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Chapter Store
Updated March 23, 2010!
O- Gage Rolling Stock
REX 7375
This is the model, in O-gage, of the Chapter's REX car from Weaver Models. Features include metal trucks and couplers. Now available. The price is $59.95 + shipping and handling. To order, contact Frank Givler, 114 Scott Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602. Daytime phone: (814) 943-4392 or e-mail: ottodocfacs@atlanticbb.net. It is also available in the gift shop of Railroader's Memorial Museum.
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Publications
Designed by the members of the Horseshoe Curve Chapter, this publication depicts various scenes (city and railroad) of Altoona, PA throughout the last century. The above images are examples of what you may find. More information on the project can be found here. NOTE: This item can be purchased at the Railroaders Memorial Museum Gift-shop
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
Author(s): Leonard E. Alwine, David W. Seidel
ISBN: 0738538973
Price: $19.99Book Description:
Dating back to 1882, the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway has humble origins, but it quickly became a viable transportation system serving the city of Altoona. Often referred to as the Logan Valley, the railway employed 300 people, transported 11.5 million passengers a year, and traveled 7,220 scheduled route miles a day until economic conditions forced the line to discontinue service on June 2, 1954. Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway documents the history of a streetcar network that served the employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as the community. Through 200 images and informed narrative, this book retraces the history of the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway and its successor, the Logan Valley Bus Company.The book contains approximately 200 photos of the Altoona & Logan Valley, covering its entire history, including a chapter on the Logan Valley Bus Company. The trolley operations ended in 1954 and the bus company ended in October 1959, resulting in the creation of Pennsylvania's first public transit authority which we know today as Amtran (publicly owned/controlled as opposed to a private entity).
Author Bio:
Leonard E. Alwine is a member of the Horseshoe Curve Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, the Railways to Yesterday and Rockhill Trolley Museum, and the Lakemont Park Historical Museum. He has written numerous works on railroad and firefighting history.David W. Seidel is a founding member of Horseshoe Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, and he serves as its chapter historian. He is also a founding member of the Railroader’s Memorial Museum and its predecessor, the Altoona Railway Museum Club.
12-11-2005: Chapter members Leonard E.Alwine & David Seidel have co-authored a pictorial history of Altoona's other railway, the 'Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway', which operated on the streets of Blair County from 1888 to 1954. David and Leonard are pictured at the book signing event at the Railroaders Memorial Museum. Note: Proceeds from the sale of the book (a percentage of the net) will benefit programs and services of Horseshoe Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society.
Copies of the book retail for $19.99 at many local bookstores and can also be ordered from the publisher at http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/index.html .
ISBN: 0738557072
On Sale Date: 07/07/2008
Price: $19.99Book Description:
The Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as an engineering achievement by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This landmark, located just west of Altoona, opened to traffic on February 15, 1854, and it enabled a railroad line to climb the Allegheny Mountains and the eastern continental divide. The Horseshoe Curve’s construction impacted railroad design and development for mountainous terrain everywhere, enabling access to coal and other raw materials essential for the industrial age. J. Edgar Thomson, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is widely recognized for his engineering and design of the Horseshoe Curve, a concept never utilized previously. Today the curve is still in use and sees approximately 70 trains daily. Through vintage photographs, Horseshoe Curve chronicles how this marvel remains one of the vital transportation arteries linking the east and west coasts of the United States.Author Bio: David W. Seidel is a founding member of Horseshoe Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, and he serves as its chapter historian. He is also a founding member of the Railroader’s Memorial Museum and its predecessor, the Altoona Railway Museum Club.
Note: All royalties are assigned to benefit Railroader's Memorial Museum, Altoona, PA.
Copies of the book retail for $19.99 at many local bookstores and can also be ordered from the publisher at http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/index.html .
To purchase the above items which are not commercially available, contact:
Horseshoe Curve
Chapter
National Railway Historical Society, Inc
c/o President
Francis Givler, Jr.
114 Scott Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602-4048
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