2nd QUARTER 2024: This issue features “Tower Memories on the Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division” with vintage interior and exterior views of interlocking towers along PRR’s Harrisburg to Altoona main line, mostly in the Conrail era; “Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin” features heavy mountain railroading in the Allegheny Mountains of central Pennsylvania; plus Mike Bednar reflects back 50 years to 1974 when the Anthracite roads battled the mighty Penn Central. All this and more in the 2nd Quarter 2024 issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past!
Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin
A photo gallery of heavy mountain railroading on the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line around Horseshoe Curve.
Reflecting Back Fifty Years
Mike Bednar reflects on hard times for the anthracite railroads in 1974, including Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Jersey Central, and others.
Tower Memories on Pennsylvania Railroad’s Middle Division
Inside and outside Conrail towers on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Middle Division from Marysville to Altoona.
New England Nostalgia
A fond look back at the colorful railroads, regionals, and short lines that once served New England in the late 20th century.
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