| Just down the hill from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, was the "College" station of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The sole remaining P&LE passenger train, which ran until July 1985, started here every weekday morning for one trip to Pittsburgh and then came back in the evening. Not long after I made this picture, the train made its last run (you can see the discontinuance notice in the station window). June 1985 (date approx.) Unfortunately other signs of the P&LEs decline are in evidence: the hoppers on the left are in storage (note rust on the wheel tread); somebody told me that the railroad later sold a whole fleet of those hoppers to the Peoples Republic of China! Today you'd only find one track here (with concrete ties) operated by CSX. |
| Date:
6/1/1984 |
Location:
Beaver Falls, PA Map  |
Views:
816 |
Collection Of:
 
Geneva Short |
| Locomotives: Rolling Stock: |
Author: Geneva Short
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| Picture Categories: Scenic,Station,Passenger |
This picture is part of album: Pittsburgh and Lake Erie |