blue collar work

i ran across some of these photos that my father took in the late 60's early 70's,

the images are of the coal docks on lake erie

where coal is brought in by ore boats, loaded onto/into train cars

and is then transported by rail to the steel mills.

my grandfather worked as a security guard

at the pittsburgh and conneaut dock company

although my father was a railroad man,

he was not employed by the bessemer railroad

 that ran the coal to pittsburgh.

after i graduated from high school,

i worked for a short time for the dock company in the computer department...

nothing like technology today  ( i "keypunched" information onto cards

which were translated into meaningful information by the missing chads)

{somewhere there is a photo of me at the IBM keypunch machine}

after i was married, my husband worked at the bessemer

railroad, and in 2010

my brother is still involved with the process by

testing coal.

we have been a family of blue collar workers,

living a comfortable life thanks to this precious resource

COAL

the carrier docked at the pier

cranes 

loading chutes

loading chutes

rails and silos

dumping onto coal piles

the foremen, mr. rankinen, and mr. pelow

the guardhouse (and some classic cars)

mr. peaspanen

engine...p and c

p and c train engine and cars