Altoona Works (also known as Altoona Terminal) is a large railroad industrial complex in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1850 and 1925 by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), to supply the railroad with locomotives, railroad cars and related equipment. For many years, it was the largest railroad shop complex in the world.
AltoonaWorks (also known as Altoona Terminal) is a large railroad industrial complex in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1850 and 1925 by the...
The AltoonaWorks BP4 is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) B-B battery-electric locomotive rebuilt by the AltoonaWorks of the Norfolk Southern Railway. It was created...
expansion. By 1926, the AltoonaWorks occupied 217.82 acres (88.15 ha) and consisted of four units: the Altoona Machine Shops, Altoona Car Shops, Juniata Shops...
prototypes were built, #5698 at the PRR's own AltoonaWorks, and #5699 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Although classified identically, the two locomotives...
almost 50 years. Between 1934 and 1943, General Electric and the PRR's AltoonaWorks built 139 GG1s. The GG1 entered service with the PRR in 1935 and later...
owned. A single prototype, #6699, was built in 1923 at the railroad's AltoonaWorks. It spent three years in testing, including all kinds of main line service...
preference. The PRR generally used 2-8-0s when larger power was required. AltoonaWorks constructed the prototype B6 in 1902. The B6 had the Pennsylvania's...
resulted in a production order for 50 T1s, split between the PRR's own AltoonaWorks and Baldwin. On December 20, 1944, the PRR Board authorized the purchase...
type steam locomotive built for the Pennsylvania Railroad by their own AltoonaWorks in August 1902. Today, it is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania...
Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak and NJ Transit 4800–4938, 900-929 AltoonaWorks, General Electric 1934–43 Electric 2-C+C-2 (4-6-6-4) 216.4 tonnes (239...
GG1-class electric locomotive built in January 1939 at the PRR's AltoonaWorks in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. It is best known for being involved...
River Tunnels. The Pennsylvania built a total of 66 locomotives in its AltoonaWorks; they operated in semi-permanently coupled pairs. Westinghouse supplied...
1916 to 1923, 598 locomotives were produced (123 at AltoonaWorks and 475 at Baldwin Locomotive Works). They were the dominant freight locomotive on the...
Pennsylvania Railroad Railway Post Office car #6523; Built by PRR AltoonaWorks in 1911; Displayed by ITM from 1992 to 2018. Sold to Fort Wayne Railroad...
railroad communities in central Pennsylvania, particularly Altoona, the AltoonaWorks, and the greater Pittsburgh area. Since 1998, the museum has been located...
locomotive built in 1930 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by the railroad's own AltoonaWorks as a member of the M1b locomotive class for mainline freight service...
April 1965. Two prototype locomotives were outshopped from the PRR's AltoonaWorks in 1931. They were essentially the PRR's 2-B-2 O1 design lengthened...
1984 1998 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) Purchased from Amtrak. 958 is preserved GE/AltoonaWorks GG1 4872-4884 1934–1943 N/A 1983 4,620 hp (3,450 kW)-8,500 hp (6,300 kW)...
locomotive built in November 1905 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by their own AltoonaWorks for passenger service. After being retired from active service in 1950...
experimental zero-emissions Battery-Electric locomotive known as the AltoonaWorks BP4. The new locomotive was renumbered as NS #999. It has since been...
backward-facing cylinders. The lone Q1, PRR 6130, was constructed at the PRR's AltoonaWorks in 1942 and withdrawn from service in 1946. Production locomotives followed...