Tag: Horseshoe Curve

Grif Teller painting Painting for the 1955 calendar, titled, "Mass Transportation."

Grif Teller’s Oil Paintings Provided Glimpses of Pennsylvania Railroad at Peak of Its Power, Importance

June 5, 2024

While artist Grif Teller never officially worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, he is more closely associated with the once-colossal transportation machine than any of…

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FBI Raids and Cold Feet: Inside the Disrupted 1942 Nazi Plot to Blow up Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve

March 18, 2024

A Nazi plot to blow up a Pennsylvania Railroad, namely Altoona’s famous “Horseshoe Curve,” and a cryolite metals plant in Philadelphia, among other targets…