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Horseshoe Curve is on the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The horseshoe allows trains trains heading west from Altoona to climb an acceptable grade of (1.85%) to reach the summit of the Allegheny Mountains.
Date Taken on 7 May 2013, 13:17
Source Amtrak "Pennsylvanian" on Horseshoe Curve
Author David Brossard
Camera location40° 29′ 52.73″ N, 78° 29′ 06.85″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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