One of my fondest memories with my late Father. We went with some of his bus driving buddies for a day trip. Saw the shops at Altoona, the tunnel at Galitzen, even went thru the tunnel under the Curve. When we went they had removed the K4 the year before (this was '88) and put a GP7 (9?) in its place. There were big plans to relandscape the park and put in an elevator in the works. The only disappointment to the whole trip was Altoona's R.R. Museum...what a sad junkyard that was becoming. I did get to walk thru the GG1 and a little Plymouth 4 wheel critter so all was not lost. A pretty good day's visit, sorry no pics survived and I took plenty.
Cool shot on your layout. Should I ever have the oppurtunity to own a larger layout, an ersatz Curve is a priority. I'll model it about a third of the way up the valley with tree cover going the rest of the way near the ceiling. Gotta have that K4 in its fenced setting, the fenced in mainline, the stairway up and at least part of the flat park on top. Can't forget the tunnel either....