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Fantastic place for viewing trains if you go up to the viewing area. They have a radio scanner playing over a loudspeaker so you always know when the trains are coming, and they come often. CAVEAT - t...
Horseshoe curve is essential for trains to cross the spine of the Allegheny mountains in central Pennsylvania. Built in 1854 and still fully functional this is a miracle of engineering. We saw three t...
View the museum first, then take your water and camera up top to watch the trains
The museum is a must if you're going to do what it seems many (most? all?) visitors do, and that is to watch the freight trains go by. For that bit, take your picnic and water up to the top (and your ...
Fun little trip. History of the curve is interesting. Cute little museum. Lots of steps because the tram car doesn't work, but there's a few areas where the steps flatten off so you can "pull over"...
After passing by for years we finally stopped to visit. The incline in under repair so we took the steps. All 200 of them! It wasn’t very hard to do. Two trains were passing in the curve and it was an...
Check the Hours Before Venturing Out
Fantastic place for viewing trains if you go up to the viewing area. They have a radio scanner playing over a loudspeaker so you always know when the trains are coming, and they come often. CAVEAT - t...
Must visit for rail fans
Horseshoe curve is essential for trains to cross the spine of the Allegheny mountains in central Pennsylvania. Built in 1854 and still fully functional this is a miracle of engineering. We saw three t...
View the museum first, then take your water and camera up top to watch the trains
The museum is a must if you're going to do what it seems many (most? all?) visitors do, and that is to watch the freight trains go by. For that bit, take your picnic and water up to the top (and your ...
Neat visit
Fun little trip. History of the curve is interesting. Cute little museum. Lots of steps because the tram car doesn't work, but there's a few areas where the steps flatten off so you can "pull over"...
Trains!
After passing by for years we finally stopped to visit. The incline in under repair so we took the steps. All 200 of them! It wasn’t very hard to do. Two trains were passing in the curve and it was an...