Horseshoe Curve
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| Chestnut Flats | Juniata Shops |
| Amtrak 2002 Horseshoe Curve | Freight on the Curve 2002 |
| Horseshoe Curve 2005 |
| As the late afternoon sun threatens to retreat behind Chestnut Flats, three Norfolk Southern locomotives pull its coal train west up the apparent steep grade. As the earth quaking, thundering roar of the locomotives diesel engines near, a stampede of ten thousand wild horses could pass unnoticed. |
| From the cab window of the lead locomotive, the engineer gives a friendly wave as the locomotives pound pass. Lost to most all Americans, there shined in the engineer's smile, a pride and self satisfaction once common to the American spirit. Diesel smoke scented the air as the squealing coal cars passed. Looking across the valley, the cars of the coal train are strung out on Horseshoe Curve. |
| If only the creator of the message painted on the Norfolk Southern, Top Gon coal car used a understandable language, some meaning to his or her work would justify the effort. |
| Pushing the coal train up the grade, Conrail Engines 3336 and 3335 head for Tunnel Hill. |
James E. Frizzell
Post Office Box 595
Kimberton, Pennsylvania 19442
e-mail: jimmy@jim-frizzell.com
date posted: June 02, 2001.
last revised:
July 08, 2005
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