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Altoona Works
(Pennsylvania Railroad Shops)
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Black-and-white photo showing tracks and box cars waiting outside rows of rectangular shop buildings, one with a smoke stack.
Juniata Locomotive Shop at Altoona Works in 1988, during the Conrail era
Altoona Works is located in Pennsylvania
Altoona Works
Location of the Altoona Works railroad shops in Pennsylvania
Altoona Works is located in the United States
Altoona Works
Altoona Works (the United States)
Location9th Ave. at 13th St., Altoona, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°30′48″N 78°23′59″W / 40.51321°N 78.39985°W / 40.51321; -78.39985
Built/founded1850–1925
Governing body/ownerNorfolk Southern Railway
PHMC dedicatedOctober 5, 1996

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.

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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...

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prototypes were built, #5698 at the PRR's own Altoona Works, and #5699 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Although classified identically, the two locomotives...

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Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1

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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...

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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...

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Pennsylvania Railroad class B6

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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Pennsylvania Railroad I1 class

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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...

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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...

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railroad communities in central Pennsylvania, particularly Altoona, the Altoona Works, and the greater Pittsburgh area. Since 1998, the museum has been located...

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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...

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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...

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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)...

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Pennsylvania Railroad 1223

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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...

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

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EMD GP38

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experimental zero-emissions Battery-Electric locomotive known as the Altoona Works BP4. The new locomotive was renumbered as NS #999. It has since been...

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Duplex locomotive

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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...

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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...

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