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I commuted from McKeesport to Downtown on the PATrain from 1981 until the service ceased to operate. This video brought back a lot of bittersweet memories. The so-called express buses kept adding more stops until the runs were renamed as "Flyers." The commuting time on the Flyers was almost as long as the local runs. In Pittsburgh, the residential growth has been in the northern suburbs, which doesn't have much in the way of mass transit. As for the Mon Valley where I grew up, the only thing I can say is: "Will the last person leaving the Mon Valley please turn off the lights,"

Though I can't explain why it's a deadhead going back, I might have a reason why it's stopping at New Bridge Landing. My dad has told me that New Bridge Landing is the last station with a siding before the New York stations. So, New Bridge to Pearl River has no sidings whatsoever.

Not from Pittsburgh but I enjoyed the video . I liked the paint scheme of the train also. Thanks!

1:56 it’s pronounced ver-sales

Did they build the CC 200 in Indonesia

If it doesn't close this will be quite funny lol

Stadler is the Best!

As we lived in the South Hills we never had any use for the PAT Train but we did go down and ride it out and back over it's last week of service to say that we at least rode it once. And I know you are not local so not in the know but Versailles is pronounced as it is spelled more or less (ver-sales), not like how the French do.

I think 1003 was rebuilt out of a gp40fh-2

I agree with your opinion with the gp40-ph-2b🎉 and this video is W tier w tier is 99999999 times better then s tier

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That Midwestern accent can be any more local

This station ngl is quite ugly and not Ada accessible. I'm exited for the new Lyndhurst station to open

I see you using Potsu for that opening music, great video

Port voo? Come on man! Otherwise great video.

As a Pittsburgh railfan (if not obvious via my channel name) I appreciate that someone made a nice documentary about a small section of Pittsburgh Railroad history. Very cool!

This locomotive looks almost like a box car.

For an authoritative and detailed history of the earliest diesel and other internal combustion locomotives that led up to the AGEIR switchers I recommend John F. Kirkland's 'Dawn of the Diesel Age'; also the companion volumes covering the major American diesel locomotive builders.

The interurban lines like the harmony short line that existed until 1931 are a far better fit for services around Pittsburgh. It was fully electric and could hit 70 mph

Nicely done. I get funny looks when I mention past state supported commuter trains in Pittsburgh (PAT) and Detroit (SEMTA).

It's pronounced "ver-sales" and "port view," yinz.

Pronunciations local to Pittsburgh: PAT TRAIN; PORT VUE (PORT VIEW); NORTH VERSAILLES (NORTH VER SALE). If you want a commuter train to fail, schedule one arrival at 7:45 am; the next train after 9:00 am.

South Penn Railroad and PMickey and P&LE were working with rest of alphabet lines to compete against the PRR's greedy ways making these stops on P&LE from MP 0 Pittsburgh Southside at Smithfield Street Bridge to reach stops at McKeesRocks Station and Yard, Brightwood, Groveton, Montour Junction, Coraopolis, Kendall, Stoop's Ferry, Glenwillard, Anderson Road, South heights, West Economy, Alliquippa, West Alliquippa, Colona Monaca, Beaver, Fallston, new Brighton, new Brighton, Beaver Falls, Geneva College.

