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Western Allegheny Railroad enginehouse, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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3 B&LE F-units pull the afternoon coal loads on the Western Allegheny, in July, 1975
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By July, 1975, Western Allegheny didn't use a caboose and the crew had to hold tight to the last car.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A-B-A set on the Western Allegheny, passing one of the many loaders on the line, July, 1975
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Moving at the track speed of 10 mph, the B&LE F7A-B-A set that powered the Western Allegheny in July, 1975, passes its own reflection on the way to Queen Junction.
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The B&LE F7A-B-A units heading up this Western Allegheny coal train are veterans of many such movements in their 24-year lifespans, but in July, 1975, they're still working hard.
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Backwoods railroading on the Western Allegheny near Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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4500 horsepower and performing as EMD intended when it built there F7 units nearly a quarter century earlier, Western Allegheny, July, 1975
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A 722 leads its two mates and a cut of hopper cars through one of the coal loaders on the Western Allegheny, July, 1975
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Basic servicing at Kaylor, PEnnsylvania, on the Western Allegheny, July, 1975
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Going to work on the Western Allegheny, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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Form follows function, coal-hauling diesel-electric locomotives on the Western Allegheny Railroad, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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Approaching Queen Junction and the interchange with the Bessemer and Lake Erie, an ABA set of F7 units hauls the afternoon coal train on the Western Allegheny, July, 1975.
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Later afternoon haze, and the Western Allegheny is hauling coal to it interchange with the Bessemer and Lake Erie at Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Stop, look, and listen for the train on the Western Allegheny near Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny Railroad, a subsidiary of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, locomotive servicing facility, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny enginehouse, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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By July, 1975, Western Allegheny was a Bessemer and Lake Erie subsidiary that hauled coal from Kaylor, Pennsylvania, to Queen Junction. However, for most of its life, the Western Allegheny belonged to the PRR. Kaylor, PA, 1975
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny enginehouse and F7 A-B-A consist, Kaylor, PA, July, 1975
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Framed by a coal loader, 3 B&LE F7 cab units power the afternoon coal train on the Western Allegheny railroad, near Queen Junction, PA. 1975
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Weestern Allegheny (B&LE) F7A crosses its own line with a train of the day's coal loads, near Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, 1975.
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Western Allegheny (B&LE) F7A crosses over the B&O line to Mt. Jewett with the day's coal loads near Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, 1975.
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Switching with cab units, like these F7's on the Western Allegheny, often required a trainman to ride outside the units so that he could see the way ahead. It wasn't safe, but in 1975, it was how things were done.
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Heavy equipment, highway and rail, Western Allegheny, 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
