[PRCo] CVSR operations

[Bob Rathke]

Herb, 



The photos I sent were of Cuyahoga Valley Line trips in Sept., 1975. They ran on the P&LE from Pittsburgh to Brownsville Jct. in southwestern Pa. , and were pulled by ex-Grand Trunk Western 2-8-2 4070.  



The Pittsburgh trips brochure says that they were sponsore d by the Allegheny Railroad Company which was based in Akron, and affil iated with Steam Tours, Inc. 



Si milar CVL trips also operated on the B&O line south from Peninsula, Ohio (Cleveland) in that era. 



Bob 












----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2011 7:16:11 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: CVSR 

I did ride one of the steam excursions from P & LE Station eastbound to some 
point east or east and south of Pittsburgh in either 1976 or 1977. Were 
these photos one of those trips? I remember the trip but not who sponsored 
it. I will have to check at the railroad office on trips running out of 
Pittsburgh. I have worked with CVSR for three years now but don't know too 
much about the early history.. I really have to go to the office and check 
out the archives. Thanks for the excellent photos. 
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 16:13, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote: 

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> Attached are some photos I took of Cuyahoga Valley Line 2-8-0 4070 when it 
> operated out of both Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the mid-70's. The river 
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> - Leaving the P&LE station. 
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> - Exiting the U.S. Steel Homestead Works and crossing the P&LE bridge over 
> the Monongahela River. 
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> - Opposite the USS Clairton Coke Works. Â Those green P&LE box cars were not 
> in a train; they were stored on the mainline during the recession that year. 
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> Bob 
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-- 
Herb Brannon 
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park