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Clip #: TFA-128D-4
Length: 1:33
Year: 1900
Color: B/W
Sound: Silent
Library: TFA Network
Decade: 1900s
Region: North America
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Subject: Railroads
Original: 16mm
Keywords:
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Notes:
Horseshoe Curve is a famous railroad horseshoe curve in central Pennsylvania, near Altoona in the United States. Called an "engineering marvel", it was completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad.[3] It was later used by the Penn Central, then Conrail, and is currently owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway.
The Curve is located in Kittanning Gap at the summit of the Allegheny Front, approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Altoona. The bend is a tight arc of approximately 220 degrees. It comprises two separate curves; on the north side, the radius measures 637 ft (194 m), tightening to 609 ft (186 m) on the south side.
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