PRR Pennsylvania Railroad Horseshoe Curve Summer 1951 (Full Video)

Pennsylvania Railroad Horseshoe Curve Summer 1951
Scanned Digitally from silent 16mm B&W film acquired in the 1990s.
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[@stephenrichmond917]

Thank you for sharing. I was born five years too late to ride behind those sleek diesels or see those great steam monsters.

[@timu438]

Icons on parade! Wow, it must have been fantastic to have been there and then. Thanks for sharing this. The T-1 was a treat!

[@b3j8]

The sheer amount of trains, esp passenger, that passed the Curve in that era was staggering!

[@bgmcc907]

WAY cool! I especially liked one of the last scenes with the steam helpers shoving away on a westbound in the distance down the straightaway while an eastbound leans into The Curve. SO glad I managed to get there to see it in person, if only the one time. The great Pennsylvania Railroad. 👍✅

[@melissanewman4422]

What a treat to be able to see this, thank you for digitizing and sharing. It's wonderful.

[@jefftherailroadenthusiast8889]

Some great old memories in this film

[@l.a.2646]

When I was a lad my parents would take me to the 'curve' it was still 4 track and shortly after Penn Central days fresh into the Conrail days there was a huge difference of locomotives , big thundering ALCo locomotives, EMDs , G.E. as well I was too young to really identify those locomotives. My parents ( WW2 generation) would tell me stories of the Pennsy days my dad was a B&O fan as well. I was born to late for the Steam days, the K4 sat there on the hill as testament to the city of Altoona , wish PRR would have kept a few of those Ts and especially the J1's because the Pennsy always added their touch to those fantastic C.& O. (Texas types) engines. Thanks for the video for all of us that love those excellent but now extinct locomotives.

[@oL5re9re55ion]

Cool seeing a T1 still running in 1951

[@viktordubowskii695]

That's my favorite steam locomotive.

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

I think they were in existence until 1956

[@b3j8]

@@northpennvalleysteamrailroad From what I've read all were out of service by 1953. They sat around until 1956.

[@viktordubowskii695]

J1 on the head end, and two j1s pushing, what a sight. Thank you for the upload.

[@DavidOram]

You're Welcome!

[@justanotherghost4589]

Like many others say, if only i could've seen this, I really wish there wasn't as much foliage as there is now, being able to see everything easily like in this video would be awesome

[@trainsupporter9088]

Thanks for uploading this video! It was before my time...but it would have been fantastic to have spent days there watching the endless variety of trains.

[@DavidOram]

You’re welcome! Yes, it would have been great to spend a day there watching the endless parade of PRR trains. Thanks for watching!

[@tommcg5930]

Love the guys on the roof of the car.

[@zigman8550]

The T-1 at 8:06 is beautiful

[@jtq69]

Coal smoke and brake dust that had to have been amazing to see

[@rearspeaker6364]

miss the plain bearing journal boxes.

[@runningintohistory]

Thanks for posting this. My great great uncle was the first engineer to take a train around the curve. I have a pretty cool news article about it. I should probably do a video now that I think about it.

[@DavidOram]

You’re welcome!

[@StuartAxe]

Hasn't changed a great deal in the intervening years!

[@onionhat9141]

other than Kittanning station and the siding up at the curve and the horseshoe logo but they've been gone for a while.

[@billbulpitt2414]

Great stuff - what a variety of power!

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

That’s quite a bit of J1 action! And I don’t blame the tape for not having sound. It’s old.

[@williammummert645]

Thanks for sharing

[@ShawnBowyer-nz4vj]

Those decopods in this video would chew up at big boy and spit it out.

[@williamhetrick1550]

A T-1 in 1951. Far out.

[@Memphisdoug]

They really heated up some brake shoes back then

[@edwardsmith4557]

How was the photographer able to get so close to the tracks/trains?

[@Max-uu6cu]

02:00 is something burning?

[@DavidOram]

Brake shoe smoke.

[@paulnicholson1906]

It probably is oil from the journal boxes that burns off when the brakes are applied. The brake shoes then were cast iron. Oil got all over the wheels from the journals then. @@DavidOram

[@stonemason848]

4 track?

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

About 1981 CR removed a track. Has been 3 track ever since.

[@stonemason848]

whats with the flames?

[@Memphisdoug]

i think it is steam that looks like flames

[@stonemason848]

@@Memphisdoug yeah old film i guess