Thank you for finding this video that you took in 2018 and uploaded to your UA-cam channel! The action at the Gallitzin Tunnel and Horseshoe Curve was fascinating to watch.
Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line in Blair County, Pennsylvania. The curve is about 2,375 feet (700 m) long and 1,300 feet (400 m) in diameter. Completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to reduce the westbound grade to the summit of the Allegheny Mountains, it replaced the time-consuming Allegheny Portage Railroad: the only other route across the mountains. The curve was later owned and used by three Pennsylvania Railroad successors: Penn Central, Conrail and Norfolk Southern.
Great video of the horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnel.I'm from.southeastern Pa and plan on visiting the horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnel in the future.Thanks for the Pennsylvania videos.
The Horseshoe Curve was deemed an extreme engineering feat when completed and still a wonder to see. Set in beautiful scenery in Pennsylvania, it's a railfans dream. Great camera work showing the Horseshoe Curve and long long trains starting and ending on the curves length. Awesome video Jaw Tooth.
Is that another tunnel closed-up….to the left - abandoned rail line? Real nice look-throughs built into the bridge fences. I love seeing Horseshoe Curve from the ground level, such a great place to view trains. I see YT is presenting various ‘shorts’ videos on home pages now. I saw several rail-watching videos including one from 1960gambit. Your shorts should be popping up in the highlight bar soon. Thanks, Jaw Tooth.
@@frederickschulkind8431 Looks like the active bore was made big enough for doublestacked freight, too, no way some of those cars would fit into the closed bore.
Seeing the old Pennsy Geep sitting there reminds me: WILL YOU GET 1361 RUNNING ALREADY???!!! I CAN'T STANDS N' MORE!!! Great video and love the look back at the warm weather.
Wow!! That brings back memories of our holiday from the UK in 1993 when it was still Conrail. The other tunnel was still open at the time, thanks for the great videos 👍
There's a lot to like in this one. Awesome sound when those engines pass under the bridge there. MOW in the tunnel. Probably picked Sunday evening as the time to work on it because it's a slow time for traffic. That first NS train at the curve just kept coming and coming and coming. There were a lot of huge cars on it too. Thanks.
Brilliant video JT. Awesome railfanning spots in beautiful countryside. Really liked the trains coming out of that tunnel but horseshoe bend something else... wow another to add to the bucket list. Happy new year..
That Gradal hydroscopic was our biggest competor for the company I worked for here in Wynona. We made 40 to 60 hydroscopic a month and a lot of them went to the railroad,,,plus we also made truck mounted hydroscopics that mainly went to the railroads as rail mounted units.Ohio, Pennsylvania, & New York were our biggest sales states. We also made truck mounted cranes for the railroad,,,called "Little Giant " when the moved the Des Moines shop to Winona. I started there in 1968 & worked there 45 years TNX again Brian,,,stay safe
I have a similar overhead still shot of a Norfolk Southern intermodal exiting the small switching yard in Tilton, Illinois. I have good memories of that day (though the torrential rains caused some flooding in the area).
Nice video! I have been to Horseshoe Curve many times. I can tell this was from before 2019 because the signal is still up, and the 6300 helpers are operating. Next time you come to HSC, let me know, I might be able to meet you there, but if you ever go to the Cove, you will be in my backyard. I have been in that pedestrian tunnel before, the one under the Cresson Yard.
That looks like a ballast cleaner. I saw one near my place before. They sift out the fine gunk from the stones and put them back on the track and dump the waste on the right of way.
I think it's really cool that the bridge authority (city, county, RR?) cut observation holes for rail fans to watch and record the trains coming out and going in the tunnel.
I'm just a few miles away, down the mainline - nice to see something local to the area. Everybody talks about the Horseshoe Curve, but there was also the Muleshoe Curve, just a few miles south (due west of Hollidaysburg, PA), built by the state government as an alternative route up the mountain, then later bought by the Pennsy. I think it was first held in inactive status for several decades, but as traffic on the mainline grew, it was put into regular service, until finally embargoed and the tracks lifted. So, no railfanning, but it's got a trail as a consolation prize of sorts. You can look at the satellite photos at the old right-of-way, and see it really was just like its far more famous counterpart in Altoona.
