Photos From Altoona

[Chessie8638]

Some photos I took from my recent trip to Altoona and other hotspots in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

- Overview of the back shop:


- Closer shot of some of the locomotives:


- Close up of a Ex. Union Pacific SD90MAC. It's going to be rebuilt and sent to Australia:


- Ex. Conrail #5413 an SD50. It's going to be rebuilt into SD40E #6340:


- Battery Powered Locomotive #999 (useless piece of equipment NS built):


- SW1500 #2227:


I also took over 5 hours of video I have to edit. Will post those links later.

[arizonachris]

"hotspot"????? looks a little cold to me! Nice pics. I guess I'm weird, but I think it would be totally great to work in a shop like that.

[mapitts]

The SW 1500 is a long way from home. It is an ex- Southern Railway switcher. The white stripe under the road number on the cab means that it is equipped with swivel butt couplers. If you ever see one with a set of horns on the cab and another on the end of the long hood, it was used in Chattanooga switching service. Nice pics. It is hard to imagine that "stuff" floats around like it does.

[Chessie8638]

You'll be surprised what can show up where now-a-days.

Here are my two videos from the area. Have one more to upload.

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ol_vTvu30M
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBmtnle-G6c