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B&LE local freight, near North Bessemer, PA, 1976.
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North Bessemer, PA, engine terminal, 1976
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Bessemer and Lake Erie SD38 875 at the engine terminal, North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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Bessemer and Lake Erie SD38 891 at the engine terminal in North Bessemer PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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North Bessemer, PA, 1976
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Bessemer and Lake Erie SD18 at North Bessemer engine terminal, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1976
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Bessemer and Lake Erie SD9 837 and SD18 855 idle at North Bessemer engine terminal, the interchange with the Union Railroad, Allegheny County, PA, 1976
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B&LE 832, 837 and 855, North Bessemer, PA, 1976. !0 years earlier, I spent part of the summer working as an extra board yard clerk on the Union Railroad, including many nights at this yard.
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Building a coal train in the late afternoon, soon to resume the trip to Queen Junction, PA, 1975
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One long train for a shortline, one giant memory for a photographer. 3 B&LE F-units haul coal to Queen Junction. Western Allegheny, 1975
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The original tipple is in ruins, but there's a newer conveyor that loads coal. B&LE F-unit 722 and two mates pick up the day's loads on the Western Allegheny on a hazy July, 1975, afternoon.
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F-units weren't built for switching, but the Western Allegheny had to make do with what it had. July, 1975.
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Western Pennsylvania coal, once a staple of the region's economy, loaded and being shipped on the Western Allegheny, also known as B&LE's Kaylor Branch. July, 1975
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Riding the footboards
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Dusk is approaching, but the locomotives and their crew still have work to do. Western Allegheny, July, 1975
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Why, oh why, didn't I shoot this in color? Orange and black locomotives, green fields with yellow flowers, trees and shrubs, though a typical western Pennsylvania gray and hazy sky. July, 1975.
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The light was nearly gone, but the F units were still heading to Queen Junction,. We followed them, and did a couple of not-so-great pan shots. Western Allegheny. 1975
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B&LE F7A 722, Western Allegheny Railroad, en route to Queen Junction, PA, 1975
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Still going strong, 3 B&LE F7 locomotives provide power for the afternoon coal train on the Western Allegheny Railroad, 1975
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For much of its run, the power for the Western Allegheny's afternoon coal train was in the middle of the train so that cars could be more readily picked up at stub-ended sidings en route. 1975
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This is the head end of the afternoon coal train, with a brakeman riding the first car to provide remote visibility to the engineer on the mid-train power. 1975
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West Freedom Coal Company, Blacksburg, PA. This coal tipple is made out of retired B&O hopper cars, some of which remain lettered for their former owner. 1975
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Faded and old, but earning their keep, three streamlined EMD F7 locomotives from Western Allegheny's owner B&LE lead a coal train west. 1975
