 38Tell-Tales 41Bridge 236.62 43Alto Tower 45McGarvey’s Run S1E Light 51Scotch Run52Side Cuts 52Kittanning Point53Water Tank 54Signal Bridge 241.7 55Horseshoe Curve56Kittanning Point 58Kittanning Run 58Bridge 242.04 60Gift Shop 61Horseshoe Curve Park 62Watch Box 62Glenwhite Run 64McGinley’s Curve 67Emergency Block Station 68Standard Call Sign 68Tool House 69DED Bar69Benny Interlocking 70Eastward Home Signal 70Overspeed Warning System 71Torpedo Placing Machine71Allegheny Tunnel72Bridge 247.21 72SF Interlocking 73Tunnel Ventilation System 74F Light 74Gallitzin Tunnel76Gallitzin 78Bridge 246.13 79UN Interlocking 80Loop Track 80AR Tower 81MO Tower 82Bridge 250.68 83Engine Terminal 84Roundhouse 84Bridge 250.64 86Freight Station86Cresson86Lilly 88Bridge 253.95 88Combined Signal and Water Bridge 88Cassandra 88Portage 88Bridge 263.59 89Signal Bridge 263.8 89W Interlocking 89SO Tower 90Bridge 267.18 91Bridge 270.21 92Bridge 270.61 92AO Interlocking92Conemaugh 93Coaling Station 93Engine Terminal 93C Tower 94Johnstown 95Bridge 275.34 97Bridge 275.40 97SG Tower 98Sang Hollow Extension 98Bridge 0.65 98Bridge 289.78 99JD Tower 99Conpitt 100Bridge 293.94 100Lockport 100Signal Bridge 294.6 101Bolivar 101The l’acksaddle 102Slide Protection Signal 102Torrance 102Derry 102DR Tower 102HOLLIDAYSBURG &PETERSBURG BRANCHH&P SECONDARY TRACK103Williamsburg103Hollidaysburg Yard 103Samuel Rea Car Shop 104Engine Terminal 106Hollidaysburg 107Elevated Gate Tower107Freight Station 107Wye Tower 108Bridge 1.71k 108Alto Tower 108NEW PORTAGESECONDARY TRACK109Wye Tower 109MS 110V V 1. I M..1VMule Shoe Curve 110Bridge 41.26 110SF Interlocking 111Bridge 247.21 111Dwarf Signal 111New Portage Tunnel 112East Portal 112Cut Watchman’s Shanty 113West Portal113CRESSONSECONDARY TRACK114Bridge 250.68 114No. 5 Running Track115EP Block Station 115CHERRY TREE &DIXONVILLE RAILROAD 116Wandin Junction 116WN Tower 116INDIANASECONDARY TRACK117Indiana 117Railway Express building 117Freight House 117MAIN LINE – CONEMAUGHCONPITTTO APOLLO118Conpitt Junction 119minus mileposts 119Bridge -1.40 119Lockport 119Bolivar 120Bridge 0.10 121Blairsville 121Coaling Station 122Bridge 153 123Bow Tunnel 123Saltsburg Tunnel 124Bridge 21.01 124Saltsburg 124Bridge 25.45 125Standard Bridge Numbering Sign 125Salina 126Truxall 127Apollo 128
While the east end of the Allegheny Division followed the Juniata River valley through rolling hills, its western end was quite different. This was a mountain railroad, complete with all the facilities necessary to enable heavy freight trains to climb up and over the mountain range that gave the division its name. While the Allegheny Division lacked large cities with imposing station facilities, it more than made up for this with a heavy-duty, superbly engineered, often spectacular railroad necessary to expedite a huge volume of freight traffic with a minimum of interference from other trains. The most striking example is, of course, the world-renowned Horseshoe Curve, PRR’s enduring manifestation of the engineering prowess of then Chief Engineer, later President, John Edgar Thomson. Simply put, Horseshoe Curve enabled the road to conquer the Allegheny Mountain barrier.Thomson’s decision to follow river valleys to reduce approach gradients and attack the Alleghenies head-on produced extensive shops, yards and engine service facilities on either side of the Alleghenies. Altoona is located at the base of the East Slope. Conemaugh just east of Johnstown is at the base of the West Slope. As the road leveled off, the main line and the Conemaugh line crossed and re-crossed the Conemaugh River, resulting in a multitude of classic stone arch bridges. And of course, we have the well-known Gallitzin and lesser-known New Portage tunnels at the summit of the mountain.?Altoona and The Mountain, Johnstown and the Packsaddle – the stations, towers and infrastructure in this most rugged portion of the PRR main line across the Alleghenies are explored. These facilities are visited in PRR, PC and Conrail days.
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