| Winter Day. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2246, #2429, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #2246 is an EF-25 built by GM-EMD in May of 1963 and rated at 2,500 horsepower, while #2429 is an AF-25 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They're about to pass under the 12th Street Footbridge with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The two-story gray building at the left is the Railway Express Office; two of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shop buildings are partially visible at the right. Visible in the distance is the 7th Street Bridge. |