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P amp;LE Gateway Yard - Trainorders. com P LE survived until 1993, mostly on coal traffic from the Monongahela Railway, in which P LE had a 1 3 ownership interest P LE was absorbed into the CSX system in 1993 CSX had no need for Gateway Yard, and it was closed Today the yard is overgrown, and the four story office building at the hump is an oft-photographed industrial ruin
Nostalgia History gt; History of P LE passenger service In aussiehinz's thread about Pittsburgh Lake Erie Railroad U-Boats, one of the posters (bailey) asked about passenger service on the P LE Rather than diverge off the topic of P LE U-Boats, I am starting a new thread on the subject of P LE passenger service The 125th anniversary of passenger service is coming on February 24
W amp;LE 200th anniversary locomotive - Trainorders. com Folks who work in the Brewster, OH shop tell me that an SD-40-3 has been painted in an attractive red-white-blue scheme celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U S A I do not know when they plan to unveil it
Nostalgia History gt; Dawson, PA Question - Trainorders. com There was a P LE hump yard there at one time (Dickerson Run ) The P LE went as far as Connellsville's West side and ended That is where the WM trackage started Between Dawson and Connellsville a train could gain access to the B O by way of the West Jaw bridge Where the WM started and the P LE ended you could cross he river to the P WV
W LE West End Branch - Trainorders. com The W LE had leased a few Wisconsin Central SD45's in the early days and we see WC #1724 headed down the branch and crossing Steuben Street in Pittsburgh's West End neighborhood
B amp;LE Saxonburg, PA and US Steel Sintering Plant The plant received inbound shipments of iron ore, coke and limestone, and the finished product was moved by the B LE to North Bessemer for interchange to the Union Railroad, which served the US Steel plants along the Monongahela River Valley B LE moved inbound iron ore to Saxonburg from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut Ohio
Where are they now? P LE cabooses 500-509 P LE cabooses 500-509 I've been trying for some time to determine the fate of the ten cabooses built in Pittsburgh Lake Erie's McKees Rocks shops, numbers 500-509
Unstoppable Train Movie Units, Where Are They Now?? W LE 6353 and 6354 were both used in the movie as "AWVR 1206", and both feature extra large windows that were used to better show the main characters in the movie They were repainted into corporate W LE colors after the movie The two photos below show both units on train 643 in Southview, PA, on 10 18 15
P LE paint scheme by Howard Fogg . . . true story. roadrunner 's P LE post reminded me of a P LE slide I have and that's worthy of this re-post Here's a pic of this unique P LE paint scheme designed by Howard Fogg and a pic of his original slide As you can see to get the shot he had to shoot from the shady side (no Pittsburgh pun intended ; ^ ) There are references on the internet that this scheme never existed, but lo and behold the 'net is