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Pennsylvania Railroad Geeps on the Mountain

By Angela Cotey | December 19, 2016

| Last updated on January 7, 2021

A set of Pennsylvania Railroad GP9s climbs the east slope of Allegheny Mountain with piggyback train TT1 in September 1956. Trains magazine Editor David P. Morgan, researching a story on PRR’s Altoona–Pittsburgh operations, rides the cab of the second unit.
Philip R. Hastings photo

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