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Photos & Videos Videos Horseshoe Curve in 1969

Horseshoe Curve in 1969

By Angela Cotey | February 15, 2019

| Last updated on September 19, 2022

PennCentral locomotive led train on Horseshoe Curve

Screen image capture of a train going around Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa.

See color movies that Dave’s friend Dick Wallin took during their 1969 visit to Horseshoe Curve.

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