Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

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The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad based in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, known for its heavy involvement in transporting steel and industrial freight.

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Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight railroad
railroad company
connectedWith Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Central Railroad system
Pennsylvania Railroad
country United States
economicRole linking steel mills to national rail network
supporting Pittsburgh steel production
gauge standard gauge
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
locatedIn eastern Ohio
western Pennsylvania
nickname Little Giant
notableFor heavy steel traffic
high freight density relative to route mileage
industrial switching operations
operatedAlong Beaver River
Monongahela River
Ohio River
operatedIn 20th century
parentCompany New York Central Railroad
primaryCommodity industrial freight
steel
primaryTrafficDirection east–west
primaryTrafficType bulk freight
carload freight
railroadClass Class I railroad
railroadType regional railroad
regionSpecialization heavy industry transportation
servedCity Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
linked to: McKeesport

New Castle, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Youngstown, Ohio
linked to: Youngstown
servedFacilityType coal mines
coke plants
manufacturing plants
steel mills
servedIndustry manufacturing industry
steel industry
servedRegion Ohio River Valley
linked to: Ohio Valley region

Pittsburgh metropolitan area
linked to: Pittsburgh region

Youngstown, Ohio area
successor CSX Transportation
Conrail
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in

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Homestead Steel Works railConnection Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Great Allegheny Passage usesFormerLineOf Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Connellsville Extension connectsWith Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Final System Plan describedRailroad Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway connectedTo Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Great Allegheny Passage followsFormerRailroad Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
subject linked to: GAP