Mid-train helpers on the Wheeling, eh? Is this common practice? I'm not a huge Wheeling follower and I don't think I've ever known of them doing this. Nice photo Wade!
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Thanks, Redhawk. Helpers aren't that uncommon on the east end of the W&LE, the ore trains always have them, and when they're running, westbound slab trains usually have a helper set. Back when the grain trains were still around, they would occasionally run with a helper on the rear, but that was fairly rare. All of the ore trains that I've shot have used a mid-train helper set, with about 2/3 of the train in front of them and 1/3 behind.
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Nice to meet you yesterday Wade. Great pic.
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| Posted by on April 28, 2011 | |
Nice to see you got again, Wade. Tis a shame school prevented me from making a chase of this.
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