CSX/P&LE 1883,1963 Munhall (Pinkerton's Landing) Bridge over Monongahela River near Homestead, PA

(Bridge Hunter, Historic Bridges; 3D Satellite)

P&LE = Pittsburgh & Lake Eire Railroad

This bridge goes between the USS Carrie Blast Furnaces on the north bank with the USS Homestead Works on the south bank, but the Rankin Hot Metal Bridge was a little further upstream.

Street View, Nov 2022

1902, Public Domain
The P&LE Bridge is in the foreground, Homestead Works are on the right and the Carrie Blast Furnaces are on the left.  The now abandoned RR bridge at the east end of Homestead Works was the Union RR Hot Metal Bridge.

USACE Jan 2004 Monongahela RiverNavigation Charts, p20

Joseph Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
The Pinkerton's Landing Bridge over the Monongahela in Homestead/Munhall, Pennsylvania sees a large amount of CSX rail traffic. This short train appeared to be a local.

John Sery posted
This is a not often seen Howard Fogg painting that was commissioned by the railroad for its 1964 annual report. The inside caption reads: " P&LE's new bridge over the Monongahela River near Homestead Pa., installed in1964 in replacement of a 62 year old structure. From an original painting by Howard Fogg". ( note, while there was a GP7 #5682 on the roster, I cannot find a record of one ending in 711 as depicted on the second unit).

 

Fort Frick Photography posted
The P&LE (also known as Pinkerton) bridge during the northern lights.  Near this site ~300 Pinkerton's landed in 1892 in an attempt to secure the Homestead Works.

Ken Kacsuta: This is called the Pinkerton surrender bridge, where Pinkertons gave up! Get the facts straight.

David Mancak shared

where the history starts for the Homestead Works strike started

Rick Rowlands posted, cropped
American Bridge Company changing out bridge spans for the P&LE's Mon River bridge between Homestead and Swissvale. Carrie 6 and 7 in the background.
The current spans are the one on the left and the one in the process of being set on the right. The old ones are in the middle and were built for two tracks.

Street View, upstream elevation

Street View, downstream elevation

Robert S. Dorsett posted
The Munhall P. & L.E. Railroad bridge also known as the Pinkerton's Landing bridge

Robby Beck posted, cropped
396 crossing mon river between Homestead and Rankin Pa.

Daniel Keeney posted four photos with the comment: "Couple of photos I took 2 years ago on the Railroad bridge crossing over the Monongahela river by Homestead Labyrinth park, Homestead, PA. I even got to catch a CXS train coming over the bridge at the last minute."

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Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted

A pair of CSX GE's lead empty coal train E700 as it crosses the Monongahela River in Rankin, Pennsylvania on the Pittsburgh Subdivision. The train is heading from Stilesboro, Georgia to Newell, where it will get recrewed by a mine run crew and taken for loading.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnclimberjoe50/53438917103

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1/22/2023

CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision

Rankin, PA

CSX E700-17 (Coal Empties; Stilesboro, GA to Newell, PA)

CSX 3410 ET44AC Blt. 2016

CSX 233 AC44CW Blt. 1996

Brian Rizzo: Recrewed by a Norfolk Southern crew in Newell.

Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography: Depends if it was going to Bailey mine or not. I am not sure for this train.