The last empty ore train from Baltimore crosses the Yough, ending a busy summer for the W&LE's Pittsburgh Subdivision. The Wheeling has been doing trackwork on this line, hopefully it's an indica... (more)

This is part of what makes the W&LE so interesting - you never know exactly what you're going to get. I knew there was going to be an empty ore train running, but the five W&LE and two AVR units ... (more)

EMD thunder fills the Jacobs Creek Valley as the 3034 leads a train of over 100 cars westbound at Chaintown.

Upon exiting Temple Tunnel, the 3102 practically glows in the late evening light. The conductor is getting the full effect of a July sunset while the engineer remains at least partially in the sh... (more)

After working in Clairton, 2666 heads west through the short (310 ft.) Ravensburg Tunnel.

High above the backyards of Banning, a short W&LE freight rolls eastbound towards the CSX interchange in Connellsville.

6349 emerges from the woods and enters a sharp S curve in Gastonville.

On a move that seems to be running about three or four times per week, an eastbound coke train passes through Brookline on its way to Connellsville. Power can be all W&LE, all CSX, or a combinati... (more)

This was a great chase, but in hindsight I wish I called in sick to work and continued following the train to Connellsville.

A mixed bag of CSX and W&LE power team up to lead a westbound on the former P&WV. Most of these trains ran as solid hoppers, but this one has a cut of five tank cars mixed in with the empty hoppe... (more)

This train was one of the most-photographed that I've ever seen on the W&LE. About nine of us shot him at Speers, and some of that group also got him here, just west of my vantage point.

Yard with a view! A home along Cracker Jack Rd. has this sweeping view of the W&LE from the front yard.

My original intent here was to get a shot from above the east portal of Temple tunnel. A glance at the unstable hillside made me reconsider and I hustled back to my car in time to relocate to the... (more)

3049, four other EMDs, and a long train of empty ore hoppers roll through Longview, passing the junction with the Mifflin Branch.

Five units lead empty ore hoppers across the Mon. In addition to the river, this bridge also spans CSX's Mon Branch and the W&LE's Mat Branch on the far shore, and NS's Mon Line on this side of t... (more)