Bethlehem Steel Corporation's plant in Swissvale primarily built bridges
of all types, including P&LE's Ohio River Bridge, when it operated as
McClintic-Marshall Company.
Photo credit Jack Polaritz Collection
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View of P&LE RR caboose track located at the company's East Youngstown
Yard servicing facilities in the 1940s.
Photo credit Jack Polaritz Collection
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Built in June, 1903 the number 303 was renumbered to 9203 in a New York
Central System power renumbering in 1906, and finally scrapped in 1937.
Photo credit Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE K-6b #9247 is surrounded by high water on the Youghiogheny Branch,
where it was involved in an experiment to gain more freight by running hot
freight behind passenger locomotives.
Photo credit Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE's Mikados book, an all weather cab H-10
Mikado steam locomotive heads a freight eastbound to McKees Rocks Yards
through the passenger station located at Stoops Ferry, Pa.
Photo credit Homer Newlon
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P&LE RR H-10a Mikado steam locomotive #195
heads westbound through the New Castle station facility that it shared
with the B&O Railroad.
Photo credit Jack Polaritz Collection
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A large column assembled off-site for the P&LE's Ohio River Bridge at
Beaver, Pa. is delivered to the location for final assembly in the bridge
structure.
Photo credit Charles Townsend collection
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RIGHT: A pin securing the structure into
place is lowered into its final position during the bridge assembly
process in 1909.
Photo credit Charles Townsend Collection
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