The Midwest Railway Historical Society in Cleveland,Ohio chartered a Falls Junction(Solon) to Kent train, shown here unloading it's passengers next to the ex Erie station (now a restaurant). It ra... (more)
The long descent to river level is almost over as 391 slowly drops downgrade on a spindly trestle. It's hard to fathom that ore trains once traversed this stretch of track.
About to duck under the Mon Fayette Expressway for the third time, 106 steps along through Maple as he nears his ultimate destination, Monessen.
Mon Fayette Expressway toll: $.50. Seeing the W&LE on this bridge: Priceless. Please click on "Mingo Creek Viaduct" to see other views of this impressive structure.
Riding on vintage Alco trucks, 106 leads a long string of empties towards the coke plant in Monessen.
The day after Thanksgiving is often a good bet for daylight action on the east end of the W&LE.
WE 106 on the east end of a loaded coke train while a sister GP35 sits idle in the distance.
More often than not, 392 runs with one engine on the front, and one on the back. For some reason today's version has three geeps up front.
The empty Niles coal train heads west with a pair of WE GP-35's.
After arriving at Rook as the 2nd unit in the consist, the 106 was placed on the rear end of the train to make switching at Monessen easier.
ex-WE 2661, exx-NS 2661, nee-SOU 2661 (built 2/65).
