Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a good summer so far. On July 3rd, 2024, I spent a day of my July vacation railfanning in Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania. Altoona is the historic heart of operations for the iconic Pennsylvania Railroad, and still sees a good deal of traffic for Norfolk Southern on the NS Pittsburgh Line.
Downtown Altoona is one of the more underrated train-watching spots in this region. Many railfans will talk about the Horseshoe Curve, the Cassandra Overlook, and the tunnels, but one location that deserves more attention is this spot. Downtown provides a few pretty good vantage points, most notably the bridges I filmed from in this video.
The action on this day of railfanning was solid, but in all honesty could have been better. As always, the traffic was a good variation of manifest and intermodal trains with an oil train sprinkled in. Surprisingly, however, there were no coal trains, and there seemed to be fewer intermodal trains than usual. Still, I made the most of my time in Altoona and god a decent share of cool catches.
The notable catches of the day included the Amtrak Phase II heritage unit on the westbound Pennsylvanian, NS 4002 serving as the DPU on manifest 11V, a handful of Dash 9s, and a good amount of fallen flag and rare rolling stock. One of the more intriguing aspects of Altoona is the variety of fallen flag rolling stock, particularly Southern and Norfolk and Western cars. Get these rolling stock while you can as who knows how much longer they will be around.
Overall, it was a solid day of railfanning for my first time back in the Altoona area since my big Pennsylvania trip in 2023. I hope to make another visit to Altoona in 2025 and hopefully see more heritage units when I come back.
Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy the video!
-N&W475.
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