DAYS ON THE WHEELING
so I started my day at the diamond in Greenwich, which was incredibly busy that morning. I worked my way over to the junction in New London, setting up on the wide shoulder of the overpass that is right at the junction, affording a good look at trains traveling the Wheeling. It wasn’t long before I spotted a headlight in the distance. Sure enough, the sole power was ex-Rio Grande tunnel motors Nos. 5413 and 5391, certainly a sight for sore eyes. While not laboring in their native Rocky Mountains, they still looked great curving through the green fields of New London. I set up for another shot at the New London reservoir and one more at a pond containing geese before the train disappeared into the depths of the CSX yard in Willard. My information had the train changing crews here, so I waited at the east end of yard for the train to reappear, which it eventually did. I continued west through Attica before turning north at Fostoria on the old Chesapeake & Ohio. I grabbed a number of shots between Fostoria and Toledo, but a favorite was passing under the old C&O signal bridge in Fostoria. The train passed through CSX’s Wallbridge Yard and crossed the Maumee River, where I captured another great shot. The train crossed the Ottawa River before rolling through the diamond at Hallet, which at the time was protected by a manned tower controlled by the Ann Arbor Railroad. I continued north as far as Dundee
before calling it a day and returning to my hotel in Fostoria. It was a great way to spend the day — chasing Rio
TOP: CSX No. 5410 navigates the street running through downtown La Grange, Ky. This area is a great place to spend the day and photograph a few trains.
MIDDLE: Wheeling GP35 No. 107, lettered for the AC&Y and running long hood forward, is about to enter the CSX main for the run to Willard with seven loads of scrap.
RIGHT: Norfolk Southern No. 5072 curves by the tower at Hallett as it makes a set out before continuing south.
50 MARCH 2016 •
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