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| Roger Durfee posted Union RR roundhouse in Hall, Pa (Pittsburgh area). Scan off a Kodacolor negative, summer 1978 IIRC. I don't know if it still exists. Brandon Peck: Still there and in service |
"The URR is a Class III carrier that offers round-the-clock switching services to southwestern Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley. Customers can reach NS, CSXT, WLE, and BLE." [transtarrail]
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David Kuntz Drone Photos posted four photos with the comment: "Union RR Roundhouse and Shops in Monroeville, PA. Still very active and it looks like the roof has been replaced recently."
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Warren Caudle: What railroad used this?
John Sobaszko: [Union Railroad] was once probably the largest "terminal" railroad with over 100 locomotives, back in the early 1970s. It was owned by US Steel, before being spun-off to Transtar. It now has 32 SW1500s/MP15s that it operates in sets of up to five units.
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| 4 Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted I was really surprised by how much interest there was in the switcher-only roundhouse in Monroeville, PA. Here's the same scene but emphasizing the Union RR's diesel shops, which were the first purpose-built diesel shops in the country. Four EMD switchers are visible in this photo if you look carefully. Brian Wowak: The locomotive shop at Steamtown wasn't purpose built, but it was extensively refit by emd to service A-B-A F unit sets. Richard Jahn: Brian Wowak - yes that Lackawanna shop was featured in Railway age after it was rebuilt following EMD's shop plan recommendations. |
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| Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted Union RR shops in Monroeville PA. Note the 3 EMD switchers. The railroad is famous for using long lash-ups of switchers to haul mile long coal trains to the steel mill. The turntable is very small at maybe 70 feet because the railroad's motive power is so small. Steve Raith: Fun Fact… the diesel shop was the first purpose built shop in North America for servicing diesel locomotives in the early stages of dieselization. It became the model for other railroads and many motive power executives from other railroads visited this shop to make notes about how to build their own. Raised walkways, open pit floor plan, etc. that you see as commonplace in today’s shops. Chris Partsch-Sallese: Steve Raith did they install a smaller turntable after dieselization by chance? Would've thought given the size of the stalls, and the motive power at times like the 0-10-2's, they'd have something a little bigger to aid in properly servicing/storing them. Steve Raith: Chris Partsch-Sallese To my knowledge the turntable was always that size. The 0-10-2’s were built without a leading truck so they could fit on the turntable. The stalls in the roundhouse are deeper than one might think. They have parked 6 axel SD38-2’s in there. Dave Brown: Coal NEVER WENT to the MILLS...Usually North to Canadian Power Plant... John Sobaszko: Dave Brown Yep! Ore from North Bessemer to ET, coke from Clairton to ET, slabs from ET to Irvin, coils outbound from Irvin. I think that's most of what they do. Dave Kuntz Drone Photos: Dave Brown saying "coke" guarantees my post won't be approved by the Facebook algorithm. Dave Brown: Patty Foutz-Baird We Hauled Coke Outa Claiton to All The Mon Valley Mills...Rankin(Carrie Furnace), Duquesne and Edgar Thomson.... Patty Foutz-Baird: My dad’s friend, Dutch Miller ran this place back in the day. My dad told me that he would radio Dutch to come save him when his locomotive would break down in the Mon Valley. He said Dutch kept all tools and parts in his station wagon and would drive down to meet my dad and his bum locomotive. 😂😂😂 Donald Vogel: We pull Iron ore down from the North Bessemer yard to E.T., run the slabs out of the mill to Irvin works to roll, we also bring the Coke from Clairton Works up to E.T. Also handle Covered Gons Tanks and Coil Cars through Port Perry yard. Busy little Steel RR. I retired there in 2015 after 8 years but most of my time was with the P&LE RR. ( got short line sale’d out of that job). Paul Baran: Coal trains went north to connect with the B&LE RR at north bessimer and on to the lake Erie To be loaded into boats. |
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| Larry W Smith commented on Dave's post The railroad's motive power was small ... with the exception of the 0-10-2 'Union' class. |
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