Penn'a R.R. Car Shops, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1895 – Antique Print
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This rare historic image captures Penn'a R.R. Car Shops, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1895 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Penn'a R.R. Car Shops, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1895
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Altoona's railroad shops were the heart of the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline operations, and this 1895 view records the car-building and repair works where passenger and freight cars were assembled, overhauled and painted. The town grew up around the company after the Pennsylvania chose it in the 1850s as a major maintenance point on the route over the Allegheny Mountains, and by the 1890s the shops employed thousands of workers. Views like this one show the scale of the operation, with rows of track, sheds and yard equipment that kept the road running. Look closely at the rail yard for the mix of rolling stock and the tools of hand-built industrial work.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 1,606 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | PA-Altoona-1895 |
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