235 makes a left turn and heads westbound out of Spencer.

An mixed freight on the W&LE's Bellevue - Brewster main heads east just outside of Wellington. The approach signal for the busy diamond in town can be seen in the background.

Two Wheeling & Lake Erie locomotives sit under the unloader at Warrenton Coal Dock

A UP local in Missouri? Nope, it's the afternoon W&LE train from Rook, #392 en route to the coke plant in Monessen.

A local from Mingo heads south towards Benwood.

4016 leads a train of steel coils past the turned signals at Longview. The CTC system had been deactivated a few years earlier and the signals have since been removed.

This westbound mixed bag with interesting power has the railroad on a beautiful early spring day.

A cloud of exhaust escapes from the 7355 as he pops out of the short tunnel at Hickory, one of several between Rook and Mingo Jct.

When the grain trains were still running this was one of my favorite local spots to photograph them. No grain today, but a W&LE slab train in my neighborhood is almost as good!

Wheeling & Lake Erie 2709 leads a short train westbound on the CF&E, heading for I&O's Ford Park yard in Lima

Wheeling train #106 is seen coming off of the CSX New Castle Sub onto the old AC&Y while the interlocking at GN is being reconstructed for the Conrail merger. This view only lasted a short time, ... (more)

Motorists on parallel Interstate 70 are treated to a spectacular view as a long empty coke train crosses the Mon while enroute to Monessen.

WE GP35 107 crawls onto the Fostoria District into the setting sun before reversing and heading back ontp home rails. WE SD40-2 6347 is on the other end ready to lead East.

Solon local waits for a crew to take it back to Akron Yard.

Unusual vistors at Hancock - one WC engine, a W&LE Kodachrome unit, and a Sperry car (at top).