Here are portions of pages 11 and 12 of a 24-page cover article entitled "Horseshoe Curve: 150 Years." They were published originally in the August 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 48-49. Partial Caption: "If the torrent of smoke is any indication, the head-end crew is coaxing every bit of power out of the 2-10-4 leading this heavy freight up the hill, approaching the east side of Horseshoe Curve on October 3, 1952." Photo by Mr. Marvin Cohen. This train is about to pass under four-track Signal Bridge #2418, precisely where the Pennsylvania Railroad's Kittanning Point Passenger Station once stood. |