3049 prepares to stop at Rook where the two trailing Geeps will be set out before continuing west.
Given the current state of the troubled automaker, the tattered logo on the nose of W&LE 6348 seems appropriate!
Evidence of new business on the W&LE is readily apparent at Rook. #305 is surrounded by covered hoppers used for transporting frac sand which is transloaded into trucks.
A local returns to Rook with the unique WE 300 on the point.
In a photo submitted last week, Wade called the W&LE 300 the ugliest engine on the roster. I offer GP35 #108 for your consideration!
Given the condition of the track, it is not always easyy to level a photo taken in Rook Yard! Thankfully the MofW crews have recently started some work. It is great seeing dollars spent on impro... (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.
It seems that every regional railroad has at least one engine on the roster that looks like hell. On the W&LE, that engine is the 300, which wears an unusual patch job over its Union Pacific live... (more)
Late afternoon seems to be a good time to find activity at Rook. Here, a crew gets ready to switch with the 300 and 303 while the 108 and three other units look on.
On my way home from photographing a track meet, I stopped by Rook to see what might be in the yard. In a case of perfect timing, I had just turned down Hawthorne Ave. when the W&LE dispatcher gav... (more)
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
