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The end of the Winfield Railroad. In 2014, only a few bridges and short lengths of rail mark where this shortline once ran on its weedy right-of-way, as it did here in July, 1975.
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Winfield Railroad, 1975
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Winfield Railroad, at West Winfield, PA, on Buffalo Creek, July, 1975.
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Winfield Railroad had one operable locomotive--GE 45-tonner Number 5--when Bill Metzger and I visited the property. Here, Number 5 and a Detroit and Mackinac hopper cross a rural road at grade, July, 1975.
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The WInfield Railroad was a neatly-kept property. The locomotive seemed to be well-maintained, with fresh paint, clean windows, no evidence of oil leaks. The track, well, the track was just about invisible. July, 1975.
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Winfield GE 45-tonner Number 5 pulls a Detroit and Mackinac hopper on a quiet, hot, and muggy Western Pennsylvania day in July, 1975.
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Winfield Railroad GE 45-tonner Number 5 has its reflection for company as it pulls a short train along Buffalo Creek in July, 1975.
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Gliding along a flowery right of way, Winfield Railroad's GE 45-tonner Number 5 pulls a short train on its way to the Penn Central interchange, July, 1975
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Winfield Railroad locomotive number 5 switches the factory of its Penn-Dixie Cement parent, West Winfield, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Still an ongoing business in July, 1975, Penn-Dixie Cement's plant in West Winfield, PA, was linked to the outside world by its subsidiary WInfield Railroad.
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Switching the Penn-Dixie Cement Company yard at West Winfield, PA, Winfield Railroad's GE Number 5 has every door and window open for ventilation on a hot July, 1975 afternoon.
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Penn-Dixie Cement's plant at West Winfield, Pennsylvania, on Buffalo Creek between Freeport and Butler, PA, was switched by the plant's Winfield Railroad, a now-departed shortline that Bill Metzger and I were fortunate to visit in the summer of 1975