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Nostalgia & History > History of P & LE passenger service
1) The P & LE commuter train during its final days in July 1985. This is the morning train arriving into Pittsburgh. 2) The P & LE's Pittsburgh station in 1978. Although the Grand Concourse …
Nostalgia & History > P&LE Gateway Yard - Trainorders.com
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The last W&LE Kodachrome - Trainorders.com
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B&LE Saxonburg, PA and US Steel Sintering Plant - Trainorders.com
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Nostalgia & History > W&LE West End Branch - Trainorders.com
The W&LE had leased a few Wisconsin Central SD45's in the early days and we see WC #1724 headed down the branch and crossing Steuben Street in Pittsburgh's West End neighborhood. …
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Orrville, Ohio - NS/W&LE - Trainorders.com
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NKP 765 Ferry Move - May 5, 2025 (Part Two) - Trainorders.com
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W&LE 35th Anniversary Employees' Excursions (Part Three)
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W&LE 35th Anniversary Employees' Excursions (Part Four)
It is May 10, 2025 in Brewster, Ohio where this is the end of the second trip of NKP 765 on the W&LE. She is being towed backwards to the station, so those on the third trip can board …
Nostalgia & History > History of P & LE passenger service
1) The P & LE commuter train during its final days in July 1985. This is the morning train arriving into Pittsburgh. 2) The P & LE's Pittsburgh station in 1978. Although the Grand Concourse …
Nostalgia & History > P&LE Gateway Yard - Trainorders.com
Gateway Yard was a busy place into the late 1970's, until the collapse of the steel industry around Pittsburgh and Youngstown devastated P&LE's main source of business. P&LE survived until …
The last W&LE Kodachrome - Trainorders.com
W&LE 2662 is always an interesting engine to see, adding an odd variety of color to Wheeling & Lake Erie's trains, sometimes with blue ex-EMDX engines, or grey ex-KCS and recently …
B&LE Saxonburg, PA and US Steel Sintering Plant - Trainorders.com
A B&LE crew is using three SD9's to assemble a train of sinter for North Bessemer. The yard is full of empty B&LE hoppers waiting for sinter loads. Also visible in the yard is a string of …
Nostalgia & History > W&LE West End Branch - Trainorders.com
The W&LE had leased a few Wisconsin Central SD45's in the early days and we see WC #1724 headed down the branch and crossing Steuben Street in Pittsburgh's West End neighborhood. …
Rolling good through the neighborhood (W&LE) - Trainorders.com
Hot on the heels of the NKP 765 deadhead move was this Carrollton (Ohio) empty stone train, shown passing through the backyards (and front yards) of Navarre, Ohio on 05-05. Wheeling …
Orrville, Ohio - NS/W&LE - Trainorders.com
Here are images from two trips that included Orrville, Ohio. The Norfolk Southern images are from May 1, 2025 while the Wheeling and Lake Erie train image is from April 24, 2025. 1) NS 6347 …
NKP 765 Ferry Move - May 5, 2025 (Part Two) - Trainorders.com
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W&LE 35th Anniversary Employees' Excursions (Part Three)
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W&LE 35th Anniversary Employees' Excursions (Part Four)
It is May 10, 2025 in Brewster, Ohio where this is the end of the second trip of NKP 765 on the W&LE. She is being towed backwards to the station, so those on the third trip can board …