Altoona Works information

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...

The Altoona Works BP4 is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) B-B battery-electric locomotive rebuilt by the Altoona Works of the Norfolk Southern Railway. It was created...

expansion. By 1926, the Altoona Works 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 Altoona Works, 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 Altoona Works built 139 GG1s. The GG1 entered service with the PRR in 1935 and later...

resulted in a production order for 50 T1s, split between the PRR's own Altoona Works and Baldwin. On December 20, 1944, the PRR Board authorized the purchase...

owned. A single prototype, #6699, was built in 1923 at the railroad's Altoona Works. It spent three years in testing, including all kinds of main line service...

Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak and NJ Transit 4800–4938, 900-929 Altoona Works, General Electric 1934–43 Electric 2-C+C-2 (4-6-6-4) 216.4 tonnes (239...

type steam locomotive built for the Pennsylvania Railroad by their own Altoona Works in August 1902. Today, it is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania...

River Tunnels. The Pennsylvania built a total of 66 locomotives in its Altoona Works; they operated in semi-permanently coupled pairs. Westinghouse supplied...

GG1-class electric locomotive built in January 1939 at the PRR's Altoona Works in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. It is best known for being involved...

preference. The PRR generally used 2-8-0s when larger power was required. Altoona Works constructed the prototype B6 in 1902. The B6 had the Pennsylvania's...

April 1965. Two prototype locomotives were outshopped from the PRR's Altoona Works in 1931. They were essentially the PRR's 2-B-2 O1 design lengthened...

1916 to 1923, 598 locomotives were produced (123 at Altoona Works and 475 at Baldwin Locomotive Works). They were the dominant freight locomotive on the...

railroad communities in central Pennsylvania, particularly Altoona, the Altoona Works, 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 Altoona Works as a member of the M1b locomotive class for mainline freight service...

1984 1998 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) Purchased from Amtrak. 958 is preserved GE/Altoona Works GG1 4872-4884 1934–1943 N/A 1983 4,620 hp (3,450 kW)-8,500 hp (6,300 kW)...

Airline Yard Wall, PA (Pittsburgh) Atlanta, GA – Inman Yard Altoona, PA – Altoona Works Bellevue, OH (closed in 2020 due to PSR changes) Chattanooga...

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Altoona Works Build date 1944–45 Total produced 26...

backward-facing cylinders. The lone Q1, PRR 6130, was constructed at the PRR's Altoona Works in 1942 and withdrawn from service in 1946. Production locomotives followed...

Robert E. Laws, a sheet-metal worker at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his bravery in combat in the...

Pennsylvania Railroad Railway Post Office car #6523; Built by PRR Altoona Works in 1911; Displayed by ITM from 1992 to 2018. Sold to Fort Wayne Railroad...

locomotive built in November 1905 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by their own Altoona Works for passenger service. After being retired from active service in 1950...

articulation was not used. The S1 was completed on January 31, 1939, at Altoona shop, and was numbered 6100. At 140 ft 2+1⁄2 in (42.74 m) overall, engine...

class S1b 4-8-4 Niagara and Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 was added at Altoona Works in December, 1946. Using a smoke deflector was never a tradition of...

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder PRR Altoona Works Build date 1942–1944 Total produced 125...