W&LE at Beechview, Pennsylvania
2012 A Decade Later:
Digging through the archives takes us back to a decade ago last week - April 7, 2012. W&LE 104 leads a short train to the AVR interchange at Bruceton. The train is seen here at West Belt Junction where the West End Branch connected to the ex-P&WV mainline. The approximately 2 mile long branch once traversed the valley below to the P&LE (now CSX) interchange in Pittsburgh. The branch line was formally abandoned in 2011 and all tonnage is sent East to Connellsville.
W&LE at Beechview, Pennsylvania
2012 A Decade Later:
Digging through the archives takes us back to a decade ago last week - April 7, 2012. W&LE 104 leads a short train to the AVR interchange at Bruceton. The train is seen here at West Belt Junction where the West End Branch connected to the ex-P&WV mainline. The approximately 2 mile long branch once traversed the valley below to the P&LE (now CSX) interchange in Pittsburgh. The branch line was formally abandoned in 2011 and all tonnage is sent East to Connellsville.