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On CONUS Lines, Wheeling & Lake Erie action at Georges Creek Junction:

1.  Westbound mixed freight behind a W&LE SD40-2 and GP40 meets an eastbound CSX stack train.

2.  Wheeling SD40-2 #6353 passes 'A' Tower.

3.  GP40 #300, originally a New York Central GP40, went to the Chicago & Northwestern, then to Union Pacific, and then to an Ohio scrapyard before purchase by the Wheeling.  Here it provides the additional horsepower needed to conquer the 2.2% grade to Armstrong.

 

Note:  I photographed the actual #300, along with the W&LE Heritage (AC&Y), flat switching in Akron in December 2013.  It took a search on the Internet to determine the parentage of #300.  The prototype looked like a "kitbash" in 1:1 scale.

W&LE eb freight, Georges Creek Junction2

W&LE eb freight, Georges Creek Junction3

W&LE GP40, ex-NYC, C&NW, UP, eb, Georges Creek Jct.

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  • W&LE eb freight, Georges Creek Junction2
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  • W&LE GP40, ex-NYC, C&NW, UP, eb, Georges Creek Jct.

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