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Eastern Railroad Discussion > The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LEDate: 05/05/26 20:03 The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LE Author: Forever-Railfan-45 During its heyday the P&LE's trackage accounted for only 10% for railroad miles in the United States but the P&LE accounted for 1% of all tonnage carried by rail. That was becausee of all of the coal, coke, iron ore,steel and other misc. freight. It had made its way into Ohio at one point. With the collapse of the steel industry also came the demise of the "Little Giant." IIRC they had a yard that was called the Gateway yard, Thanks for looking.
  Date: 05/05/26 20:08 Re: The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LE Author: Gonut1 Great photos.
Recheck your percentages they seem reversed ? At least to my hardening gray matter. Maybe 1% of trackage, 10% of traffic handled? Whatever, it's late my mind is tired, I'm starting my 9,606th orbit around our Sun, getting dizzy. Gonut Date: 05/05/26 20:44 Re: The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LE Author: Forever-Railfan-45 I actually had to screenshot it because I was so tired when I come home from work because we've been pretty busy up with the police department at the hospital I'll take a gander again 🙂
Posted from Android Date: 05/06/26 05:30 Re: The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LE Author: swaool Yes, Gateway Yard in Youngstown/Lowellville OH: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/13976391696/in/album-72157640367150863
mike woodruff north platte ne Date: 05/06/26 10:24 Re: The "Little Giant..." the CSX 1875 P&LE Author: Forever-Railfan-45 While it operated around one tenth of one percent of the nation's railroad miles, it hauled around one percent of its tonnage.[1] This was largely because the P&LE served the steel mills of the greater Pittsburgh area, which consumed and shipped vast amounts of materials. This is per Wikipedia...
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