Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	railroad shop complex
gptkbp:area	218 acres
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:closedPartially	1980s
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs	16,000
gptkbp:established	1850
gptkbp:function	maintenance locomotive construction railcar construction
gptkbp:heritageDesignation	gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places 1987
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Juniata_Shops Altoona Machine Shops South Altoona Foundries
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Altoona,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:William_H._Brown gptkb:Samuel_Rea
gptkbp:notableEvent	site of PRR's test department site of PRR's research laboratory
gptkbp:notableFor	development of the GG1 electric locomotive largest railroad shop complex in the world (at its peak) testing and research facilities
gptkbp:owner	gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:produced	over 110,000 railroad cars over 6,800 locomotives
gptkbp:survivingStructures	gptkb:12th_Street_Car_Shop Juniata Locomotive Shop erecting shops
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:PRR_E6
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6