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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad In Color by Lorenzo & Clark Morning Sun Books
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad In Color by Lorenzo & Clark Morning Sun Books
By Robert V Lorenzo and Nathan S Clark Jr
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
128 pages
Copyright 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction5
Conneaut8
Conneaut Branch14
Erie18
Swanville21
Wallace Junction22
Girard23
Albion Yard24
Albion30
Springboro32
Keepville32
Conneautville33
Harmonsburg33
Meadville Junction34
Meadville Branch35
Shermansville37
Hartstown38
Ko40
Adamsville40
K-O Line42
Osgood46
Greenville48
Greenville Shops52
Shenango Yard60
XN62
Sharpsville Sojourn64
Shenango Hill66
Ky67
Kremis68
Fredonia69
Porter Cutoff70
Filer72
Grove City73
Carter74
Harrisville75
Branchton76
Hillards Branch76
Kiesters78
Euclid79
Queen Junction80
Western Alleghany Division81
Jamisonville88
Oneida89
Calvin Yard90
Butler Transfer93
Butler95
McBride97
Saxonburg98
Ivywood100
Red Hot101
Culmerville102
Curtisville104
Russellton105
Deer Creek107
River Valley107
Alleghany Industrial District108
Cheswick & Harmar Railroad109
Allegheny River Bridge110
East Oakmont112
Milltown113
Newfield114
XB116
Unity Railways117
North Bessemer Yard118
Bessemer Piggyback Goes to Town123
Duquesne124
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Commencing operations in 1869 as the Shenango & Allegheny Railroad, the Bessemer and Lake Erie grew from humble beginnings to become U.S. Steel's lifeline between the Great Lakes and its Pittsburgh district mills. Recognized for a superb physical plant, which at one time supported a tonnage density per track-mile greater than any other Class I railroad, the Bessemer has earned a reputation as one of the nation's premier regional carriers of heavy freight. Today, as a key component of the Transtar, Inc., group of transportation companies, the B&LE continues its tradition as a hauler of coal, iron ore, and other steel-related commodities.
This book, consisting of more than 200 color photographs, takes us on a tour of the Bessemer, presenting a mix of historical perspectives and contemporary action. We'll see first- and second-generation diesels, resplendent in the B&LE's striking orange-and-black livery, as they pull (and push!) a parade of heavy tonnage. We'll also catch a glimpse of B&LE steam in its twilight years. Our tour will follow the Bessemer from the Lake Erie harbor at Conneaut, Ohio, southward across the rolling countryside of beautiful northwestern Pennsylvania, down through the coal mining districts, over the majestic Allegheny River Bridge, and into North Bessemer Yard on the fringes of the Steel City. We'll explore several branch lines as well, including the Western Allegheny - once noted for its long-lived B&LE F-units.
Climb aboard for a "photo-excursion" celebrating the Silver Centennial (125th Anniversary) of the Bessemer and Lake Erie - a truly remarkable railroad.
Motive power and operations of the heavy-duty carrier linking Pittsburgh with the Great Lakes. Mainline and branchline B&LE action is vividly portrayed in more than 200 superb color photographs from the 1950s to the present.
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