 P&LE
GP-7 No. 1521
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie GP-7 No. 1521 waits for clearance to the railroad’s
Newell yards after receiving 93 loads of coal from Monongahela Railway
interchange June 5, 1974.
Photo Credit: Ivan Saunders photo - Bill Nixon Collection
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P&LE U-28B locomotive No. 2815
Eastbound P&LE General Electric-built locomotive No. 2815 races through
South Heights, Pa. On its way to P&LE’s classification yards at McKees,
Rocks. The story of the P&LE in this and other Beaver County communities
will be found in Kahndog Publication’s upcoming book,
ENGINE FOR CHANGE.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz photo - Bill Nixon Collection
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P&LE bobber cabooses at McKees Rocks
A trio of P&LE “bobber” cabooses are park at the O’Donovan Bridge which
crossed over the railroad’s yards in McKees Rock’s, Pa., near where the
current McKees Rocks Bridge joins Island Avenue. Note the railroad’s
wooden coke cars parked in the background of this early Twenty Century
photograph.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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 Monongahela
Railway four-wheel caboose
Monongahela Railways four-wheel “bobber” caboose No. 6 is pictured at the
railroad’s South Brownsville, Pa. Yards. More information about the
railroad and its equipment can be found in THE MONONGAHELA RAILWAY, ITS
HISTORY AND OPERATIONS available through Kahndog Publications.
Photo Credit: Dave Gratz Collection
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P&LE derailment at Glenwillard, Pa.
A wrecking crew is re-railing a hopper car at Glenwillard, Pa., near the
grade crossing that accesses the Dashields Dam on the Ohio River. The
railroad has recently removed one of three main tracks here, and would
ultimately reduce operations to a single track through this location.
Photo Credit: Bill Nixon Collection
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PC&Y dispatching office at McKees Rocks, Pa. 1923
Front of the dispatching office for the Pittsburgh Chartiers &
Youghiogheny Railway that was located in McKees Rocks, Pa. as it appeared
in 1923.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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PC&Y Ry. Water Tank 1924
The Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway maintained a number of
water tanks for its locomotives, this facility was located in Carnegie,
Pa., and shared its site with Sterling Supply Company.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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 P&LE
Groveton, Pa. Locomotive coaling facility
Prior to the construction of the Brightwood locomotive servicing facility,
the P&LE maintain a coaling facility on its main line at Groveton, Pa. The
single railroad track in the left of the picture belonged to the
Pittsburgh & Moon Run Railroad, which later became a part of the Montour
Railroad.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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 PC&Y
bridge over Chartiers Avenue 1912
This view of the new installed PC&Y bridge over Chartiers Avenue in McKees
Rocks, Pa. details the bridge floor structure, prior to its being covered
by limestone ballast. The bridge still serves the Ohio Central’s railroad
operation, which utilizes the tracks of the former PC&Y.
Photo Credit: Jack Polaritz Collection
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P&LE wreck train at McKees Rocks
Until it ceased operations in 1992, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
maintained a least one wreck train at its main shops at McKees Rocks, Pa.
The train was based near the company’s Diesel Shop, on tracks that had
steam line service, so that the train would always be ready for dispatch.
Photo Credit: Robbie Beck photo
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 P&LE
diesel wreck crane
Assisted by a crane from a wrecking contractor, P&LE’s 150 Ton diesel
wreck crane based is seen in the process of re-railing a LTV Steel
Corporation hot metal car that has derailed near Coraopolis, Pa.
Photo Credit: Bill Metzger photo
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P&LE 8901 FM H10-44
One of the first two diesel locomotives that were purchased by the P&LE,
No.8901 was delivered in 1948 from Fairbanks-Morse with a power plant
based on a power plant design used on American submarines in World War II.
For more information on these locomotives see Kahndog Publication’s book,
P&LE’s BERKSHIRES.
Photo Credit: Bill Nixon Collection
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