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WE 5391 |
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WE 5391 trails 3rd on a light engine movement heading into Poneto. This totally caught me off guard! And the weird thing was was that the engines were like in a pattern. The pattern was NS, Conrail, WLE (Rio Grande), WLE (Rio Grande), Conrail, and NS. If I had known something this special was coming I would have probably got more and better photos than just this one WLE unit. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/2009 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 12:53:12 PM |
| Location: |
Poneto, IN |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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WE 5391(SD40T-2) |
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543 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
WE 5411 |
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The sun was essentially directly over the tracks at this time, so I wanted to make sure that I shot the westbound in a location where the tracks werent directly east/west. With Elton Road closed, I had to drive about 2 miles further north to Hackett Road where the tracks angle more north than run west. I drove pretty leisurely and wasnt aware that the train was directly behind me the entire time. I was quite surprised when I heard the sharp K5LLA down at the next crossing down, and was even more surprised to see the other 2 tunnel motors hosted on the roster leading the train. While I would have rather seen the DRGW lead, the UP one is pretty cool nonetheless. WE 237 was the symbol, and this train was basically a counterpart of the inbound train (heading to Carey) but this one had no stone cars. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/2022 Upload Date: 11/26/2022 1:03:59 PM |
| Location: |
Dalton, OH |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
WE 5411(SD40T-2) |
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205 Comments: 0 |
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WE 5412 |
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I had heard from the Wheeling Dispatcher talking to a track worker that he had to get a train in and a train out on the west side of the yard. I headed over there and sure enough there was a westbound poised to go out. No sign of an eastbound however. The shadows were quite long still, and shooting it coming into the yard would have put the train under complete shadow. So I decided to go up to Elton Road which I knew had no obstructions in the way. Unfortunately, the road was closed and a Wheeling crew was working on replacing the crossing (which I assume was the MOW dude the dispatcher was talking with). I didnt want to get too far away from Brewster just in case the Corman popped into town, so I decided I had to stick it out and grab it coming into the yard. I waited and waited and waited and I almost gave up on it, until finally I heard a Wheeling defect detector go off. I checked a timetable to make sure it wasnt coming from the other direction, and thankfully MP numbers did match up and it was my eastbound. Sure enough, I heard a horn moments later. I got set up and sure enough minutes later WE 768 from Carey came around the corner. And to my utter shock, a DRGW Tunnel Motor was on the front! I thought I had heard dispatch talking with WE 5412 earlier and I was correct. And not only that, but the train took long enough that most of the shadows had come off the rails so the unit was in perfect morning sunshine. Im very relieved I decided to stick it out! |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/2022 Upload Date: 11/26/2022 12:02:28 PM |
| Location: |
Brewster, OH |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
WE 5412(SD40T-2) |
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256 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WE 5412 |
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Never can get enough of these! |
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8/2/2022 Upload Date: 11/27/2022 11:05:54 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, OH |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
WE 5412(SD40T-2) |
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275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WE 5413 |
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Im still in awe that these units have been basically untouched since they were retired from the DRGW. Both tunnel motors spent some time on NS back between 2008 and 2010, and I had multiple opportunities to see both of them, especially 5412 (at the time 5391), but never shot either of them more than once, which ironically was on the same day just like today. Now I have seen both of them once again in the same day 14 years later. Some of my favorite units in the Midwest for sure. Glad I got to see this one leading, however, back in March. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/2022 Upload Date: 11/26/2022 1:26:40 PM |
| Location: |
Dalton, OH |
| Author: |
Jacob Werling |
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| Locomotives: |
WE 5413(SD40T-2) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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