WHEELING & LAKE ERIE UNITS 100 AND 101 LEAD WESTBOUND TRAIN #101 ONTO THE CSX AND TOWARD WILLARD, PASSING OLD GN TOWER - GREENWICH, OHIO - AUGUST 26, 1995
W&LE train #101 heads off the W&LE's own track, and onto CSX for it's trackage rights run to Willard yard. At one time, the W&LE (former AC&Y) crossed right here by coming straight over the CSX (former B&O) on diamonds, but by this time, trackage had been realigned via switches so that the train could get on to CSX. Eventually, the whole line you see the W&LE train on would be ripped up, when things were changed around to W&LE getting onto CSX at New London, about 10 miles east of here.
Perhaps some of the W&LE's rarest power were these four GP-38 units, #100-103, which were leased from VMV/Helm Leasing, and didn't last too many years on the W&LE. They were the only units to wear the W&LE's second paint scheme, following the 2 Kodachrome painted units, and preceding the D&RGW inspired scheme. It looked good to me but could have used much better lettering. Unit 100 still survives as WAMX 3801 and now usually works on the Kansas & Okalahoma.
For anyone wanting to see the updated look of this place, you can dig into my previous postings and check out this shot, taken years later with the train running on the CSX from New London:
www.flickr.com/photos/91431315@N07/28296698799/in/album-7...
WHEELING & LAKE ERIE UNITS 100 AND 101 LEAD WESTBOUND TRAIN #101 ONTO THE CSX AND TOWARD WILLARD, PASSING OLD GN TOWER - GREENWICH, OHIO - AUGUST 26, 1995
W&LE train #101 heads off the W&LE's own track, and onto CSX for it's trackage rights run to Willard yard. At one time, the W&LE (former AC&Y) crossed right here by coming straight over the CSX (former B&O) on diamonds, but by this time, trackage had been realigned via switches so that the train could get on to CSX. Eventually, the whole line you see the W&LE train on would be ripped up, when things were changed around to W&LE getting onto CSX at New London, about 10 miles east of here.
Perhaps some of the W&LE's rarest power were these four GP-38 units, #100-103, which were leased from VMV/Helm Leasing, and didn't last too many years on the W&LE. They were the only units to wear the W&LE's second paint scheme, following the 2 Kodachrome painted units, and preceding the D&RGW inspired scheme. It looked good to me but could have used much better lettering. Unit 100 still survives as WAMX 3801 and now usually works on the Kansas & Okalahoma.
For anyone wanting to see the updated look of this place, you can dig into my previous postings and check out this shot, taken years later with the train running on the CSX from New London:
www.flickr.com/photos/91431315@N07/28296698799/in/album-7...