The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad developed primarily because of Pittsburgh's need to access Lake Superior ores. During the 1800s, all of the major railroads traveled east to west, and connected ...

The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1897, carried iron ore and coal from Conneaut, Ohio, to East Pittsburgh. It fed Carnegie’s Mon Valley steel mills with raw materials.

Police in Allegheny County said the 17-year-old was walking on Bessemer Lake Erie Railroad tracks in Plum near the Oakmont Country Club pedestrian bridges. Superintendent James Morton said the ...

Historian Carrie Sowden provides an outline for her lecture on the disappearance of the Marquette & Bessemer No. 2, a 338-foot steel vessel, which set sail for a five-hour steam across Lake Erie ...

The 128-mile Union Railroad serves three U.S. Steel facilities and provides interchange with Norfolk Southern, CSX, Canadian National (Bessemer & Lake Erie) and Wheeling & Lake Erie.

The Allegheny County coroner confirmed Ciara Hasselman, 17, of Oakmont, was struck and killed by the train on the Bessemer Lake Erie Railroad near the Oakmont Country Club, in Plum Borough.