Nostalgia History gt; History of P LE passenger service In aussiehinz's thread about Pittsburgh Lake Erie Railroad U-Boats, one of the posters (bailey) asked about passenger service on the P LE Rather than diverge off the topic of P LE U-Boats, I am starting a new thread on the subject of P LE passenger service The 125th anniversary of passenger service is coming on February 24
P amp;LE Gateway Yard - Trainorders. com P LE survived until 1993, mostly on coal traffic from the Monongahela Railway, in which P LE had a 1 3 ownership interest P LE was absorbed into the CSX system in 1993 CSX had no need for Gateway Yard, and it was closed Today the yard is overgrown, and the four story office building at the hump is an oft-photographed industrial ruin
W amp;LE 200th anniversary locomotive - Trainorders. com Folks who work in the Brewster, OH shop tell me that an SD-40-3 has been painted in an attractive red-white-blue scheme celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U S A I do not know when they plan to unveil it
Oddity - P amp;LE Cabooses - Trainorders. com A lousy day, but an unusual photo P amp;LE caboose #507 was among the victims of a wreck on the Monongahela RR in 1990 (I don't know the details) Prior to being scrapped, the caboose was dumped along the tracks in Waynesburg, PA If cabooses could talk, what exchange might have taken p
Sometimes you can go back . . . P amp;LE Jct redux I passed this location many times before I took photo 1 on 2 6 68 but something always bothered me about it the wire angling up in front of the structures Well it mysteriously disappeared as seen in photo 2 yup, I know, I changed history ; ^ )
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