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No one was injured in this wreck on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Main Line at Colona, just east of Monaca, Pa. The 8475 was repaired and put back into service, and the engineer was briefly suspended for his inattention.

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This Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Record Card for a home-built wooden caboose which burned after being hit by a locomotive - see picture at left.

The former Pennsylvania Railroad 34th Street Yard in Pittsburgh's South Side now belonged to the LTV Steel Corporation's Monongahela Connecting Railroad when this picture was taken in 1986.

 Bill Carnahan photo

This view of the Jones & Laughlin South Side Works includes a view of their blast furnaces in Hazelwood and the twin bridges that linked the plants. Included within this picture is P&LE's single track main emerging from the line's only tunnel, which was constructed to allow the steel company to build at this location.

 Bill Carnahan photo

The curtains could be draw aside when the cold and precipitation wasn't bad, or to allow access to the cab.
Storm curtains are a modeling detail not generally found on model layouts, but were a fact of life during the steam-era on the railroads.

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All buttoned-up for winter operation, the P&LE added storm curtains to its steam locomotives in late fall to protect the crews from rain, snow and cold of Pittsburgh's nasty weather.

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View of the rear doors for a trailer that was part of a fleet of twenty-five Flex-Vans that the P&LE Railroad experimented with in a brief effort to develop piggyback service.

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A profile view of a brand-new Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Flexi-Van was taken at the company's Pittsburgh Terminal coach storage yard along the Monongahela River.

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