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Viewing Album:  Horseshoe Curve 1976-77
 
By:Bob Kise
Dates:8/21/1976 - 6/26/1977
Album Info:Early Conrail- lots of PC still to be seen, with a bit of Erie-Lackawanna mixed in, on the 4-track main
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Westbound with two EL units trailing, including a US Bicentennial
Title:  Westbound with two EL units trailing, including a US Bicentennial
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 8:55:56 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6207(SD45)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Chalky EMD SD45s westbound
Title:  Chalky EMD SD45s westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 8:56:24 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6144(SD45)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
A crewman heads to the rear
Title:  A crewman heads to the rear
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 8:57:08 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6126(SD45)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Westbound, up the Curve
Title:  Westbound, up the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:01:06 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6103(SD40)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Penn Central EMD units on the Curve, westbound
Title:  Penn Central EMD units on the Curve, westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:01:44 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6122(SD45)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
An eastbound led by EMD power
Title:  An eastbound led by EMD power
Description:  With the sun at 12 o'clock high
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:02:35 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6265(SD40)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
An odd version of the CR blue scheme on an SD35
Title:  An odd version of the CR blue scheme on an SD35
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:03:12 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6030(SD35)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
The Reading RR pays a visit to the curve
Title:  The Reading RR pays a visit to the curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:03:46 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RDG 3636(GP35)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
A westbound grinds to a halt in a stall
Title:  A westbound grinds to a halt in a stall
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:04:20 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6281(SD40) PC 6500(U25C)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
A newly-painted loco passes the stalled freight
Title:  A newly-painted loco passes the stalled freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:05:01 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6311(SD40)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
The obligatory photo of K4s 1361
Title:  The obligatory photo of K4s 1361
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:05:40 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:  756   Comments: 0
An EMD blasts out of the shadows
Title:  An EMD blasts out of the shadows
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:06:52 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6189(SD45)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
A big U-boat chugs its way westbound
Title:  A big U-boat chugs its way westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:07:34 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 2965(U33B)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
When the New Portage Tunnel was still double-tracked
Title:  When the New Portage Tunnel was still double-tracked
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:08:19 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  PC 3261(GP40)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Amtrak 40 passing a CR freight downgrade
Title:  Amtrak 40 passing a CR freight downgrade
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:09:09 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 412(E9A)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Elephant-style, up the Curve
Title:  Elephant-style, up the Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:10:17 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3308(GP40-2) CR 8105(GP38-2) PC 3151(GP40)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
A rare (in those days) all-Conrail blue lash-up
Title:  A rare (in those days) all-Conrail blue lash-up
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:11:12 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6232(SD45) CR 6079(SD45)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
A single helper shoves a caboose and buffer car against a westbound intermodal
Title:  A single helper shoves a caboose and buffer car against a westbound intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:11:56 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6254(SD40)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
A tired old EL U-boat
Title:  A tired old EL U-boat
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:12:30 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6589(U36C)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
EMDs at Milepost 242
Title:  EMDs at Milepost 242
Description:  Westbound up the Curve
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:13:04 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6293(SD40)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Something not seen today- open auto carriers
Title:  Something not seen today- open auto carriers
Description:  Eastbound to Altoona and beyond...
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:13:59 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  182   Comments: 0
When the Curve had 4 tracks...
Title:  When the Curve had 4 tracks...
Description:  Eastbound freight heading downgrade to Altoona
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:14:32 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6296(SD40)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
A operating FP7 in 1977, trailing a GP38
Title:  A operating FP7 in 1977, trailing a GP38
Description:  Westbound on No. 3 Track
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:15:04 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 4370(FP7A)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Helpers on the hind end assist a train downgrade on No. 2 Track
Title:  Helpers on the hind end assist a train downgrade on No. 2 Track
Description:  With a westbound on No. 3 Track
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:15:39 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6271(SD40)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
A 4-unit helper set trailing the eastbound caboose
Title:  A 4-unit helper set trailing the eastbound caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/1977  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 9:16:44 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 2268(GP35)
Views:  298   Comments: 0

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