BESSEMER & LAKE Erie Railroad # 643, 2-10-4 steam loco Orig 35mm Color slide - $14.05. Moving the B & LE No.643 into position so it can be prepared for shipment to the Roundhouse.

SHIPPING: First Class shipping to USA, .55c; to Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan and … These giant "Texas" type engines were copies of the Burlington Route's M4 "Colorados". Bessemer & Lake Erie 643 partially dismantled on private property next to the CSX (Ex-PLE) main in McKees Rocks Photo Date: 5/13/2020 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 10:14:14 PM Unbelievably, this loco was kept by the Bessemer & Lake Erie in their roundhouse (along with their 0-10-2 #604 and 2-8-0 #154) until 1983, when it was sold to Mr. Campbell. So what does everyone think will happen to it in the end? Home Current Motive Power Past and Present Diesel Engines Western Allegheny Wrecks Car Ferries Documents Current existing locomotives of the Bessemer and Lake Erie ... B&LE 643 2-10-4. When the Bessemer was taking bids against steam town in I wanna say 1988. This shirt is 100% cotton with taped neck and shoulders, double needle stitch through out. Moderators: Jon, superbirdvh. What would be your "ideal," resolution for B&LE 643?

It would then haul Pennsylvania coal back up to the lakeshore for the ore boats, it was a perfect system. Bessemer and Lake Erie Texas Type 2-10-4 #643 has not been discussed much on this forum, compared to others, and that's not a bad thing. Scrap?, Preservation?

There is a huge difference between these two locomotives and their respective situations.

4-4-0 1 - B&LE booklet photo 4-4-0 ... 2-10-2 501 - N Bessemer PA - 1935 - {Bill Navari Collection} 2-10-2 ... Bessemer & Lake Erie All Time Steam Roster; Year Acquired Orig No New No * Type Class Builder Cyl Size Driver 29: 128: B&LE trip with 867 by dbcs Apr 20, 2019 12:58:36 GMT -5 Bessemer & Lake Erie 643 partially dismantled on private property next to the CSX (Ex-PLE) main in McKees Rocks Photo Date: 5/13/2020 Upload Date: 6/10/2020 10:14:14 PM

When the B&LE was merged in 1901, many of the locomotives built before continued to have their older initials painted on their cabs. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad All Time Steam Roster. Bessemer and Lake Erie Texas Type 2-10-4 #643 has not been discussed much on this forum, compared to others, and that's not a bad thing. It was easy, all-rail to move from Baltimore to Hagerstown The locomotive is well-suited to her new role at the WM Scenic. Bessemer and Lake Erie 2-10-4 steam locomotive number 643, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, October 13, 2010. Notes 70057. For some years, this locomotive was covered by a structure, now gone.

B&LE Erie Operations by Jameszek Jun 15, 2020 4:50:16 GMT -5: Photos and Video - 1 Viewing. Bessemer & Lake Erie.

The shirt carries the locomotive’s nickname, “The King”, as well as the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum logo on the back. The PS&LE and Butler and Pittsburgh were merged into the Pittsburgh, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad under Carnegie’s control in 1897 before the line was even completed, and in 1900, a new company, controlled by Carnegie Steel, was formed to lease and run the railroad for 999 years–the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Bessemer & Lake Erie Archives: Follow us on Facebook! Mr, Stein and Glenn Campbell bought 643 from the B&LE. Historical Information; The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad ran 153 miles from Lake Erie to North Bessemer, PA near Pittsburgh, PA. From early spring until the first freeze the B&LE hauled iron ore from the lake boats to the steel mills and carried Pennsylvania coal back to the Lakefront. Howard P. Post subject: Re: Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 #643 to MOVE? 96700. BL&E 643 would pick up iron ore from boats on Lake Erie and haul it about 150 miles south to steel mills in North Bessemer in the Pittsburgh area starting in the early-1940s. Show your support of our recent acquisition of the Bessemer & Lake Erie No.643 by sporting this custom shirt displaying the schematics of the No.643 in Bessemer & Lake Erie colors! The Locomotive still sits down in the Rocks. A landlocked Bessemer & Lake Erie steam locomotive may find a new home about 20 miles away from where it sits today in McKees Rocks, Pa.

643, all other's are false. Bob Rathke Photo. The title says it all. This is the official page for Bessemer and Lake Erie No. 02-1944. Steam Locomotives. The Bessemer and Lake Erie H1 was a class of 47 2-10-4 "Texas" type locomotives built between 1929 and 1944. Post your photographs and videos from your railfan trips along the Bessemer.