A different kind of "Heritage" fleet exists on the Wheeling...

A Rio Grande train is preparing to assault the Front Range on a snowy winter day... well, not these days, but this Wheeling train's about to run the NS Toledo District to Bellevue and then Hartl... (more)

5413 cools his heels at Mingo before proceeding west with a short train from Rook.

K389 slowly creeps towards Walbridge for a crew change, leading the way is one of Wheeling's two ex-Rio Grande Tunnel motors.

Built March 1980 as DRGW 5413 - the highest numbered tunnel motor on the Rio Grande roster.

A pair of former Rio Grande tunnel motors pull a short train around the Mad River Connection in Bellevue.

Wheeling train 224 sports both ex-Rio Grande tunnel motors as it rolls through Monroeville.

5413 and a GP35 begin an afternoon's work by getting into position to meet an ore train. The pair will be cut in as a mid-train helper set and stay with the train as far as Monessen.

Ah. Mid-train helpers shoving ore on the former P&WV. Classic EMD's, classic paint scheme.

This empty hopper train arrived in Rook with a pair of unrepainted SD40-2s on the point. As luck would have it, those units were set off and the Wheeling's two Tunnelmotors took the train west to... (more)

I'm not sure what the odds are of seeing four Rio Grande units in the same place in 2009, but it probably doesn't happen very often! (The fourth unit is #302, barely visible at far left).

It's nice being able to shoot the Rio Grande only three miles from my home.

A tunnel seemed like the best place to photograph a tunnelmotor, so I headed for the W&LE's tunnel alley. 5413 has just popped out of Craighead tunnel and will soon be entering Buxton tunnel, a f... (more)

Rook is a great place to look into railroading's recent past. The D&RGW and Wisconsin Central are both gone now, but you might not think that was the case after witnessing this scene in 2009.

One of two WLE tunnelmotors and a GP35 burn out the cob webs upon start up as they prepare to eventually give a Connelsville bound ore train a push