P&LE, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie GP38-2 2052 leads a southbound down the P&LE Mon Line at, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. April 30, 1985. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie 3068-6349-7375, leads a eastbound loaded ore train on the Speers bridge over the Monongahela River, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. June 3, 2011. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
Wheeling and Lake Erie’s Connellsville to Rook train crosses the Monongahela River in Belle Vernon.
Three River Marine and Rail 1255 is on point of a cut of cars full of either salt, sand or other aggregates that are unloaded below the large trestle in Belle Vernon, PA.
Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40-2 brings up the rear of a train crossing the Speers Bridge in Belle Vernon on its way from Rook yard in Green Tree (Pittsburgh) to interchange with CSX at Connellsville... (more)
Empty B&P coal train, lead by B&P 3342, heads south under the W&LE's main to Connellsville, Pa. and their Matt Branch that goes to Monessen, Pa.
A Wheeling crew pulls 46 coke loads from the mill in Monessen PA.
Wheeling coke empties for Monessen and one boxcar for Closetmaid cross the trestle at Speers PA.
With a long string of coke hoppers, the crew of Wheeling & Lake Erie 108 slows their train to a crawl as they prepare to shove their train onto the siding at Monessen Junction. These coke cars wil... (more)
A veteran EMD operated by Three Rivers Marine and Rail Co. pulls a pair of former Norfolk and Western Pullman Standard 4740 cuft covered hoppers up the Monessen Southwestern's former trestle in Be... (more)
NS 688 rolls across the stone arch viaduct in Latrobe, PA with the Nickel Plate in charge.
CSX power leads a Wheeling empty coke train as it crosses the massive Speers Trestle overlooking the Mon Valley