It was great to see video from a completely different location. That was cool. I tried to count the cars on the trains coming out of the tunnel, but quickly gave up. The first freight train at Horseshoe Curve had 152 cars on it. But I found it impossible to count the cars on the next train. It looked like some of those trains had EMD locomotives, which was pretty cool. They reminded me of the locomotives on our NJ Transit Atlantic City trains. That Milleniumforce guy seems to have a screw loose. 🤣 Just kidding. It's been a while since I've seen him with you.
Good video my brother ok Sherlly lol it look warm there in joy it.
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Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo ! ✨✨✨✨👍🙏
The legendary Horseshoe Curve!
Super like video, have a nice day my friend!
Thank you! You too!
Great footage of the Horseshoe curve. The tunnel was cool too. You got a lot of horn salutes! Great video!
Amazing video Jawtooth!
Thank you again.
Horseshoe curve and surrounding areas are one of the best places to railfan. Great shots from that bridge in gallitzin.
Nice one JT.
Such a great place to railfan - Juanita shops, curve, Gallitzin tunnels and Cresson. Can’t go wrong visiting this area. Great work JT
Excellent shots Son ... What a treasure Horseshoe Curve is ... Thx for posting ...
Thanks for watching!
Change of scenery for the moment I like it good catches
A summer video in the middle of winter, luv it!
Glad you like it!
Thanks for the video. Another great video to view. See you on the next. 😊
got luckley last night train meet in Thurmond both coal trains
Good place to see them really pulling hard
The warmth. The sun. The trains. Only 90 some days until the start of spring
Very nice
Great video
Won't see warm weather for another four months
Thank you for finding this video that you took in 2018 and uploaded to your UA-cam channel! The action at the Gallitzin Tunnel and Horseshoe Curve was fascinating to watch.
Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line in Blair County, Pennsylvania. The curve is about 2,375 feet (700 m) long and 1,300 feet (400 m) in diameter. Completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to reduce the westbound grade to the summit of the Allegheny Mountains, it replaced the time-consuming Allegheny Portage Railroad: the only other route across the mountains. The curve was later owned and used by three Pennsylvania Railroad successors: Penn Central, Conrail and Norfolk Southern.
Excellent analysis.
@@Inferno-hn3zx correct
I have the video game 🎮
@@Inferno-hn3zx If you search around you should be able to find some film footage from the 1930s or 40s when it had 3 or 4 active tracks.
Hope to see u and millenniumforce film again. Nice work, I've always thought the horseshoe curve was pretty cool
One of my bucket list locations. Great video. Love the history of horseshoe. A drone would have been really cool here.
Awesome train catches!!
The length of the trains
Is incredible
The famous wide 180 degree Horseshoe Curve is a remarkable site for filming!
Good video Jawtooth
Great Catches!
Hi TJ thank you so much for showing the trains with the cabooses at the end of the trains ❤
Great video Brian!
Great video of the horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnel.I'm from.southeastern Pa and plan on visiting the horseshoe curve and Gallitzin tunnel in the future.Thanks for the Pennsylvania videos.
The Horseshoe Curve was deemed an extreme engineering feat when completed and still a wonder to see. Set in beautiful scenery in Pennsylvania, it's a railfans dream. Great camera work showing the Horseshoe Curve and long long trains starting and ending on the curves length. Awesome video Jaw Tooth.
Nice horn salutes! Nice trains too. Thank you for the videos.
Good Morning JT. Great video as always buddy!
Good video jawtooth
Hope you had a great Christmas
Awesome video! Train 🚂 salute! That old tunnel almost looked like a model railroad at times!!! Cool! Love the Horseshoe curve one day!!!!
Good morning 🌞 Jaw Tooth looks nice and warm!! Another few months? Thank You Happy New Year!! Great maintenance of way equipment!! Neat!
Yes awesome live action.
Great to see Horseshoe Curve from a different angle to the Railfan camera. Excellent work
Some great catches JT. Have you thought about visiting the Tehachapi loop?
