NS Coal Meets NS Intermodal - Horseshoe Curve - Altoona, Pennsylvania
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I MISS CONRAIL X`(
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My teacher said this was one of the 3 places hitler wanted to blow to hell and back, b/c this was a way they supplies coke and coal to pittsburgh for steel
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3:00 the high pitched squeal drowns out all the others sounds lol
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I remember seeing this very curve back in 1951 as a little kid on vacation with parents...thanks for posting video clip !
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WOW!!!
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Git-er-done
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Hated to see Conrail go, but I'm so glad the ex PRR didn't go to CSX....they wouldn't have been very good at running a railroad like this with heavy grades and high train density. Norfolk Southern is a much better railroad than CSX, hands down.
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whers THE GRAFFITI?! BEST PART OF TRAINS IMO
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It actually says "Top Gon". Those aren't hoppers, those are gondolas. They look very similar, but hoppers have triangle-shaped "discharge chutes" that dump the coal. The gondolas have a "gullet" on the bottom, and are emptied by being turned upside down. They do look similar, though. My mom also thought that they said, "Top Gun" when she first saw them. Hope this info helps.
-Joey
Awesome Video!!
UPTurner 3 years ago 3
Wow, i havn't been to the Curve since the Conrail days, and I never saw a meet as good as that up there! 5*
ConrailForever 3 years ago 3