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Western Allegheny's Bessemer and Lake Erie F-units pull the afternoons loads from the mines toward Queen Junction, in Butler County, Pennsylvania. 1975
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On a hazy late Spring afternoon in 1975, Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A 722 leads two more F-units pulling the afternoon coal loads on the Western Allegheny Railroad near Queen Junction in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A 722 leads two more F-units as they haul the afternoon train of loads on the Western Allegheny branch in northwestern Pennsylvania, en route to interchange with the B&LE at Queen Junction. 1975
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The Western Allegheny was officially known as the Bessemer and Lake Erie's Kaylor Branch--after 1968 when it was purchased from the PRR. It was a photogenic, quaint, but still working railroad. 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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Dusk is approaching, but the locomotives and their crew still have work to do. Western Allegheny, 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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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
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Heavy equipment, highway and rail, Western Allegheny, 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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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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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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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
