WE 110 brings hoppers in Monessen to be loaded at the coke plant just ahead and will pull loads up the grueling grade up the Matt Branch to the mainline under the cover of darkness.
WE 112 on the headend of loaded coke finishes its grueling climb up the Matt Branch as a steady snow blankets the Mon Valley with snow under the cover of darkness.
A few minutes into a winter storm, WE 112 shifts around the old ArcelorMittal coke plant which has since as of last year been idled and sold to steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs.
A PRR position light signal stands turned away from the tracks as Wheeling & Lake Erie 430 approaches on its eastbound run down the CF&E's Lima Sub. This signal is one of the 242.7/8 Intermediate ... (more)
A pair of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2's lead train 430 as it heads east over the CF&E, passing through the Village of Nevada, Ohio. The large elevators of Mennco Grain stand at left, dominating th... (more)