Horseshoe Curve Lower Station

Horseshoe Curve Lower Station is a railway stop in Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Horseshoe Curve Lower Station is situated nearby to the tourism office Horseshoe Curve Visitors Center, as well as near Upper Kittanning Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Horseshoe Curve.

Horseshoe Curve

Heritage site

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

The Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The curve is roughly 2,375 feet long and 1,300 feet in diameter. Horseshoe Curve is situated 560 feet east of Horseshoe Curve Lower Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altoona and Lakemont.

Altoona

Photo: Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Altoona is a city in central Pennsylvania. Altoona was founded as a railroad town by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the site of their Altoona Works shops, and its history as a railroad town still shows in the town today despite the decline of the railroad and its eventual absorption into Penn Central, Conrail, and now Norfolk Southern.

Lakemont

Hamlet

Lakemont is a census-designated place in Allegheny and Logan Townships in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located to the east of I-99 and is located between Altoona and Hollidaysburg. Lakemont is situated 5 miles east of Horseshoe Curve Lower Station.

Duncansville

Village

Duncansville is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,258 at the 2020 census. Duncansville is situated 6 miles southeast of Horseshoe Curve Lower Station.

Horseshoe Curve Lower Station

Type: Railway stop
Categories: building, railway station, station, and transportation
Location: Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.49744° or 40° 29′ 51″ north

Longitude

-78.4845° or 78° 29′ 4″ west

Open location code

87G3FGW8+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 170944759

OpenStreetMap feature

building=train_station

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=halt

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