Near the end of its life, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie's weekday commuter train to Beaver Falls, PA, behind GP7 1501 is just a couple minutes out of Pittsburgh's P&LE Station as it ducks under a hig... (more)

P&LE GE motors round the curve at Water street on the Elgin Joliet & Eastern Porter Line in 1980.

The New Sign is in Worse Shape than the Old Sign!

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad constructed its offices and passenger station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1898. One-hundred... (more)

An empty hopper train rolls along the Mon River through Webster, PA.

The NYC 2500 is transformed into the P&LE 2800 at the Lake Shore Railway Museum for the annual Night at the Museum event.

The carbody looks like a U25B, but this is an early U28B on the P&LE roster. This is likely the most utilitarian paint scheme that I've seen on any Class 1 or regional RR.

The late afternoon shadows are starting to creep across the valley as a Pittsburgh & Lake Erie run-through train crosses the trestle at Buzz, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela’s Waynesburg & South... (more)

As dusk falls on the quiet town of North Lima, Ohio, a Pittsburgh & Lake Erie SW1500 is shut down for the night. The unit is off line on the Youngstown & Southern, accompanied by a Y&S caboose.

A set of Pittsburgh and Lake Erie power rolls toward the engine house in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The P&LE U28B’s were early production, with the U25B carbody.

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie passenger GP7 1500 rolls south from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The brakeman on the front platform doesn’t appear to be in a passenger uniform.

A trio of PLE SW1500s tip toes through less than stellar yard trackage towards a Conrail freight waiting its turn. The units have just crossed the B&O main tracks as onlookers wait to see a Chessi... (more)

Dust is in the air as a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie ballast cleaner works its way north approaching McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.

A pair of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie SW1500’s lay over in the small yard at Montour Junction, Pennsylvania, where the P&LE interchanged with short line Montour railroad.

While its unique Super 7-23B power made the Monongahela Railway a desirable destination, there was much more coal traffic than the eleven units could possibly handle, and there was a large variety... (more)

After the Rock Island folded, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie purchased four of the bankrupt road's GP38-2's in January, 1981. Here, one of those units is found off-line in Lima, Ohio a few months la... (more)