With PRR Management and corrupt PA Democrats buying stock on the West Shore Railroad along the Hudson River as they criminally bought stalk on West Shore to plan to invade Vanderbilt Lines including Vanderbilt Marriage owned Railroads had William H. Vanderbilt and his marriage owned railroads of the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central being attacked by PA criminal Democrats and criminal PRR Management had J.P. Morgan giving within mentioned to Vanderbilts as J.P. Morgan gave South Pennsylvania Railroad and Lebanon Valley RR that became Reading lines High Line to Pennsylvania Railroad. Thereby Vanderbilts controlled the P&LE lines as what we know today as Great Allegheny Passage, Allegany Passage had the Western MD RR/ Railway hungup at Owings Mills as the Baltimore & Susquehanna RR and B&O were denied access north of B&O's Relay Station as PA Democrats and PRR Management refused to let B&O and B&S entry to reach Harrisburg forcing B&S to be stubbed at Owings Mills until WM RR that became Railway took over B&S finally allowing B&S and WM to access PA via Bachman Valley and along PA 94 and PA 194 as WM's first line was forced to service the PA and Midland RR that was WM's first line. As B&O was forced to service Frederick to reach Wheeling VA now WV before being allowed to enter Pittsburgh both out the Greenspring Branch from Robert E. Lee now Lake Roland as WM cut B&S line is today the red trail. Thaddeous Stevens when in Office in Harrisburg Capitol was forced to jump out a Capitol window as the Democrats had threatened his life and in later years Thaddeous and Ahl's Brothers worked with William H. Vanderbilt as plans for the South Pennsylvania RR that was being built between Edgar Thompson Works in Braddock PA had a proposed take over of the railroads in the Path and Fort Loudon PA area along U.S. 220 and PA 75, PA 641, PA 35 areas to be taken over by SPRR as a line on the Appalachian Trail was planned to be built on the South Mountain RR from northeast of the Susquehanna River down to Harpers Ferry VA/WV that was to be built down AT to reach Vanderbilts Biltmore in Asheville NC.

P&LE RR's Brownsville line that connected to P&LE operated Monongahela Valley Division and proposed Wheeling VA now WV Division. Pittsburgh Station Square, 22nd Street, Homestead single B&O lower single track today at Amity Street Crossing for U.S. Steel Fort Frick Entrance, Rankin, Braddock, Riverton, McKeesPort and PRT past PAT Transit Center at cut curve for B&O., Glassport, Wylie, Elizabeth, Lock no. 3, Bunola, Monongahela City, Gallatin, Milesville, Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon, Fayette City, Newell, Brownsville and Junction.

B&O PIttsburgh had Stations in Pittsburgh (2), Hazelwood, Gltenwood at old new bridge, Rankin, Braddock, Bessemer, Drummler Yard for B&O at McKeesPort Duquesne Bridge, Riverton, MckeesPort Transit tunnel at cut curve for cut B&O from Rankin Bridge to Long Run Creek, From Rankin Bridge locations B&O was forced onto P&LE. B&O Stations se of 15th Street Bridge below Walnut Street with stops at U.S. Steel Christy Works & Park, Versailles pronounced Versales as PAT Train stops at Pittsburgh Grant Street at 1st Avenue, Braddock on P&LE tracks, McKeesPort Transit Center on P&LE, right pull on P&LE to srervice now to host by CSX then P&LE to end Pittsburgh Division to start Keyston Division for PATtrain at Versailles pronounced Versales, B&O cut Stations at Coulter, Shaner, Scott Haven, Sutrersville, West Newton at or near PA 136, Fitz Henry, Smithton, Jacobs Creek, Banning and Banning Mine Disaster, Layton PA 982, Dawson, Broad Ford, Connellsville and B&O Yard.

B&O PATtrain serviced Pittsburgh,Braddock, McKeesPort, PortVue ie pronounced PortVue on Pittsburgh Division onto Keystone Division to service Versailles pronounced Versales. B&O Pittsburgh to Connellsville PA had possible 15 stops in Allegheny County with possible 5 stops in Westmoreland County and possible 5 stops in Fayette County PA leading into Connellsville Yard.

