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- Varney Model "Erie Railroad" Diesel Locomotive, 1945-1970 - HO or 1:87 scale trains first appeared after World War I but didn't become big sellers in the United States until the 1950s. Their smaller size -- half the size of O scale models -- allowed modelers to build more elaborate layouts in the same physical space. HO is large enough for realistic detail, yet small enough to remain affordable to many customers.
- 1945-1970
- Collections - Artifact
Varney Model "Erie Railroad" Diesel Locomotive, 1945-1970
HO or 1:87 scale trains first appeared after World War I but didn't become big sellers in the United States until the 1950s. Their smaller size -- half the size of O scale models -- allowed modelers to build more elaborate layouts in the same physical space. HO is large enough for realistic detail, yet small enough to remain affordable to many customers.
- Baldwin "Consolidation" Steam Locomotive, 1909 - Locomotives like this hauled heavy freight at relatively slow speeds. These brutes were based on practicality and increasing understandings of scientific principles, not aesthetics. This locomotive brought iron ore south and coal north on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, connecting Pittsburgh with Lake Erie. The B&LE played a limited but utterly crucial role in a nationally important heavy industry: steel.
- 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Baldwin "Consolidation" Steam Locomotive, 1909
Locomotives like this hauled heavy freight at relatively slow speeds. These brutes were based on practicality and increasing understandings of scientific principles, not aesthetics. This locomotive brought iron ore south and coal north on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, connecting Pittsburgh with Lake Erie. The B&LE played a limited but utterly crucial role in a nationally important heavy industry: steel.
- "P & LE Railway Station and Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh," 1908 - Several railroads served Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie connected the city with Youngstown, Ohio, about 70 miles to the northwest -- and about 60 miles short of the Great Lake in the railroad's name. P&LE's Pittsburgh station, located along the Monongahela River, opened in 1898. Passenger service there ended in 1985, but the building continued to operate as a restaurant.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
"P & LE Railway Station and Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh," 1908
Several railroads served Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie connected the city with Youngstown, Ohio, about 70 miles to the northwest -- and about 60 miles short of the Great Lake in the railroad's name. P&LE's Pittsburgh station, located along the Monongahela River, opened in 1898. Passenger service there ended in 1985, but the building continued to operate as a restaurant.