Category: Train
Items relating to the narrow-gauge railroad line from Altoona to Wopsononock
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The First Train to Wopsononock
After months of planning and construction, the narrow-gauge Altoona & Wopsononock Railroad…
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Wopsy Railroad Locomotives From Later Years
Locomotives purchased when the railroad was narrow-gauge were never heavy enough for…
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Shoveling Snow for the Wopsononock Railroad
This photograph was in the album of a local resident, location unknown.…
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Panoramic View of Altoona, Clearfield & Northern RR Rounding Sandy Gap Trestle
A panoramic photograph of the Altoona, Clearfield & Northern narrow-gauge railroad rounding…
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Wreck At Butcher Knife Point
“Wreck on the Wopsy” An article from Altoona Tribune, December 13, 1896…
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Wopsy Hotel Burns Down, 1903
In late April 1903, forest fires raged at several locations on Wopsononock…
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Wopsy Railroad Timeline
The Altoona & Wopsononock Railroad trestle at Sandy Gap. The narrow-gauge Wopsy…
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‘The House by the Track’ by Robert Fleming Lantz, 1916
Robert Fleming Lantz was a well-known local poet in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and…
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Altoona, Clearfield & Northern – A Narrow-Gauge Railroad
The Wopsononock Railroad was narrow-gauge until 1916, when a third rail was…
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“A Trip to Wopsononock”
A Trip to WopsononockHollidaysburg RegisterSeptember 6, 1893 “Recently, the writer enjoyed a…
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Wrecks on the Wopsononock Line
Along with the wreck at Butcher’s Point in 1896, other wrecks plagued…
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Altoona & Northern Railroad Station Built, 1916
In the early 1890s, the Altoona & Wopsononock Railroad maintained at the…