With Dad in Mind

boin106OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I'm a West Coaster. My family is all out here. I raised my kids here. However...after graduating from UCLA...my youngest daughter got a job in Washington, DC and lives in Virginia. She and her fiancee drove to Columbus, Ohio to visit his parents. While they were driving my daughter snapped some pics of trains with her iPhone and sent them to me. She knows my love of trains and sent them "with Dad in mind." So... I believe the location is in Pittsburgh, PA. Can anyone confirm that? What river is that? And...is it the Bessemer RR? Tnx. Enjoy! Matt

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2/8/1411:20 PM

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Mike CTOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by boin106:

I'm a West Coaster. My family is all out here. I raised my kids here. However...after graduating from UCLA...my youngest daughter got a job in Washington, DC and lives in Virginia. She and her fiancee drove to Columbus, Ohio to visit his parents. While they were driving my daughter snapped some pics of trains with her iPhone and sent them to me. She knows my love of trains and sent them "with Dad in mind." So... I believe the location is in Pittsburgh, PA. Can anyone confirm that? North of Pittsburgh, PA What river is that? Allegheny River And...is it the Bessemer RR? Not sure, I believe Bessimer or Bessimer and Lake Erie. Tnx. Enjoy! Matt Picture was taken from a new bridge on the PA turnpike. The old turnpike bridge was closer to the railroad bridge.

Duquesne Light Cheswick Power plant in the background.

2/8/1411:28 PM

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mlavender480OGR Forum Member

Yep, that is the former Bessemer & Lake Erie, now part of CN. Nice to see they're still running some B&LE power.

Lucky shot, too... I've NEVER seen a train on that bridge!

2/8/1411:45 PM

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RJLOGR Forum Member

Nice to have supportive family members, who think of Dad.

Ralph

2/9/146:13 AM

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N&W Class JOGR Forum Member

Great pictures...and sounds like you sure have a very wonderful daughter.

2/9/147:28 AM

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CNJ #1601OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Nice photos, and love the story behind them even more!

2/9/148:36 AM

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SpenceOGR Forum Member

Obviously, you brought her up right.

2/9/149:13 AM

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dougwolfpackerOGR Forum Member

Great photos of the Bessemer engines on the bridge.

http://www.waymarking.com/waym..._Harmar_Pennsylvania

This is about the bridge. It is the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, now owned by CN. They only run about 1 train a day. When I was a kid in the early 1970's that bridge always had trains running over it because of the iron ore they were pulling to Pittsburgh for the steel mills. The bridge is about 14 miles north of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River, which joins the Monongahela River in downtown Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.

2/9/147:54 PM