GP-7 road-switcher #5694 running long-end first, pulls a four-car commuter
train westbound past the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR's Stoops Ferry, Pa.
passenger station located in Moon Township in 1953.
Homer Newlon photo
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A P&LE Alco passenger unit heads up a westbound train at nearly the same
spot as the commuter train shown behind a GP-7. Intercity trains between
Pittsburgh and Youngstown were run behind the Alco road passenger power
until they were pulled from service in 1960 and scrapped.
Homer Newlon photo
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GP-7 P&LE RR #1501 heads an inbound to Pittsburgh commuter train as it
passes under pedestrian walkway at Chestnut Street approaching Montour
Junction in Coraopolis, Pa on a cold November morning in 1986.
Jack Polaritz photo
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A brace of three of the P&LE's commuter train cars awaits the afternoon
train back to College, Pa. at their heated storage tracks in McKees Rocks,
Pa. A more complete story of the railroad's commuter train is told within
Kahndog's upcoming book ENGINE FOR CHANGE.
Jack Polaritz photo
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Also included in Kahndog's upcoming book ENGINE FOR CHANGE is the story of
the construction of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad's third bridge at
this location between Monaca and Beaver, Pa.
Charles Townsend Collection
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The bridge which was completed in May, 1910 was an engineering marvel and
one of the largest cantilever bridges in the world, constructed by an
on-line customer located in Swissvale, Pa., the bridge is still in service
for P&LE's successor, CSX.
Charles Townsend Collection
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View looking west at the P&LE's Pittsburgh Terminal taken by the Company
Photographer shows passenger trains still being made up despite
Monongahela River flooding from a January 1937 thaw and rain event. Hopper
cars were parked along tracks near the river to prevent er osion and
subsequent damage to the siding rails.
Jack Polaritz Collection
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View looking west from an office located in the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie's
Terminal Building shows the catastrophic flooding created in the
Pittsburgh Great 1936 Flood of March 17th, 1936.
Jack Polaritz Collection
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