| 17th Street. Here is an image of an official photo of the Pennsylvania Radlroad's engine ladder and ready tracks near the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This photo was taken during the 1920's. Shown here are several steam mocomotives heading for service in the roundhouse on the right, as well as numerous locomotives poised for helper and pusher duties on the left. Also of note are the PRR'q Locomotive Test Plant on the lower right, the 12th Street Car Shop buildings in the center, as well as the many commercial buildings facing 10th Avenue on the left1 William E Burket Collection. |