When B&O PATrain operated it was on B&O RR tracks down to wye at old and new Braddock Bridges as old B&O line was severed between Carrie Furnace and Carrie Furnace Andrew Carnegie's Bessemer & Lake Erie Trestle below PA 837 Kennywood Blvd. near the U.S. Steel's Munhall, Homestead, West Homestead and Mesta Yard Steel Works area just before Duquesne Works along the Great Allegheny Passage as the GAP starts at just north of MP 0 at Station Square at the P&LE Offices that were in the Landmark Building at Smithfield Street Bridge as PMickey ran 58 miles to Thas more facts will be posted with more facts on PATrain down to Brownsville and down to Little Boston, Dead Man's Hollow and Versalles as Versales to help you pronounce it properly. Due to B&O RR blocking approxim( ately 25 Street in City of McKeesPort at Long Run Creek into B&O RR's Drummler Yard its line was pulled and blocked through Andrew Carnegie's first Steel Mill at Edgar Thompson Works crossing through French & Indian 8 year war battle ground on E.T. Works property that is built on Port Perry, Bessemer (Allegheny County) crossing B&O crossing at 11th Street in Braddock behind Braddock PA Post Office going behind Andrew Carnegie's Bank on Braddock Avenue that today houses Heritage Office for transit services for helping PAT now PRT routes to connect. B&O RR also goes behind Jim's Store Coffee Shop at the foot of ramp to Braddock Avenue to reach Rankin Bridge as the lower ramp onto Talbot Street which houses Pittsburgh Railways Trolleys as B&O line was between the back end of Talbot Barn and Braddock Avenue out to where B&O line is blocked to wye where new Carrie Furnace Bridge is located to reach the Rivers of Steel Carrie Furnace site. This video on B&O/P&LE tracks show the PATtrain Video from Pittsburgh Greyhound-Link, AMTRAK property using where AMTRAK Capitol Limited exits PRR Tracks at Greyhound-Link at AMTRAK to use PRR now NS Track 2 to 1 down to left behind FedEx to pull right onto B&O now CSX tracks to go under PRR to enter Panther Hollow Junction where PATtrain on past B&O RR came from Smithfield Street Bridge and Grant Street Stations from left side to Panther Hollow Junction to service wye in Rankin, Swissvale Braddock line to have B&O be forced onto P&LE's PMickey to enter Drummler Yard to pick up P&LE RR's and would be South Pennsylvania Railroads Port Perry Trestle as Andrew Carnegie's Bessemer & Lake Erie RR and Union RR wyed to B&O to service Pittsburgh B&O Stations and Braddock into Drummler Yard to service MeKeesPort Transit/B&O Station in McKeesPort on P&LE Tracks crossing Yough River pulling left to service PortVue ie as Portview to exit B&O Pittsburgh Division onto B&O's Keystone Divison to pull left away where B&O went over Long Run Creek for PATtrain to service Versailles ie VerSales under or near Boston Bridge that is PA 48. ruclips.net/video/BsYFOHgxjhQ/видео.html

Was on the last train ever myself when I was a kid.

