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April 3, 2009
The latest issue of The Little Giant, the magazine of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Society, is a special double issue focusing on the passenger service of the P&LE.

If you have an interest in the passenger car fleet of the P&LE and PMcK&Y Railroads, then the first article of this issue is a must have!  Authors Larry Kline and John Carnprobst provide a detailed look at the heavyweight passenger car fleet from the early 20th century until the 1970s when the last of these cars were replaced by light coaches.  This article is chocked full of great information, including interior and exterior photos of the passenger cars, passenger car rosters, NYC diagram book pages, and descriptions of the ultimate fate of many of the car series. 

The P&LE's I-100A class of Atlantic steam locomotivess spent their service lives pulling the heavyweight passenger car fleet.  While the few in number, they were the primary passenger service locomotives for the first 14 years of their careers.  David C. Wilson has brought this workhorse of a by-gone era to life in HO scale.  Completely scratch built from the frame up, David provides an excellent guide to planning, building, detailing and finishing a modeling steam locomotive.

Rounding out this special passenger issue is a reproduction of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Passenger Service Timetable effective September, 1942.  With passenger train travel approaching it's zenith due to war time demands placed on the railroads, the travelers on the P&LE had an amazing selection of trains to choose from.  Destinations included all of the major US cities along the Great Lakes, the New England states and points in Canada!  The heart of the P&LE passenger service was the daily commuter trains between Pittsburgh and Youngstown which offered as many as 13 daily trains between the two steel manufacturing centers.

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