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November 13, 1966. The Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway 's Pittsburgh Line in Blair County, Pennsylvania. The curve is roughly 2,375 feet (700 m) long and 1,300 feet (400 m) in diameter. Completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a way to reduce the westbound grade to the summit of the Allegheny ...
Hollidaysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Blair County in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located on the Juniata River, 5 miles (8 km) south of Altoona and is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area. In 1900, 2,998 people lived in the borough, in 1910, 3,734 lived there, and in 1940, 5,910 ...
The White Witch story is about a woman named Lowerey. She was one of the first people in the area killed in a horse carriage accident in the early 20th century. People claim to have seen her in a cemetery in the area with strange lights. Local legend says you can see her walking the ridge between the Niles Hollywood-style sign and the canyon.
Jul. 6—EAU CLAIRE — A $100,000 cash bail has been set for the Eau Claire man who authorities say was involved in Sunday's fatal hit-and-run crash on U.S. 12 in Altoona. Brendan F. Barkovich ...
An Altoona man was killed in what troopers described as a head-on two-vehicle crash on U.S. 278. Altoona man dies in head-on crash with military tanker on U.S. 278 in Cullman County Skip to main ...
Lakemont Park is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was closed from 2017 to 2018, but re-opened in summer 2019. [1]
Two separate accidents after 3 p.m., June 26 slowed traffic at the west park entrance and at The Loop, the sole switchback on the western side of the Sun Road, according to officials. The accident ...
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [ 5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [ 6]