Good Morning Jaw Tooth.
We lived in Johnstown Pa when I was little. My Dad would take us to horseshoe curve to watch the trains.
Awesome Jaw Tooth, I have this on the train sim world. Thanks for posting!!
Very cool!
Is that another tunnel closed-up….to the left - abandoned rail line? Real nice look-throughs built into the bridge fences. I love seeing Horseshoe Curve from the ground level, such a great place to view trains.
I see YT is presenting various ‘shorts’ videos on home pages now. I saw several rail-watching videos including one from 1960gambit. Your shorts should be popping up in the highlight bar soon. Thanks, Jaw Tooth.
The line once had 4 tracks, but it has been reduced to 3. That accounts for the closed tunnel. The other active track is out of sight to the right.
@@frederickschulkind8431 Looks like the active bore was made big enough for doublestacked freight, too, no way some of those cars would fit into the closed bore.
Amazing videos Jaw Tooth keep up the good work
Glad you like them!
Interesting watching a train from on a bridge or overpass. Nice.A double stacker too. Good video. Enjoyed it. Thanks.
ANOTHER GOOD VIDEO OF THIS TRAIN AND I WATCH IT VERY GOOD INDEED THANK YOU JT FOR IT AND YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY 👍
Seeing the old Pennsy Geep sitting there reminds me: WILL YOU GET 1361 RUNNING ALREADY???!!! I CAN'T STANDS N' MORE!!! Great video and love the look back at the warm weather.
This is definitely the best looking video ever, it's like a model train layout , the colour is pretty good,
Thank you very much!
Toot toot, horn salute... from the NS, and a bit later, from the Amtrak!
Very nice video! Of course, the location doesn't hurt matters any...
A lot of TOFC cars, many empty. Great place to watch trains! Thanks for the videos!
Been wanting to visit this part of Pennsylvania. Loved this video.
Wow!! That brings back memories of our holiday from the UK in 1993 when it was still Conrail. The other tunnel was still open at the time, thanks for the great videos 👍
They lowered the track in one tunnel to run the double stack containers thru. The same thing was done at the Spruce Creek tunnels.
Thanks for filming around the horseshoe grounds! I’ve only seen it through the Virtual Railfan’s camera. Interesting to see it from ground level.
There's a lot to like in this one. Awesome sound when those engines pass under the bridge there. MOW in the tunnel. Probably picked Sunday evening as the time to work on it because it's a slow time for traffic. That first NS train at the curve just kept coming and coming and coming. There were a lot of huge cars on it too. Thanks.
I got that Airplane reference lol
YOU AND YOUR FREIND THE BEATLES OF RAILROAD VIDEOS AWESOME GOOD VIDEO THANK YOU BOTH.JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA
I enjoyed the video👍👍
nice video
Great video thanks for sharing 👍
That is a great place.
Brilliant video JT. Awesome railfanning spots in beautiful countryside. Really liked the trains coming out of that tunnel but horseshoe bend something else... wow another to add to the bucket list. Happy new year..
Thank you very much!
Awesome! I've got to go there sometime soon! Thanks JT! BTW your videos have gotten very smooth. Noticed a while back.
A lot strange people around there great rail equipment pretty cool place great video thanks Jaw tooth
Cool venue 😎 👍!
GOOD VIDEO OF THIS CATCH THANK YOU JT FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT I APPRECIATE IT AND YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY TODAY 👍 JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👌
Surprised to see an ex Conrail Dash 8 40CW with nose mounted number boards! I thought that all of those were retired and scrapped!
That Gradal hydroscopic was our biggest competor for the company I worked for here in Wynona. We made 40 to 60 hydroscopic a month and a lot of them went to the railroad,,,plus we also made truck mounted hydroscopics that mainly went to the railroads as rail mounted units.Ohio, Pennsylvania, & New York were our biggest sales states. We also made truck mounted cranes for the railroad,,,called "Little Giant " when the moved the Des Moines shop to Winona. I started there in 1968 & worked there 45 years TNX again Brian,,,stay safe
I have a similar overhead still shot of a Norfolk Southern intermodal exiting the small switching yard in Tilton, Illinois. I have good memories of that day (though the torrential rains caused some flooding in the area).
