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pkeith@altoonamirror.com A new photo-laden book about Altoona’s railroad history may be one of the few positives to come out of the myriad cancellations in 2020. Ken Kobus of Pittsburgh and Gary C. Rauch of Boulder, Colorado, recently published “The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Muleshoe, Horseshoe, Altoona and Beyond,” a 148 page, stitched, softcover, landscape-format book with 10 pages of text and more than 200 photos and maps, including many in color. Photographs range from the 1860s through the early 1970s. Published by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, the book...
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