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The Union Railroad Company (URR) is a Class III switching railroad owned by U.S. Steel. It operates approximately 65 miles of main track and 200 miles of yard tracks in the Pittsburgh area and focuses on serving the transportation needs of the steel, utility, mining and chemical industries. In addition to general transportation, the URR provides railroad switching service primarily to the steel industry.

The Union Railroad is part of the original Lake Erie to Pittsburgh Mills rail system that had its beginning in 1896. In 1988, it became part of Transtar, Inc, a privately-held transportation holding company with principal operations in railroad freight transportation, dock operations and inland river barging.

The locomotive in this Pin-Up is a Baldwin 0-10-2. Ten of these brutes were built for the Union Railroad between 1936 and 1939. When the Union Railroad dieselised in 1949, the 10 locomotives were sold to the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range where they continued to work until 1962! One of the locomotives No. 604 survived and is on display in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

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Description
The Union Railroad Company (URR) is a Class III switching railroad owned by U.S. Steel. It operates approximately 65 miles of main track and 200 miles of yard tracks in the Pittsburgh area and focuses on serving the transportation needs of the steel, utility, mining and chemical industries. In addition to general transportation, the URR provides railroad switching service primarily to the steel industry.

The Union Railroad is part of the original Lake Erie to Pittsburgh Mills rail system that had its beginning in 1896. In 1988, it became part of Transtar, Inc, a privately-held transportation holding company with principal operations in railroad freight transportation, dock operations and inland river barging.

The locomotive in this Pin-Up is a Baldwin 0-10-2. Ten of these brutes were built for the Union Railroad between 1936 and 1939. When the Union Railroad dieselised in 1949, the 10 locomotives were sold to the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range where they continued to work until 1962! One of the locomotives No. 604 survived and is on display in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

Adobe Illustrator CS2, Apple G4 & G5 Power Mac, OSX Tiger