| Altoona Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 July 1969. Shown here is Penn Central engine #8955, an RT-624 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "8955" in August of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. |