Photo by Alex Mayes

Photo by Alex Mayes

ALTOONA, Pa. – This weekend the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona is once again sponsoring the Altoona Railfest. As has been a Railfest tradition, Bennet and Eric Levin’s Juniata Terminal Co. will be operating its two ex-Pennsylvania Railroad E8s, 5809 and 5711 painted in PRR Tuscan red. The E-units will pick up passengers from Harrisburg, Lewistown or Huntingdon for Altoona on Saturday, June 27; return trips are on Sunday, June 28. First class tickets are $50, coach is $30. The locomotives will also pull excursions to Horseshoe Curve. These 45-minute trips depart from the Altoona station on Saturday and Sunday at 10:20 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:45 p.m. Passengers will travel around the Horseshoe Curve, through the Gallitzin and Portage Tunnels, and loop around to return to the Altoona station via the slide and Bennington Curve. First class is $50, coach $30.

New this year is a partnership with the East Broad Top Railroad. Free shuttles will run on Saturday and Sunday from Altoona to and from the EBT, where passengers can ride behind narrow gauge 2-8-2s. Tickets are available at EBT; prices are $12 for adults and $8 for children 2-11. Shuttles will make three trips each day with 50 passengers and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit ebtrr.com for more details. For more information on the Railfest call 888-4ALTOONA.

For more information on Pennsylvania Train Rides,visit

www.scenicrailexcursions.com/pennsylvania_trainrides.php