By David Yadock

Yes, this year starts off with celebrating the 165th anniversary of the Pennsy Horseshoe Curve!  At the time this was an engineering marvel and is still in operation today allowing freight to quickly move across the mountains of Pennsylvania.  The meeting is held at the Northwest Railroad Archives building in Burien.  The Archives location is at 425 SW 153rd Street in Burien.  The meeting will be held on Saturday March 30th and starts at 12:30 PM.

Al Baker will do the honors of presenting a condensed version of the History of the Pennsylvania Railroad from the perspective of an Altoona native.  This is the presentation he gave at the 50th annual meeting of the PRRT&HS last year.  He will also provide videos of the Horseshoe Curve as it was when he was in high school.  This presentation was well received at the Annual meeting and should provide a wealth of information about the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Horseshoe Curve, and the local Altoona area.

Mike Bergman will be bringing several books to the meeting.  These will all be for sale.  If you want books about the PRR, NYC, EL, B&O, or LV now is the time to get them.  The proceeds will go to the National Railway Historical Society.     

As always, everyone is invited to attend.  There is no cost to come to the meeting.  The meeting goes to about 5 PM.  After the meeting there is a no-host casual dinner across the street at Vince’s.