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2024 Trip to Horseshoe Curve

I finally took the trip to Pennsylvania I had wanted to take since 2020. It was a 9 day trip that included a swing out to western Mass and the Hoosac Tunnel. I also started and ended with the Downeaster and found other trains along the way.

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Norfolk Southern 6954, 7659, and 6952 Westbound at the Hoosac Tunnel east portal in Florida Massachusetts on August 5^th of 2024.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 716 running train 238 southbound at Rhinecliff NY on August 6^th of 2024.
Video by John Erickson.
NS 1162, + 4526 at Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA on August 8^th.
Video by John Erickson.
Union Station, Springfield, MA on August 10^th.
Video by John Erickson.

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