Bessemer and Lake Erie SD9 and F7 Artwork by Andy Fletcher

A Bessemer and Lake Erie SD9 moves carload of steel at North Bessemer, Pennsylvania. 

Meanwhile, an F7 moves empty gondolas back into the yard. 

 

Mike, Dave and The Railfan Omni Episode 6: Pittsburgh 1978

In the new episode of "Mike, Dave and The Railfan Omni" on my YouTube channel, Mike and Dave visit Pittsburgh in 1978.  While visiting the Steel City, they see Bessemer and Lake Erie, Conrail, Chessie System, Pittsburg and Shawmut and Union Railroad.  Watch on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/gl6iAgJWrD8

 

Bessemer and Lake Erie Locomotives Poster by Andy Fletcher

Bessemer and Lake Erie played a key role in moving raw materials and finished steel for the steel industry.  This poster shows locomotives from several decades of the Bessemer and Lake Erie, including one of its F-units, its SD9s and Bicentennial SD18 and one of its more modern SD40-3s which was a former Southern Pacific SD45T-2 tunnel motor locomotive.

See my Bessemer and Lake Erie artwork at customtrains.org

 

A Bessemer and Lake Erie Train Hauls Coal To The Steel Mills

This Bessemer and Lake Erie train carries coal to the steel mills.  Bessemer and Lake Erie was owned by US Steel and played a vital role in hauling raw materials and finished steel.

See my Bessemer and Lake Erie artwork at customtrains.org

 

Railroads of Pittsburgh-A Cornerstone of American Industry

Pittsburgh has long stood as a cornerstone of American industry, at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny into the Ohio River.  Pittsburgh's appetite for iron and ore and its output of steel has made it a key railroad city for generations.  Pittsburgh is long associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, Chessie System, Conrail, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Canadian National Amtrak, Bessemer and Lake Erie, Union Railroad and many others. Pittsburgh suburb Oakmont is also the headquarters of ASLRRA member Carload Express.

To see my 11"x17" Railroads of Pittsburgh poster, visit my website customtrains.org and/or my eBay store

Bessemer and Lake Erie Ore Train at Conneaut, Ohio

A Bessemer and Lake Erie train heads south from the ore docks at Conneaut, Ohio.  Its cargo heads to North Bessemer Yard and a connection with the Union Railroad.
Bessemer and Lake Erie and Union Railroad and sister Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range were all part of the US Steel Family of railroads.  These railroads worked together to haul iron ore from the Iron Range of Minnesota to the steel mills of Pittsburgh.