Thank you for this. I spent many a day/weekend at my grandparent's home in Elizabeth, near the old Wylie station, right next to the P&LE tracks during the time this video was produced. I remember these mills, that "Look" the way the whole area worked and built things.
A great story that demonstrated hard work and regional economics supply and demand of major local industries all working together and supporting each other. The ending is sad as the P&LE Railroad believed they would be here today. The P&LE Railroad built the town of McKees Rocks as we were a railroad town with major industry. Our Irish side came to McKees Rocks to work at P&LE in 1890 Great Grandfather Michael Walsh raised his family and worked at the car shops. The old-timers said it was very hard work and dangerous work around the shops and yards. Remembrance of Hard Working People who made Industrial History in our Pittsburgh and surrounding regions! Never forget... Thank you for sharing the film.
I worked for The P and L E for 7 years as a Gandy Dancer on the Railroad. I'll never forget the hard work daily and being called out late at night on derailments at The Hump Yard in Struthers Ohio .Replacing railroad and plates and bent spikes underneath railroad engines that were hoisted above my head in order for them to be re railed when the weather is 15 below zero. That was enough. Moved to Southern Ca and here I stay. Skip Banks
I would like to dedicate this video to a couple old friends of mine P&LE DUTCH & John Foley . They worked on this Railroad their entire lives . God Bless their Souls .
A tremendous video, so much to look and admire at. A shame at what would follow in the coming years, hard to envision all of this heavy industry was actually there at one time.
The RRs may be here forever, but those U28Bs are long gone. I caught quite a few of them long ago. You never knew where they would turn up. Collinwood,Mingo Jct., or out on the main coupled with SW1500s.
Even as a promotional video, they still managed to capture the grunge that was Pittsburgh in the 70's... grey and bleak. The only color that showed up in the movie was the brief shot of a Chessie engine, everything else was nearly black and white. You have to wonder why didn't they do this in the summer? Still, a great look into the P&LE none the less.
Thank you for this. I spent many a day/weekend at my grandparent's home in Elizabeth, near the old Wylie station, right next to the P&LE tracks during the time this video was produced. I remember these mills, that "Look" the way the whole area worked and built things.
A great story that demonstrated hard work and regional economics supply and demand of major local industries all working together and supporting each other. The ending is sad as the P&LE Railroad believed they would be here today. The P&LE Railroad built the town of McKees Rocks as we were a railroad town with major industry. Our Irish side came to McKees Rocks to work at P&LE in 1890 Great Grandfather Michael Walsh raised his family and worked at the car shops. The old-timers said it was very hard work and dangerous work around the shops and yards. Remembrance of Hard Working People who made Industrial History in our Pittsburgh and surrounding regions! Never forget... Thank you for sharing the film.
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I worked for The P and L E for 7 years as a Gandy Dancer on the Railroad. I'll never forget the hard work daily and being called out late at night on derailments at The Hump Yard in Struthers Ohio .Replacing railroad and plates and bent spikes underneath railroad engines that were hoisted above my head in order for them to be re railed when the weather is 15 below zero.
That was enough. Moved to Southern Ca and here I stay.
Skip Banks
Gandy Dancers worked their butts off in extreme weather conditions, and the railroads could not have functioned without men like you. 🚂
I would like to dedicate this video to a couple old friends of mine P&LE DUTCH & John Foley . They worked on this Railroad their entire lives . God Bless their Souls .
Thanks for posting this, my dad worked for the P&LE
My dad also worked for P&LE in Mckees Rocks as well. I would have been 14 in 1976.
THANK YOU...for sharing. Enjoyed.
A tremendous video, so much to look and admire at. A shame at what would follow in the coming years, hard to envision all of this heavy industry was actually there at one time.
Excellent film. Thanks for posting.
The RRs may be here forever, but those U28Bs are long gone.
I caught quite a few of them long ago.
You never knew where they would turn up.
Collinwood,Mingo Jct., or out on the main coupled with SW1500s.
Notice how they used to put names in these films, and real ones. Nowadays you're either nameless, a number, or John Smith.
Even as a promotional video, they still managed to capture the grunge that was Pittsburgh in the 70's... grey and bleak. The only color that showed up in the movie was the brief shot of a Chessie engine, everything else was nearly black and white. You have to wonder why didn't they do this in the summer?
Still, a great look into the P&LE none the less.
At 5:55, my local chairman's father, Roy Holley, makes an appearance.
Roy, great guy.
Gordon Neuenschwander was tireless in his efforts to make “The Little Giant” all that it could be. 🚂
Busy little railroad for a line that only had 100 miles of mainline track
My favorite fallen flag!
Mine too by far
My is Pennsylvania railroad .
Agreed
P&LE used to run run through coal trains on the B&O across NE Indiana.
“Just don’t get hurt”
Great video
Yep! It got weird.....