Historical facts within this post deal with the B&O RR and Vanderbilt controlled PMickey known as the Pittsburgh McKeesPort & Youghiogheny Division of the Vanderbilt controlled Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad with the P&LE RR's Brownsville Division which the Brownsville Division connected to the P&LE RR's Monongahela Valley Railway. This post and others will give historic information leading up to what West OF Hudson Studios that did this video and did a great job at it with them not being from Pittsburg now Pittsburgh PA Region. The Offices for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad were at what is now Station Square on PA 837 at the Smithfield Street Bridge where East/West Carson Street changes names for the P&LE RR to be below West Carson Street to reach stops that I will mention from MP 0 up to Geneva College PA in Beaver County PA. At the inbound side of the Smithfield Street Bridge at historic Water Street now named Fort Pitt Blvd. along the inbound side of the sidewalk where ramp down to Warf today is located is the location of the historic B&O RR Station as the staton was torn down to build the Parkway East as the last B&O Station was located at Grant Street at 1st Avenue as the B&O line today has its property running along the Parkway East as it goes under the PRT, past Pittsburgh & Steubenville RR, Panhandle RR and the Chartiers and Monongahela Valley Railroad Divisions being what many of us call the shelf along PA 837 & PA 51 between Chartiers Creek at the Pittsburgh, McKeesRocks Boarder on down to Mon Valley. As the B&O picks up the PA Canal Portion of the PA/ Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was built by City of Pittsburg no Pittsburgh from Downtown Pittsburgh and the PA Canal Basin is where Greyhound-Link Buses enter and exits and lays over in their bays as the Canal crossed Liberty Avenue to pull right to the left of the Mon. Valley, Pittsburgh & Steubenville, Chartiers and Panhandle Divisions tunnel that PRT partly uses today as PAT now PRT partly tore out as they fully ripped out the smaller Canal tunnel that can barely be recognized today under the ramp for the back end of the U.S. Post Office/ Federal Building today at Penn Station. As both the canal tunnel to the left is along 6th Avenue between lower part of Centre Avenue between 6th Avenue & 5th Avenue out to 4th Avenue end of Grants Hill Tunnel the bigger railroad tunnel now light rail tunnel is to the left as we are under historic Grants Hill as we are between Penn Station AMTRAK for PRT past PAT to service 1st Avenue Station alongside Avenues A&B leading onto the PRR's mixed Division trestle you name as the PRR' Panhandle Division. The Canal tunnel was torn out but as you get off under the tunnel for Mellon Bank now Citizen tower as we walk down to enter Steel Plaza we are walking over what was the canal tunnel as the canal exited between the on ramp for the Liberty bridge and tunnel as parts of railroad rails can still be seen today as the canal used Try Street under 2nd Avenue and is where 1st Avenue parking garage is located today as canal pulled left down to Saline Street as B&O passenger train tracks came from Smithfield Street Bridge and location of last statoin for B&O where PNC Banks check cashing Center is located to day at Grant Street as B&O filled in the Canal down to wye for Panther Hollow Junction for B&O to service and operated the PAT Train with B&O Ticket Agents.

When gambling was legalized in Pennsylvania, It killed gambling in A.C. You don't see hundreds of busses heading to the shore like the old days. I stay at the Sheraton in A.C. next to the train station . You never see many people in there.

Ive lived south of Allegheny County for sixty years in Fayette & Greene & Westmoreland & Washington Counties. Versailles wasn't pronounced like the Royal Palace in France. It was pronounced VER-SAILS with VER rhyming with HER, and SAILS rhyming with TAILS or TALES. Port Vue didn't rhyme VUE with VOODOO instead VUE rhymed with DUE or DEW.

Portvue is like Portview. Versailles is like Versales.

It's Port-VIEW, not Port-VOO

Port view , not port vu . lol

7:39 - Probably the only B&O Color Position Light signal with three lower markers and no high markers.

I'm not sure if I'm correct about this but I think the Connecticut Department of Transportation acquired the F7As and Pullman cars after they were retired from PATrain since there's photos of CDOT owned F7As with the same numbers, 6690 and 6691 also they'd sometimes pull the same looking Pullman cars one of which was a cab car

Well done, guys! The collapse of the steel industry, IMHO, was the biggest contributor to PATrain's demise. As steel mill after steel mill was shut down for good, jobs and riders were lost permanently.

The downfall of commuter rail in Pittsburgh was two fold. Economic change and the local topography. The Pittsburgh region is very hilly with very little flat area to run railroads. Railroads are confined to the larger river and stream valleys, which is also where the large industrial plants where located. When the economy change from manufacturing to tech in the 1980's, the population centers shifted too. The old industrial towns in the valleys lost population, while the new suburbs that supported the new economy where built in the hill regions north and south of the city along Interstate 79. There was no way to provide commuter rail to these new growth areas, and the population that had access to rail disappeared with the declining heavy industry.

We could so use this now. ANYTHING to avoid those dang tunnels.

Wonder if any of the stations survived after discontinuation. I know the Grant Street terminus in Pittsburgh is gone, and think the McKeesport Transit Center is too.

Oh my... That's not how you say Versailles. This isn't France.

A little bit more research and you could have figured out how to pronounce some the places mentioned. Western PA does not usually pronounce french words like the french do.

Ah, the PATrain, read something about it awhile ago but this video was a welcome reminder!

The PATrain fleet was 2 F7 units and 10 (not 9) ex-C&O cars. Three of the C&O cars were rebuilt to cab cars with HEP generators.