| Personal PC. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 1361." Postmarked: 9 December 1963. Sent to me by US Air Force Airman 3rd Class Ralph Evans. Caption On Reverse: "Memorial K4 Steam Locomotive donated to the City of Altoona by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Horseshoe Curve ceremonies, June 8, 1957." The photographer is not identified. Shown here is PRR engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918, retired in September of 1956, enshrined at the Horseshoe Curve on 8 June 1957, restored for excursion service during 1987-1988, then withdrawn from service and disassembled because of safety concerns. |