Special delivery! The Wheeling brings one giant load of spools into Monessen on the Mat Branch. The bridge in the background crosses the Monongahela River, it took this train about one hour to g... (more)
Ben and I were traveling down I-70 listening to the scanner when Ben heard a Coal train was going to be coming through Belle Vernon (where we live). I've been wanting for ages to go up on the brid... (more)
Top left Wheeling emptys with CSX leaders enter the massive W&LE trestle next to I-70 Its no accident that the traffic is hitting there brakes, its not very often this scene is created, let alone... (more)
It's quite a sight to see this operation underway across the Mon River from Charleroi. This SW1200 is backing/braking a string of covered hoppers down a ramped track to a transload facility, wher... (more)
Back when the NS operated the Pittsburgh & West Virginia...
BNSF power on the last slab train over the W&LE massive Speers Trestle that sits above the Monongahela River next to Interstate 70
The SW1200 braking the decent of the hoppers into the unloader.
The Brookville is backing it's train into the unloader
Passengers aboard the annual excursion from Orrville, OH get a spectacular view of the Mon Valley as their train eases into Belle Vernon. Railroad: Wheeling & Lake ErieLocomotive: EMD SD40Location: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: WE 3049Train ID: ORHS SpecialPhoto Date: April 25, 1998
The long descent to river level is almost over as 391 slowly drops downgrade on a spindly trestle. It's hard to fathom that ore trains once traversed this stretch of track.
About one hour earlier, the 107 was on the big bridge in the background. Now, he's leading the way to Kopper's for yet another load of coke.
This switcher is leased to the Mon River Rail transload facility in Belle Vernon (taken with permission). Houses in the background are across the Mon river in Monessen, PA.
SD40-2 3049 and two ex-D&RGW GP40's lend a hand to the Wheeling 416. I suspect this power will end up on the Monessen coke train later today.
A monster 100-car Wheeling Grainer heads east slowly across the Monongahela River.
