Smith Yard at the Railroaders Memorial ... Museum dedicated its newly renovated rail yard to Altoona native Luther G. Smith. A Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, Smith is lauded for ...

Altoona, rich in railroad history, is the perfect home for the RTE program. The city was founded in 1848 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a hub ... freight car loads at Norfolk Southern’s Rose Yard ...

Just because someone is born and raised in a certain area does not guarantee that they know local history. For people from Altoona, the Horseshoe Curve may just be where the tourists go, not a Nazi ...