🧢nice brandnew cap,you must see mine cap haevy used,lol😂
Jaw tooth that's longer curved tracks and trains pulling hard ❤ 😊
Great video JT! Awesome location!
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I need to get out there to the Horseshoe Curve
Nice captured my friend. Wish you a very happy and prosperous new year.
Thank you! You too!
On GOOGLE Earth, just noticed that there are two rail wagons laying beside the track at Horseshoe Curve! Happy New Year to you JT and all your family.
those are from derailments a few years ago
Nice catches
Nice video! I have been to Horseshoe Curve many times. I can tell this was from before 2019 because the signal is still up, and the 6300 helpers are operating. Next time you come to HSC, let me know, I might be able to meet you there, but if you ever go to the Cove, you will be in my backyard. I have been in that pedestrian tunnel before, the one under the Cresson Yard.
Another ace vid! Keep 'em coming....
Big coal train seen is very nice . I am be moved by blood green place and long coal train . Thank you very much .
Thanks for watching !
Great vid son!!
railfan'TASTIC...
GOTTA LOVE HSC...
THANK YOU
One of many 24/7 cameras at Horseshoe Curve--Virtual Railfan on UA-cam shares them. YOU FINALLY GOT HERE--awesome place!
That looks like a ballast cleaner. I saw one near my place before. They sift out the fine gunk from the stones and put them back on the track and dump the waste on the right of way.
Awesome video with a horn salute and lots of dpu working hard but wait there’s more 😎👍🇺🇸🚂❄️
Thanks 👍
Wow excellent video JT!!!
Jaw tooth and Allen millenniumforce
Nice coal train
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Thanks for watching Taslim!
Great video , about 1 hour from my home.
I think it's really cool that the bridge authority (city, county, RR?) cut observation holes for rail fans to watch and record the trains coming out and going in the tunnel.
It looks like that tunnel has barely enough clearance for those double stacks. Wow!
Best song for this video is ... Never Marry a Railroad Man.
Yes, that song is awesome!
AWESOME!!!💯
Thanks! 😁
COOL PLACE TO FILM THIS VIDEO AWESOME GOOD THANK YOU FOR IT JT. I ENJOYED IT JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👌 😀 👍
I'm just a few miles away, down the mainline - nice to see something local to the area. Everybody talks about the Horseshoe Curve, but there was also the Muleshoe Curve, just a few miles south (due west of Hollidaysburg, PA), built by the state government as an alternative route up the mountain, then later bought by the Pennsy. I think it was first held in inactive status for several decades, but as traffic on the mainline grew, it was put into regular service, until finally embargoed and the tracks lifted. So, no railfanning, but it's got a trail as a consolation prize of sorts. You can look at the satellite photos at the old right-of-way, and see it really was just like its far more famous counterpart in Altoona.
Got here late on this one... Had an early appointment at the VA. So far all is well....
Thats good news! I hope you do fine in 23
@@JawTooth Thanks Brian. I appreciate the concern. I'm good on the zed.. N1MLF. Drop me an email.. thanks. JW
It was great to see video from a completely different location. That was cool. I tried to count the cars on the trains coming out of the tunnel, but quickly gave up. The first freight train at Horseshoe Curve had 152 cars on it. But I found it impossible to count the cars on the next train. It looked like some of those trains had EMD locomotives, which was pretty cool. They reminded me of the locomotives on our NJ Transit Atlantic City trains. That Milleniumforce guy seems to have a screw loose. 🤣 Just kidding. It's been a while since I've seen him with you.
My hometown!
Awesome! I love visiting there. I hope to go back this summer
Excellent video 👌👌
Thanks a lot
Trains are amazing to how much they can Carrie form town. The bank you TJ for your videos 😊
Thank you JT for your. Videos sorry my brain is off but today ❤
The gentleman in your video with is family i watches his videos sometimes he does the florida railfan
210K subscribers - yea! Well deserved Mr. JT.
Thanks!
surely you jest, I love it.