Trains

The Railroad Sights of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

Little more than a speck in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountain region, Gallitzin provides a significant draw to both railroad and history buffs.  It is the very mountains surrounding it, once conquered with track, which sparked the engineering feats to be seen today.

Located midway between Altoona in the east and Johnstown in the west off of the appropriately-designated “Gallitzin” exit of US Route 22, the town itself, a borough bordered by Gallitzin Township and Tunnelhill in Cambria County, was incorporated in 1872 and took its name from the prince … Continue Reading