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On a hot Mid-July, 1975, afternoon, a Bessemer and Lake Erie ABA set of EMD F7 locomotives hauls the day’s coal train toward the Western Allegheny railway’s junction with the PennCentral.
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Western Allegheny’s B&LE F7 units cross above a rural road in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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From the hill through which this train will soon pass, a Western Allegheny coal train heads for Queen Junction on a hot July day in mid-July, 1975.
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Branch-line railroading on the Western Allegheny in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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Western Allegheny crossing the Baltimore and Ohio line to Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Branch line railroading in Butler County, Pennsylvania, along the Western Maryland, in July, 1975.
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Afternoon coal train on the Western Allegheny in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7 units were the most common motive power for the railroad’s Western Allegheny branch in its last years. Here, an ABA set of the locomotives haul the afternoon coal train along the line en route to Queen Junction. July, 1975.
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Leading the train or marking its end, a brakeman rides a Bessemer and Lake Erie hopper car, part of a train on the Western Allegheny branch line in Butler County, Pennsylvania. July, 1975.
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Railroad crossing on the Western Allegheny in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July 1975.
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The afternoon coal train on the Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie passes a loader deep in the hills of Butler County, Pennsylvania, in July, 1975.
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Late afternoon haze accompanies an afternoon coal train on the B&LE’s Western Allegheny Branch in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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The motive power for the Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad backs away from the engine house at Kaylor, Pennsylvania, in mid-July, 1975.
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Classic EMD locomotive, an ABA set of Bessemer and Lake Erie F7’s near Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July. 1975.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A 722 at the Western Allegheny engine house in Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Bessemer and Lake Erie F7A and the Western Allegheny engine facility at Kaylor, Pennsylvania, in July, 1975.
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The Western Allegheny was a one-time PRR branch line that in later years was operated by the Bessemer and Lake Erie. Here, an A-B-A set of B&LE F7’s is preparing for the afternoon’s work of picking up coal loads along the line. July, 1975.
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B&LE F7A 722 and two more units awaiting the beginning of their day’s work along the Western Allegheny in Pennsylvania’s Butler County. Kaylor, PA, July 1975.
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B&LE F7A 718 at the Western Alleghent enginehouse in Kaylor, Pennsylvania. July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny, near Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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B&LE 722, on the Western Allegheny, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975
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New ballast, old locomotive, older railroad. Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, near Kaylor, PA, July, 1975.
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B&LE F7A 718 is the trailing unit in a consist of F-units providing power on the Western Allegheny for its coal-hauling work. Near Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, between Kaylor and Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, between Kaylor and Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny enginehouse, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Near dusk, Bessemer and Lake Erie F-units drift downgrade while switching cars for the afternoon coal train, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny enginehouse, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny, Kaylor, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
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Western Allegheny branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, between Kaylor and Queen Junction, Pennsylvania, July, 1975.
