Dear Jim and Fellow McKeesporters: Sorry it has taken so long to reply to your request. The brochure is rather fragile. I'm checking with our Photo Department here to see if they can scan it with out damage. In the mean time here is some information on the P&LE and the PeeMickey. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie was formed to break the monopoly that the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads had over the cost of shipping. Pittsburgh was one of the competitive points "out of luck" a half century ago. (1870s) the then existing railroads, of which there were only two, and apparently under agreement not to engage in rebating at Pittsburgh, denied Pittsburgh shippers the rate concessions that were being granted their competitors located at more highly competitive pints, thereby placing the manufacturing interest located in the Pittsburgh district, in such an embarrassing position that they were, in may instances, prohibited from securing business in competition with manufacturers, located at more favored points. In 1874 a group of representative Pittsburgh business, fired with a spirit of determination, were prompted to appoint a committee for the purpose of giving consideration and study to a plan looking to building a branch line of railroad from Pittsburgh, South Side, to a connection with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in the h ope that, in this way, Pittsburgh would be able to secure the rats and service that other communities were enjoying, but lack of encouragement and support given the proposed scheme resulted in the abandonment of that project. The P&LE was given free trackage and large financial support by the Harmony Society. The Pittsburgh to Youngstown portion of the railroad was completed in 1879. P McK & Y RE. Following the completion of the line from Pittsburgh to Youngstown, in order to afford a similar outlet for the immense deposits of coal along the Youghiegeny and Monongahela rivers as well as the coke fields of the Connellsville region, the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railway (Peemickey), extending east of Pittsburgh to Connellsville on the Youghiogheny river and Brownsville on the Monongahela river, was projected and built as a subsidiary of the P&LE. The line of the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny serves most of the large steel mills located in the Mon Valley. On August 31, 1903, a new line of railroad know as the Monongahela Railway, extending from Brownsville, Pa., to Martin, Pa., was opened for business This railroad was owned in equal thirds by the P&LE, B&O and Pennsylvania RR. It was built for the express purpose of aiding in the development of the lower Connellsville coke region. Later, an extension into WV, through Morgantown to Fairmont, was built and opened for business July 1, 1915. On January 14, 1910 The P&LE entered into a friendly traffic agreement with the Western Maryland RR, at that time seeking a western outlet, under which the Western Maryland extended its line from Cumberland, MD. to a connection with the P&LE at Connellsville thereby creating an additional through line from Pittsburgh to Baltimore. This connection was completed on August 1, 1912. Highest Passenger Traffic 6,782,863 in 1920. It operated 71 trains daily running through passenger service from Morgantown, WV through McKeesport to Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Rochester, Albany, Boston, New York City, and resort destinations in Maine and Nova Scotia. (Wish we had that kind of service today.) They had the following Passenger Stations in our area as follows: Pittsburgh, Homestead, Braddock McKeesport, Greenock, Buena Vista, West Newton, Smithton, Whitsett Jc, Fuller, Dickerson Run, Broadford Jc., Connellsville. The line split in McKeesport - on the Mon there were stations - McKeesport (transfer point) Glassport, Elizabeth, Monongahela, Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon, Fayette City, Brownsville, Point Marion, Morgantown and Fairmont. That is probably more than you ever wanted to know about the P&LE but somewhere in the "mess" I know I have more information. Marc In M. G. Stauffer