I just experienced Altoona (Horseshoe Curve) this summer and was so happy to see SD60s still leading trains and rebuilt SD 40-2s pushing trains across the mountains. How I and we all would've loved to see your SD45s and the other real second generation power there - a fantasy now but the standard cab SDs that work the Altoona are still great and sound great! (but not as loud as their originals). Altoona is still so awesome - visit its very steep downtown side streets and small businesses and rail action as you go out to the Horseshoe Curve Park. Relish it all as soon as you can!
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Is this near what is now the Brickyard Crossing?
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Location involved hiking and was about halfway between the Brickyard crossing and Horseshoe Curve, no tracks crossed.
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OK I'll bite...what's the trailing unit??
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Looks like another SD40.
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