WLE 3049 pushes a local up the Westland Branch on a hot summer day in western Pennsylvania.

Spring greens are beginning to pop as Wheeling train 221 for Hartland works west at Sanford Road near Lodi, Ohio with a pair of SD40-3's leading the charge. Traffic volumes on the Wheeling have be... (more)

Moving through a plethora of construction work and what seems to be a wasteland of urban construction here we see a Westbound stone train as it moves West through Downtown Akron

A W&LE local out of Medina heads west to Spencer to sort cars.

About four years prior to the opening of the Mon Fayette Expressway, Mingo Creek looked much different than it does today. Passengers on the ORHS have a sweet view of the valley as their train re... (more)

A mid-train helper set assists an ore train across the 190 foot tall Mingo Creek Viaduct.

A group of photographers gather as an eastbound W&LE ore train crosses the Peters Creek valley. Units 3049 and 4025 are doing the honors as mid train helpers.

The daily Akron Barberton Cluster local from Barberton is seen heading for Wheeling's Brittain Yard at "West AK" under a nice, blue sky.

NS Bellevue yard wouldn't take them, so the Wheeling transfer train is tied down on the interchange and the crew on their rest waiting for Bellevue yard to handle them while my Subaru waits also.

A passenger special heads east on the W&LE/OC "Joint Line" near Scio. On the right is the abandoned W&LE (ex-NKP/W&LE) line.

On a gorgeous Spring afternoon, a pair of W&LE SD40-3s assist a loaded ore train eastbound through Snowden.

WE empty ore train glides over the Sudan Trestle at CrackerJack,PA.

This train was one of the most-photographed that I've ever seen on the W&LE. About nine of us shot him at Speers, and some of that group also got him here, just west of my vantage point.