Altoona Works Juniata Locomotive Shops

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Famous Altoona Works Juniata Locomotive Shops where the Pennsylvania Railroad built many of its steam and electric locomotives until the 1940's. After dieselization the shops continued as a heavy overhaul and repair facility. In the late 90's it built several new SD70 locomotives from EMD supplied kits and also had re-manufactured a number of freight locomotive derived passenger locomotives.

The huge complex is currently operated by Norfolk Southern.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altoona_Works
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Coordinates:   40°31'49"N   78°23'9"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago