A P&LE empty hopper train rolls southbound between Glassport and Elizabeth, PA (Pollock) on the P&LE's Monongahela Branch. The hoppers are destined to Brownsville and the southwestern PA coalfield... (more)
McKees Rocks was once home to a large yard on the P&LE. By 1991 it wasn't nearly as busy as it had been prior to the collapse of the steel industry. Today, the yard is virtually abandoned and th... (more)
I didn't realize it at the time, but 3/29/91 was the only chance I had to photograph the P&LE. By 1994 when I moved to Pittsburgh, the railroad had been merged into CSX.