With a heavy train of loaded rock in tow, W&LE 7014 throttles up to get the train over the grade.

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40-2 6358, SD40T-2 5413, SD40-2 6347- 6310 leads train 643 at Gilmore, Pennsylvania. January 24, 2015. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Wheeling and Lake Erie, W&LE SD40T-2 ex-DRGW 5413, with train 643, at Westland , Pennsylvania. January 24, 2015. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40's 3048- 3016- 3046, leads a westbound slab train across the Monongahela River at Speers, Pennsylvania. March 4, 2007. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo.... W&LE 3048, e... (more)

Wheeling and Lake Erie, W&LE ex-Southern 2655 high hood GP35 on trade in Alco trucks, W&LE 105, at Nelms 2 Mine, in Green Township, Ohio, March 4, 2002. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Wheeling and Lake Erie, W&LE SD40 3034 (built as ex-MP 734), with a Plow extra. Flanger WE 004 at, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. February 19, 2003. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

W&LE SD40-2's 3068- 6349- 7375, with a eastbound ore train crossing the Youghiogheny River on the ex-P&WV's massive trestle at Banning, Pennsylvania. June 3, 2011. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Wheeling & Lake Erie, W&LE, SD40T-2 5413 (ex-DRGW) - SD40-2 6356 (ex-UP) - SD40X 3046 (ex-UP- EMD Demo), with a westbound on the ex-P&WV bridge over the Youghiogheny River bridge at, Banning, Penn... (more)

Wheeling and Lake Erie, SWP, W&LE GP35's 105 - 111, returning from the NS interchange at Radebaugh and running on the Southwest Pennsylvania, SWP, at Greensburg, Pennsylvania. June 5, 2011. Jack D... (more)

A trio of Wheeling's colorful SDs lead empty stone hoppers under the US 250 overpass between New London and Greenwich on the CSX former Conrail Big Four. Wheeling trains use CSX trackage between N... (more)

Wheeling and Lake Erie, W&LE GP35 105- 111 running on the SWP at South Greensburg, Pennsylvania. June 5, 2011. Jack D Kuiphoff photo

Wheeling & Lake Erie train 237 motors westbound by the expansive Gerber Feed Service campus outside the village of Kidron on the railroad's Brewster Sub. 237 and counterpart 238 handle interchange... (more)

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40's 3048- 3016- 3046, leads a westbound slab train across the Monongahela River at Speers, Pennsylvania. March 4, 2007. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie GP35 2662 leads a westbound on the ex-P&WV bridge over the Monongahela River at, Speers Pennsylvania. March 27, 2012. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A trio of SD40's lead Wheeling & Lake Erie train 218 as it emerges from the Stateline Tunnel, crossing from West Virginia into Jefferson, Pennsylvania. The train would stop in Avella to service a ... (more)