Eastern Railroad Discussion > Wheeling Over Sand Patch

Yes I know.....The title sure can mean several things. In my case, it is an eastbound loaded Wheeling & Lake Erie grain train headed for the poultry in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The picture was taken in June 2001 at Mance, PA. As I recall, this train used a CSX pilot and the W&LE power usually came back west alone. The train ran to Hagerstown, MD on the CSX where it was picked up by the NS and taken south on the H-Line.

The second picture is of a similar eastbound train taken around the same time, also at Mance, PA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/17 07:47 by cinder.

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Nice photos of an unusual group of locomotives. Thanks for posting for us to see.
John

More recently, after the grain trains ended, W&LE and CSX collaborated on a short term move of ore from the shuttered furnaces at Mingo Jct to Sparows Point. These trains ran late 2010 and 2011, IIRC, and weren't technically W&LE trains as they ran with CSXT crews on W&LE run thru power.
1. Ore train at Green Jct (Connellsville) waiting for a crew.
2 & 3. K110 east at Garrett, PA, lead by W&LE 3046, a unique unit which was one of the original EMD SD40X demonstrators, and sits on an SD35 frame.

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Nice shots, especially the SD40X. Does the Wheeling still exercise their trackage rights with some frequency or is it a "on-paper-but-not-in-practice" type of agreement?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/17 12:36 by wheelnrail.