Horseshoe curve 1995

[Puddlejumper]

Well, between 1993 and 1995 sometime. I went with my family to Horseshoe Curve outside Altoona, Pa. Talk about timing... not 30 seconds after I arrived at the train watching area a TV train was rounding the curve. One 89' flat car with trailer load was rocking heavily, resulting in the car rolling onto it's side.

The train went into emergency stopping a little ways down the hill past the signal. The rear of the train had enough momentum that it caught up to the front half and slammed into it, causing this...

You can barely see the tops of the derailed cars and trailers in the trees. A better view could be had from the street below.

I came back the next day and the flat car had been moved to clear up a second track for passage of trains.

And a truck brought in to pick up the boxes of detergent that had been spilled and transload the remaining contents of the trailer.