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A Piece Of The PRR Died Today... |
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Posted by ENY Blitz 5107 on Sat Jun 16 20:02:06 2012 Greetings Everyone.Today,one of the PRR's most famous icons passed from the railroad scene; "ALTO" Tower,which has stood sentinel for many years guarding the "Mountain" in Altoona,PA. and over the famous "Horseshoe Curve" was closed by Norfolk Southern as the Re-signalling project in Altoona has almost reached completion.The PRR "Position Light" signals just west of the tower were removed today as well as the Penn Central era signal bridge just east of the 17th Street bridge.Rumor has it that the tower will be preserved and will be dis-assembled shortly to be moved to its new home at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg,PA.A special word of thanks to "Altoona Works" for keeping those who were interested in this sad date in railroad history with up to the minute updates.Farewell "ALTO Tower",Altoona will never be the same... |
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