Altoona Works, 1973         
Vistas. Here is the first of three original photos that I took from atop the former Pennsylvania Railroad Test Plant building in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during June of 1973. Shown here in this East-facing view is all that is left of THE Altoona Works/12th Street Shops. On the far right is the Master Mechanics Building, now the home of the Railroaders Memorial Museum. The massive four-story shop buildings and the power plant are gone. The two buildings remaining are now owned by Altoona Pipe & Steel. On the other side of the tracks, the old Altoona Passenger Station has been demolished to make way for the 10th Avenue Expressway; railroad passengers have to huddle in a house trailer on the other side of the new 12th Street Footbridge.
Date: 6/21/1973 Location: Altoona, PA   Map Show Altoona on a rail map Views: 278 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Altoona Works, 1973
Picture Categories: Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger This picture is part of album:  PC: Altoona Test Plant Vistas ~ June 1973 (R)
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