After the other guys gave up, it occurred to me that the Wheeling has a lot of bridges, and maybe I could do something like this. Fortunately I found my way here - and so did the train before the... (more)
Eastbound ore takes the grade headed towards Longview as it crosses Saw Mill Run in the absolute last speck of decent light. It was fun seeing Wade, John, and Brad out and about!
Eastbound ore from Mingo Junction arrived at Rook, and you can see the WE 611 crew cut in mid-train. The sanders are on and the 645's are humming as the ore train starts to pull out of Rook towar... (more)
Eastbound ore from Weirton crosses The Parkway West on a nice afternoon. WE 611 will tie on as helpers and assist the train towards Connellsville.
Wheeling 708 negotiates the diamond at RD Tower, with loads of scrap and coke for NS Campbell Road Yard.
Scrap metal and coke are the cargo on this Wheeling & Lake Erie train crossing from the CSX Short Line to the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line via the Big Four Connection.
An eastbound ore train for Mingo crosses over RJ Corman at Justus.
An loaded ore train out of Huron, OH heads for Mingo Jct.
Traffic has come to a dead stop on the Parkway as the slab train helper crosses high above one of Pittsburgh's many traffic bottlenecks.
The rear end of the Z416 pauses in perfect light for the CSXT helper to tie on.
The 3102 holds the main while units 6382 and 3034 are dropped off at Spencer.
Four different paint schemes are visible in this scene at Spencer.