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Title: Tours to the Yellowstone Park and Pacific Coast : July 3, August 6, September 3, 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Railroad
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Publisher: (Philadelphia) : Pennsylvania Railroad
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ystem. The tourist willnotice on every hand evidences of the great en-gineering feats which have engaged the attentionof the Companys officers in the past few years, inthe elevation of tracks through large cities, theelimination of curvature, and the enormous cutsmade in the slopes of the Allegheny Mountains toreduce the grades. There is but little of scenic interest along the Theline until the Susquehanna River is crossed, just Rockvillebeyond the city of Harrisburg, on the longest and -*^^^^sewidest stone-arch bridge in the world. Thisbridge, which is 3800 feet in length and carries thefour-tracked main line of the Pennsylvania Rail-road, was eighteen months in building and re-quired 200,000 tons of stone in its construction. Leaving the bridge the route follows the course Up theof the Juniata River through the mountains for J^^^^^^over one hundred miles. This river, remarkable forthe clear blue color of its water, has cut a tortuouspath through the great foothills of the AUeghenies
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T M E P E N N S Y L V A N I A K A I L R O A D . and tlic railroad clings closely to its edjj^c, crossinj^^ Up theand rccrossing its swirling waters many limes until J^i^i^taat last, a few miles beyond Pctersbuig, the ridgeis pierced by the vS))ruce Creek tunnels, and theascent of the Allcghenies is begun through a seriesof fertile valleys. This famous ))iece ( f railroad engineering, withthe accompanying beautiful stretch of line idongthe slopes of Allegrippus gorge and the long tunnelsthrough the summit of the Allegheny Mountainsat Gallitzin, always attracts the attention oftravelers by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Therailroad leaving Altoona Station, which hes 1179feet above sea level, winds around and up the sideof the mountain to Kittanning Point, ascending423 feet in a little over five miles. The curve itselfis a little over 1845 feet in leagth, £md the viewfrom the centre of it down the valley is superb.The up grade to the tunnels at Gallitzin is a steadyone, an average of about

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