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| By: | William H. Davis Jr. | | Dates: | 9/18/2011 - 9/18/2011 | | Album Info: | The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway ( WE ) is a Class 2 regional railroad that provides freight service, mainly in the U.S. state of Ohio. It took its name from the former Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, most of which it bought from the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1990. In 1990, the Norfolk & Western Railway, a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Railway, sold portions of its lines in Ohio & Pennsylvania, including most of the lines of the former W&LE & the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad, as well as a lease on the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad, to the Wheeling Acquisition Corporation. The name was changed to the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway in May, before operations began. At its formation, trackage rights on Norfolk Southern were extended to the new organization to serve several limestone quarries in the Bellevue, Ohio area & with CSX Transportation from Connellsville, Pennsylvania to Hagerstown, Maryland, a remnant of the old Alphabet Route of which the original W&LE was a part. W&LE also maintains trackage rights from Wellington to Cleveland on CSX. The only portions of the original W&LE operated by companies other than the current W&LE are the NS line west of Bellevue ( W&LE now has trackage rights to Toledo on this line, obtained after the Conrail split in 1999 ); the former Cleveland Division line south of Harmon ( Brewster ) that was sold to Ohio Central Railroad by NS in 1988, & the Huron docks trackage. W&LE still serves the Huron Docks using trackage rights on NS'S former Nickel Plate Road line from Bellevue & a connecting line to the docks built by the NKP in 1952. A few other small portions of the original W&LE & AC&Y have been abandoned and/or replaced with trackage rights on parallel lines by W&LE. |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Eastbound Rock Train KL92 waiting on permission from NS at Bellevue Yard to proceed |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 6:25:29 PM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3102(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
446 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Eastbound Rock Train KL92 getting ready for departure at NSS Bellevue Yard waiting on NSs permission to proceed |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 10/13/2011 3:00:19 PM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3102(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
577 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Eastbound Rock Train KL92 has picked up 3 grain hoppers in Bellevue, Ohio to add to their rock train, then will wait on permission from NS to proceed |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 9:07:17 AM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3102(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
532 Comments: 20 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
W&LE Westbound Freight Train KL97 heads into NS'S Bellevue Yard to interchange with NS |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 8:45:32 AM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 3049(SD40-3) WE 6357(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
633 Comments: 17 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Westbound Freight Train KL97 heads into NS'S Bellevue Yard to interchange with NS |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 6:38:58 PM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 3049(SD40-3) WE 6357(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
660 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Westbound Freight Train KL97 heads into NS'S Bellevue Yard to interchange with NS |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 7:21:32 PM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 3049(SD40-3) WE 6357(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
871 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway |
| Description: |
WE Southbound Rock Train KL92 getting ready to depart Bellevue, Ohio |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 12/30/2013 5:33:19 PM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
William H. Davis Jr. |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3102(SD40-3) |
| Views: |
219 Comments: 4 |
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