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July 2008 Gallery

This month we have 10 historic railroad pictures we hope you will enjoy.

Revised: 01/07/2009

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1951 P&LE Mikado heads E w/a freight train next to tracks that carried the P&WV near Carson, PA.

6/15/1951 Same place different time (see photo at right). The P&LE Mikado heads Eastbound w/a freight train. Tracks in the foreground are the ramp that carried the P&WV down to its intersection w/the P&LE. Location of posts in left corner -  West Carson Street.

Photo: J. J. Young, Jr.

Pair of Norfolk & Western diesel locomotives at Pittsburgh, PA

A pair of Norfolk Southern diesel locomotives are delivering cars at the company's former interchange with the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad located in the West End section of the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. The massive concrete and steel structure in the background is West Carson Street, which the N&S crossed over in order to access the interchange.

Jack Polaritz photo

3/22/68 pic of Baldwin "Shark" train.

This picture was taken 3/22/1968 at Brownsville, Pa., when the Monongahela Railway received second-hand Baldwin "Sharks" it had purchased from the New York Central Railroad. Many pictures of these locomotives in different liveries will be featured in Kahndog's upcoming book, Monongahela Railway Motive Power.

Bill Metzger photograph
 

B&O steam EM-1 train - heading west

A mighty Baltimore & Ohio EM-1 heading westbound with a freight train originating from the railroad's New Castle, Pa. passes P&LE's Alco PA-powered Steel King stopped at the Mahoningtown, (New Castle) passenger station.

Jack Polaritz Collection
 

Sperry Rail Service self-contained rail inspection car.

One of the infamous Sperry Rail Service's self contained rail inspection cars heads westbound over Conrail's Monongahela River bridge between Braddock and Duquesne, Pa. in this picture taken in the spring of 1987.

Jack Polaritz photo
 

Montour RR SW-9 diesel #80 at locomotive shop

Montour Railroad SW-9 diesel No. 80 sits in front of the railroad's locomotive shop building located at Montour Junction, near Coraopolis, Pa., which handled minor repairs and mandated inspections for the company's motive power.

Bill Nixon Collection

'Engines GP-38-2"s and SW-1500's

A power consist made up of two of the railroad's original GP-38-2's and two SW-1500's heads out of the P&LE RR fueling island to pick up its freight train at the company's McKees Rocks, Pa. yards

Jack Polaritz photo

 

P&LE U-25B # 2818 w/1776 Bicentenial unit # 2002 in Green County, PA.

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie's colorful U-25B No. 2818 heads a westbound coal train through Greene County on its way for interchange to the Little Giant at Brownsville, Pa. with the Monongahela Railways former Bicentennial unit No. 2002 as part of the power package.

Jack Polaritz photo
 

Rox Diesel Shop shown above after the fuel lines have been removed. The image to the right shows its recent destruction.

the remains of what was once P&LE's Diesel Shop in a view taken 3/29/08

A part of the McKees Rocks Bridge is seen in the background, as are the the church spires of the Rox "Bottoms", over the remains of what was once P&LE's Diesel Shop in a view taken 3/29/08.

Jack Polaritz photo

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