On a hot and humid Summer morning, Wheeling 6387, still in Burlington Northern cascade green paint leads an eastbound loaded rock train across Cascade Park Trestle in Akron, Ohio. The crew has jus... (more)

A former Colorado & Southern SD40-2 awaits a new crew in Akron.

A trio of Wheeling SD40-2's near their destination of Akron Yard with an eastbound stone train.

A trio of SD40-2's, the leader of obvious Burlington Northern heritage, lead an eastbound W&LE stone train into Akron, OH on a nice morning.

The snowplow waits on the old main to Buffalo as a Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2 leads a B&P coke train through Ashford Junction, kicking up a cloud of fresh snow as it heads toward Machias. Note: P... (more)

A B&P coke train crosses through the valley as snow blows in front of the setting sun on a frigid January day.

Locomotives:
WE 6387 SD40-2
WE 6992 SD40-2
BPRR 2031 GP38-2

With the last light of the day lighting up the train across the field, B&P coke train BKBF passes in front of a huge dairy farm as it heads north through Chaffee, New York.

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Wheeling & Lake Erie power leads a B&P coke train through Machias Junction as it comes from the B&P main to the Buffalo Line and heads north.

Locomotives:
WE 6387 SD40-2
WE 6992 SD40... (more)

A B&P coke train skirts the edges of Lime Lake in Western New York as WLE power leads the train towards Buffalo.

Locomotives:
WE 6387 SD40-2
WE 6992 SD40-2
BPRR 2031 GP38-2

With the close of the shipping season on the Great Lakes brings the return of the coke trains on the B&P to Buffalo. A Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2 of BN heritage leads this day's train as it comes... (more)

Wheeling & Lake Erie power leads loaded coke hoppers north on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh as the train crosses Great Valley Creek and passes B&O signals as smoke and snow fill the air.

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With the setting sun at it's back, a B&P coke train kicks up a cloud of snow as it passes the shuttered tower at Ashford Junction.

Locomotives:
WE 6387 SD40-2
WE 6992 SD40-2
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Wheeling & Lake Erie power blasts through snow drifts as it leads a coke train north on the B&P on a January evening.

Locomotives:
WE 6387 SD40-2
WE 6992 SD40-2
BPRR 2031 GP38-2

W&LE recently acquired four new SD40-2's; 3 coming from LTEX and 1 from the MMA Railway. Two of the engines are still in BN green paint schemes. Of the four SD40-2's, only one has been put into se... (more)