RailPictures.Net Photo: CR 6198 Conrail EMD SD45 at Altoona, Pennsylvania by Don Oltmann

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» Conrail (more..)
» EMD SD45 (more..)

» MP 241 on Pittsburgh Line
» Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» May 21, 1977

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» CR 6198 (more..)
» Unknown

» Don Oltmann (more..)
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A pair of SD45 helpers push hard on the ex-EL caboose on the tail end of a westbound van train just 7 tenths of a mile below the apex of Horseshoe Curve.

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Manned Helpers Album created by member Daniel Holmes	Album Views: 4,320
One artifact of the steam era that remains in use to this day; even modern AC traction locomotives need help on the biggest hills.

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Railroading in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, basically anything but the 2000s.

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