A lucky catch at Rook, 3 different paint schemes on the head end of this loaded coke train! WLE 301 (Rio Grande) was attached to the rear of this train.
WE 100 and 102 idle on the east end of empty coke racks for the next days 392 to Monesson.
392's engineer gazes out the window while he waits to leave Rook. A washout west of here was the reason for the train's lengthy delay.
The Wheeling's "Kodachrome" engine is one of two rear end units on this Monessen coke train.
107 pauses at Rook while the conductor throws a switch in the yard.
The Wheeling's AC&Y engine, #107 leaves Rook yard and enters the main.
The "Kodachrome" paint scheme helps brighten an otherwise drab afternoon in Western PA. The coke train has just left Rook and in another minute these engines will enter Green Tree tunnel.
The rear units on the Monessen coke train roll east, above West Liberty Ave. This photo was taken about one mile from my house.
Apparently the prototype for all that undecorated model train equipment, it's the Wheeling's Monessen coke train at Rook.
Looking sharp in its P&WV livery, the 101 rolls east above PAT's recently re-opened Overbrook line.
After arriving at Rook as the 2nd unit in the consist, the 106 was placed on the rear end of the train to make switching at Monessen easier.
W&LE Monessen coke train switching Rook Yard.
The empty coke train was running east through heavy snow at Monessen. ex-WE 2654, exx-NS 2654, nee-SOU 2645 (built 1/65).
Ex-D&RGW GP40 3131 leads the W&LE empty coke train over Speer Viaduct. ex-D&RGW 3131, exx-D&RGW 3173, exxx-CR 3113, nee-PC 3113 (built 8/68).
Idle power for the coke train later that day. WE 103...ex-WE 2654, exx-NS 2654, nee-SOU 2654 (built 1/65). WE 105...ex-WE 2655, exx-NS 2655, nee-SOU 2655 (built 1/65).
