Here's a few more goodies I got at Altoona this weekend...
Something Old...
Something New
Something Borrowed
and of course something blue...
Here's a few more...
Some goon decided it would be fun to shoot paint balls at the excursion train, so the Altoona VFD came out with a pumper and some mops to clean the train for its second run.
Makes you wonder why anyone would model the Santa Fe. There's poetry in motion here in the east.
More than 25 years later, old Conrail SD-40-2's still rule the Allegheny front. The paint may be different, but the heart and soul are still the same.
Just as in Pennsy days, Alto Tower stands sentinal at the foot of the grade toward Horseshoe Curve and the tunnels of Gallitzin just beyond.
Here the E units pass Alto as they run around their consist to prepare for the next run of the excursion train.
While some grumble that the classic 5-pinstripe paint scheme wasn't elected for these beauties, they're still quite pleasing to the eye.
More from the curve next time.
Lee
