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I grew up in Altoona in the late 40s through the middle 50s.  As I remember it, which may not be a good as I think, since it was a long time ago, the Altoona Mirror printed the Standing of the Crews every day. Altoona was a crew change point for the freight and passenger trains. Altoona to Pitcairn or Pittsburgh was referred to, at least by the locals, as I remember it, as the Pittsburgh Division.  Altoona to Enola or Harrisburg it was called the Middle Divison. When this changed, as per other posts, I don't remember. How the world has changed.  In 1957, the year that I graduated from high school, there were approximately 38 passenger train movements a day through Altoona.  My mother and I frequently went down to the station late at night to watch the westbound premium trains (General, Spirit of St. Louis, Broadway Limited, etc.) go through. At Altoona they got new crews. And they got helper locomotives to help them get up the mountain to Galitizin.  I remember watching them on many an evening back down and couple onto the E7s and E8s that pulled the Tuscan Red varnish.  I don't remember the models, although I believe they were Alco locomotives. My father and my brother thought that mother and I were nuts, but we did not let it bother us. My mother liked trains as much as I do.
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