Conrail's Horse Shoe Curve - Part 4 of 7

Step back to 1989 when Conrail was running from 40-60 trains a day through the 3-track curve at this historic site in central Pennsylvania. Most of the action here is led by Conrail but Amtrak makes an appearance as well. The interesting mix of motive power you'll see here includes SD40s, SD40-2s, SD45-2s, and GE C30-7As. You'll travel to Alto Tower in Altoona, Benny, the Gallitzin Twin Tunnels, AR Tower, MO Tower in Cresson, but most of all you'll spend quality time at Horse Shoe Curve itself, the granddaddy of railfan locations!

Since it's completion in 1854, "Horse Shoe Curve" in central Pennsylvania has been one of America's most famous train watching locations. Railfans and the general public have visited "Horse Shoe Curve" by the thousands over its one hundred and fifty six year history.

Originally built with four tracks by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Conrail removed one of the tracks in 1981. With three tracks, Horse Shoe Curve is still a busy place seeing anywhere from forty to sixty trains per day. Almost half of those trains can be seen during daylight hours.

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[meccaturbo]

ex EL SD45-2's on that one train