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April 1975 - P&LE GE U28Bs 2811 and 2807 are eastbound on #1 main just east of Lowellville, Ohio. Behind the U-Boats is a solid trainload of iron ore headed for the steel mills of Pittsburgh. Today only the B&O Chicago main line on the right remains.
Detroit Edison engine 007 passes under the hump on the River Track as an eastbound ore train with U28B #2811 on the point heads east on the main.
June 1975 - P&LE GP7 #1503 is WB on the LE&E (Lake Erie & Eastern) at Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio. The 7-mile LE&E was a double-track, CTC railroad. The rails were pulled up in the 80s and today it is all gone.
An eastbound ore train on #4 main passes the switchtender tower at the P&LE's Gateway Yard. The cars in the distance are in the 46-track classification yard.
May 1975 - An unusual motive power consist waits for a signal at the east end of the P&LE Departure Yard in Lowellville, Ohio. Three U28Bs, a GP7 and an SW1500 are assigned to this train.
February 1976 - P&LE GP7 #1503 is WB on the LE&E (Lake Erie & Eastern) in Youngstown, Ohio. The 7-mile LE&E was a double-track, CTC railroad which ran between Struthers and Girard, Ohio. Today, all the rail infrastructure and the steel mills in this image are totally gone.
P&LE GP38-2 No. 2055 leads a six-unit consist eastbound just east of Lowellville, Ohio.
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