#altoona pa

[therogerclarkfanclub]

Woot! The fun doesn't stop! Brand new announcement!

Roger will have another appearance in Pennsylvania! This time he will be attending Sci-Fi Valley Con in Altoona, PA.

Not just Roger, but also Nolan North, Ned Luke, Shaw Fonteno and many others will be attending too.

No news yet if Rob will be attending, but I'll keep you posted if there's an announcement.

UPDATE: Rob is now attending Sci-Fi Con, while Nolan North has postponed until 2025.

Sci-Fi Valley Con • Friday, Saturday and Sunday • June 7-9, 2024 • At the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, PA

Get your tickets!

#Roger Clark #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #altoona pa #Pennsylvania #Roger's Comic Cons #Ned Luke #Shawn Fonteno

[ghost2927-blog]

#altoona pa #the dream Hollidaysburg pa #home cooking altoona pa #blair coounty #where to eat altoona pa #hollidaysburg pa #hollidaysburg #Youtube

[catsthepope]

If I have to explain sheetz etiquette to a child one more time I’m going to scream

#sheetz #western pennsylvania #western pa #altoona #just put the receipt IN THE BIN you don’t KEEP IT

[wiredwizard2068]

Looking to revamp your riverfront property in Lewistown, PA? Look no further than PA Quick Dump for all your limestone needs!

#lewistown huntingdon altoona #lewistown pa #limestone #riverlot #mifflin county

[20th-century-railroading]

CR 22822, Horseshoe Curve, west of Altoona, PA

9-3-1977

#cr #conrail #1977 #trains #freight train #history #altoona #pennsylvania

[1863-project]

If you were making that list, what would you consider the seven wonders of the railroad world?

Hm, putting me on the spot here!

I mentioned Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA for a reason.

Horseshoe Curve was completed in 1854. The purpose of it was to reduce the grade trains had to climb up through the mountains and avoid the much more time-consuming route of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Today, there's a visitor center in the middle of the Curve, and railfans go there to watch trains go by and picnic outside.

As mentioned in the previous post, Tehachapi Loop is also impressive and I'd give it a spot - it legitimately looks like something out of someone's model train layout.

From above this doesn't even look real. But it's real!

I've seen some people put the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal on their lists, and I'd agree with them. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site for a reason. It's narrow gauge, climbs up through the mountains, and is popular with tourists - and although it has some diesels it also still uses steam. Look at how cute this locomotive is.

Another UNESCO World Heritage Site for consideration is the Forth Bridge, in Scotland:

It's a cantilever railway bridge and was the longest cantilever bridge span in the world at the time of its opening, a title it held between 1890 and 1919. It's still the second longest today. In 2016 Scotland voted it as their greatest man-made wonder, an impressive feat in a country stereotyped as being chock full of civil and mechanical engineers.

For reaching incredible heights in the 19th century, look no further than the Ferrovías Central in Peru.

Designed by a Polish political exile named Ernest Malinowski, it was built in the 1870s and still operates today. What was known as the Callao, Lima & Oroya Railway at the time of its opening is still the second highest railroad in the world today, only being surpassed by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway over 100 years later.

It would be silly not to include the Trans-Siberian Railroad on this list - in terms of sheer scope, this thing is massive.

It's the longest railway line in the world. Nothing else even comes remotely close. Trips along it can take weeks depending on the speed the trains are running.

Lastly, for a more modern entry, I'd propose the Channel Tunnel linking England and France - at its lowest point, it's 246 feet below sea level. In terms of a modern feat of engineering, this one is definitely up there. It was completed the year I turned five, and it was a big deal even over here in the US.

Of course, the fun of this is coming up with your own! And I had to think pretty hard about this because I was trying to do it without using any locomotives, which would have been a cop-out!

Here are a few links to people having this debate online, in case you want to read more - 1, 2, 3, 4

#replies #I like trains

[guerrerense]

PRR B4a at Williams Grove RR por Jay Por Flickr: Built at Altoona Machine Shop in 1901, in 1917 it was sold to Central Iron and Steel of Harrisburg, Pa. eventually working it's way to the Williams Grove RR. in 1961. For the PRR purists, the Belpaire firebox boiler was to be replaced by another Belpaire firebox boiler style in 1945 at Porter, but something went wrong and it received a more standard rounded firebox.

#flickr

[puff-cat]

I’ll be adding these guys to the wish bag at Setsucon in Altoona, PA in two weeks! Come find me as Beidou on Saturday (and my fiancé as Zhongli/Alhaitham) to get a free pull and see if you get lucky!

#genshin impact #setsucon2024 #ayato kamisato #alhaitham #genshin lyney

[aryburn-trains]

PRR train #13, an overnight mail train that ran to Pittsburgh from New York. Altoona, PA September 10, 1951

#13 #mail train #prr #pennsylvania railroad #1951 #new york city #pittsburgh #trains #passenger train #history #altoona #pennsylvania

[lindasteelehot1]

Thanking my newest members on Lindasteelehotbod.com from Bismarck, ND Altoona, PA Czech Republic Waldorf, MD Temple, TX Las Vegas, NV Germany Tucker, GA Canada Bloomingdale, IL #teamsteele

[therogerclarkfanclub]

Do y'all remember the time when the entire fanbase went crazy with Roger singing Aqua's Barbie Girl? Pepperidge farm remembers and so does the every RDR2 fan.

He did a replay when he went to Sci-Fi Valley Con in June 2022

Video edit by cartz.99 (IG)

#roger clark #Instagram videos #barbie girl #Aqua's Barbie Girl #sci fi valley con #altoona pa #Comic cons #'UNDRESS ME ANYWHERE' THANK YOU ROGER FOR SETTING MY IMAGINATION ON FIRE 🥵 #Not that it takes a whole lot anyway 😉

[ghost2927-blog]

#loganvalleymall #dyingmaill #deadmall #altoonapa #loganvalleymallaltoonapa #blaircountypa #dead mall #logan valley mall #altoona pa #blair county pa #Youtube

[thechaoticgingers]

Shinies for Sci-if Valley Con in Altoona, PA, /June 9-11 2023

Each set will come with a handmade leather bowl

#pagan #heathenism #art #norse pagan #paganism #pagan art #renaissance faire #rune #runes

[vyva-melinkolya]

near Altoona PA

#gas station #abandoned #decrepit

[wiredwizard2068]

#lewistown pa #lewistown huntingdon altoona #business #tshirt #custom t shirts for events

[20th-century-railroading]

PRR train, engine number 8504, engine type EMD GP7 and engine number 5755, engine type ALCO PA1 + additional diesel units Passenger train. Photographed: near Altoona, PA., July 15, 1953.

#prr #pennsylvania railroad #1953 #trains #passenger train #history #altoona #pennsylvania