P&LE view at Pittsburgh Terminal during 1907
Flood
P&LE’s Pittsburgh Terminal facility was
severely impacted by a great flood that took place on the Monongahela
River in 1907. Note that the river barge in the background of this picture
has its deck sitting as high as the railroad’s freight cars trapped in the
flood.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection |
P&LE view at Pittsburgh Terminal during 1907
Flood No. 2
View of looking eastward on P&LE’s main tracks
at their Pittsburgh Terminal in the 1907 Flood, the second largest flood
recorded since the founding of the city. Future flooding would have only
hopper cars placed for securing the siding tracks to prevent their being
washed away in floods.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE Hopper No. 61148
Hoppers, such as the No. 61148 pictured here,
were the backbone of P&LE’s of the railroad’s profitability. They hauled
coal and limestone from local mines to the region’s steel mills, coal for
export, and the largest revenue producer for the railroad, iron ore from
Youngstown to Pittsburgh.
Photo Credit: Keith Klouse photo
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View of P&LE Pittsburgh Terminal in the 1936 flood
This view shows a number of structures that
made up the P&LE’s Pittsburgh Terminal in the Great 1936 that ravaged the
railroad. More information about the flood will be found in Kahndog
Publications upcoming book, ENGINE FOR CHANGE.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE’s Pittsburgh Terminal in 1937 flood
Less than a year after the Great Saint
Patrick's Day Flood of 1936, P&LE’s Pittsburgh Terminal went under water
again from a flooding Monongahela River. The view is of the portion of the
complex site locate east of the Smithfield Street Bridge which served
mainly as a storage yard and team tracks for unloading of box cars.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection |
Aliquippa & Southern No.1207
A diesel switcher owned by the Aliquippa &
Southern Railroad is receiving cars from the Jones & Laughlin Southside
Works in Pittsburgh from the P&LE at Beck's Run. The locomotive was being
operated by the Monongahela Connection Railroad, who often swapped,
borrowed or loaned power with the A&S, as they were both owned by the
steel company.
Photo Credit: Bill Metzger photo |
P&LE cabooses at McKees Rocks
A number of different models of modern era P&LE
steel cabooses are seen in this picture taken after the P&LE had shut down
its operations. The cars were stored in what had been an outdoor repair
area located under the McKees Rocks Bridge, and were covered in graffiti.
Photo Credit: Bill Nixon Collection |
P&LE train at Wampum, Pa.
An eastbound P&LE freight train headed by a
pair of GP-7’s in their original “Lightning Stripe” paint scheme is
passing the Wampum, Pa. Station in this mid-1950s photograph.
Photo Credit: Bill Nixon Collection
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P&LE fuel carrier tank car X103000
One of a fleet of tanks cars used by the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie to carry diesel fuel to their locomotive servicing
facilities, No. X103,000 is pictured here in McKees Rocks, Pa.
Photo Credit: Rich Shirey photo |
P&LE late era stock certificate
The blue edged P&LE stock certificate was the
last type used prior to the line’s being acquired by the Penn Central
Corporation, replacing what had previously been green borders.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE diesel #2028
Former Conrail locomotive, P&LE GP-38 diesel
locomotive No. 2028 heads a freight train through Pittsburgh’s West End
section on its way to McKees Rocks, Pa.
Photo Credit : Bill Nixon Collection |
Youngstown & Southern caboose No.31
Youngstown & Southern caboose No. 31 was a
former Union Pacific caboose acquired through the P&LE, when it acquired a
number of such units for itself and subsidiary railroads.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection |
