At one time Pittsburgh & Lake Erie's Beaver passenger station was a mini
transportation hub, with the railroad, and passenger street cars of the
Beaver Valley Traction and the Stubenville and East Liverpool meeting at a
single location.
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A former P&LE RR H-8 class 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive is not easily
recognized in this picture of the Mexico's National Oil Company's No. 4111
with its lowered headlight and oil tender having replaced the coal
handling version which it was received with - more details and information
on these locomotives is found in Kahndog
Publications book P&LE's MIKADOS.
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The P&LE's Aliquippa yards at the steel-making facilities are gone, the
only action is at Blacks Run, serving the portion of the plant still
functioning and the Ohio River Branch in this 1989 picture.
Chapter Three of our upcoming book ENGINE FOR CHANGE
tells the Aliquippa Works story as part of P&LE operations in Beaver
County, Pa.
Don Inman photo
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Westbound P&LE freight train headed by a H-10 class Mikado passes under
the City of Pittsburgh's West End Bridge en route to McKees Rocks, Pa.
yards in this 1950 photo, which has a partial view of the famous juncture
of three rivers at the Point - the story of the H-10
class is told in Kahndog Publications book P&LE'S MIKADOS.
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G-102D Super-heater 2-8-0 is on the ready line at the Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie Railroad's East Youngstown, Ohio engine terminal where it was used in
hauling trains of
limestone on the Mahoning State Line branch access at Lowellville, Ohio.
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A passenger train for Cleveland is being made up in this view of the
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's Pittsburgh Terminal facility located
in the City's South Side section.
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Eastbound train made up of empty Detroit Edison coal-hauling gondolas
heads through West Aliquippa, Pa. en route to interchange with the
Monongahela Railway at West
Brownsville, Pa. More will be found about West Aliquippa in
Kahndog Publications upcoming book ENGINE FOR CHANGE.
Joe Jack photo
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"Iron Horse Ramble" excursion train operated over the P&LE using former
Reading Railroad 4-8-4 Northern-type steam locomotives, one of which is
being turned on the railroad's McKees Rocks, Pa. "Y" track with its train.
Joe Jack photo
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