Model Railroading > W&LE Late 90's Consist

Hello all,

​Been a while since I've posted on the MR board. I've had zero time to make improvements to my 16x4 layout lately with college prioities, but I did recently pick up a couple of former Southern GP35's patched for the W&LE in a trade with a friend. During their test run on the layout I couldn't help but take a few photos as well.

​W&LE 2650, 2645, and 4003 with a mix of older W&LE stone cars and various freight. The 4003 trailing in the unique "script" scheme only ran around in that scheme for a handful of years, so this would be about 1998-2000.

8", f/36, ISO200.

​Thanks for looking!
Matt

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FYI, the 4003 had the loopy lettering for longer than that. It was the first unit to get the current W&LE colors, but the decorator misunderstood what Rio Grande speed lettering looked like. And according to this site, it got the current W&LE lettering in 2002: http://www.nsdash9.com/WEroster.html



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/16 19:28 by toledopatch.

Nice units!   What model manufactor are the 35's?

The 4003 was the first unit to get the W&LE black and orange paint, albeit the poorly chosen lettering style seen here.  It was painted following the rebuilding of the unit as an SD40-3, in May 1998. Photo taken at Brewster, Ohio, in May 1998, after it returned from painting.  It wore that lettering until 2002, when the long hood lettering was changed to the D&RGW-inspired large Wheeling & Lake Erie style.


Chris Toth
NSDash9.com

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Many thanks guys. WLE2679, all three units in this consist were custom built from Athearn blue box units by two different people. The 2645/2650 came from SP GP35's and the 4003 from a UP SD40. I'm not sure who the custom builders were.

EDIT: Here's a roster of all three units.

Matt



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/16 13:16 by Poker2662.

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