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Viewing Album:  Wheeling & Lake Erie power in Halethorpe, MD 4/28/2011
 
By:Marlowe Barnes
Dates:4/28/2011 - 4/28/2011
Album Info:The pellets are taconite (a form of iron ore) transloaded from Great Lakes ships. They are VERY dense and heavy. Even though the hoppers aren't loaded to the tops, they ARE loaded to capacity in terms of weight. A train like that about 70 cars long would weigh about 9200 tons, including the weight of the loads and the cars (assuming 100 ton loads). There are a couple of pretty stiff grades to the east of Rook on the W&LE, so the tractive effort of the 5 SD's working together is needed to get the train over the hills. The helpers are positioned mid train to manage the stress of all that weight versus all of that tractive effort and keep those heavy trains from breaking in two. Thanks to Trainorders and Curt Beal for the info.
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Baltimore Terminal Banner on the Boardwalk
Title:  Baltimore Terminal Banner on the Boardwalk
Description:  Shades of the B&O
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:37:20 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
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WE 3068 on the point of the heavy K110 taconite train (WE train 392)
Title:  WE 3068 on the point of the heavy K110 taconite train (WE train 392)
Description:  Origin: WLE Rook Yard, Green Tree, PA / Destination: Sparrows Point, MD // A coal train lies in waiting at the distant St. Denis
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:38:02 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
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Locomotives:  WE 3068(SD40-3)
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WE 3068 leads CSX K110 (WE train 392)
Title:  WE 3068 leads CSX K110 (WE train 392)
Description:  This is an ex-UP unit. The radio was blaring away out of the open cab window
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:38:25 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 3068(SD40-3)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
WLE 3068 is an ex-UP unit
Title:  WLE 3068 is an ex-UP unit
Description:  Was rebuilt as an SD40-3 at WLE's Brewster, OH shops
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:38:46 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 3068(SD40-3)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
WE 7377
Title:  WE 7377
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:39:20 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 7377(SD40-2)
Views:  439   Comments: 1
WE 7377
Title:  WE 7377
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:39:40 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 7377(SD40-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
WE 6347
Title:  WE 6347
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:39:57 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 6347(SD40-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 1
WE 6347
Title:  WE 6347
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:40:13 PM
Location:  Halethorpe, MD
Author:  Marlowe Barnes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 6347(SD40-2)
Views:  360   Comments: 0

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