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Viewing Album:  OLS Train on W&LE / Medina to Akron
 
By:Stu Nicholson
Dates:6/9/2011 - 6/9/2011
Album Info:Operation Lifesaver and the Wheeling & Lake Erie sponsored a "trooper on the train" event to catch drivers going around lights & gates as well as trespassers on railroad property. 10 citations were issued. The tain also carried local school bus drivers as part of an in-service safety training on grade crossings safety.
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W&LE OP-Lifesaver train prepares to pull out of Medina.
Title:  W&LE OP-Lifesaver train prepares to pull out of Medina.
Description:  Train included the Wheelings "theater" car that is used for track isnpections.
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:15:33 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WE 100(GP35)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
W&LE "Theater" car
Title:  W&LE "Theater" car
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:16:18 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  109   Comments: 0
View from inside W&LE theater car.
Title:  View from inside W&LE theater car.
Description:  The train being a push-pull, the view wasnt the best, but still not bad.
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:18:00 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   Comments: 2
Trucker waits as train passes by at Medina OH
Title:  Trucker waits as train passes by at Medina OH
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:19:07 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 1
Railbed whizzes by at 40 mph.
Title:  Railbed whizzes by at 40 mph.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:20:39 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 1
The last thing you may see if you pull around the flashing lights and gates. Be careful out there!
Title:  The last thing you may see if you pull around the flashing lights and gates. Be careful out there!
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:23:00 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  WE 100(GP35)
Views:  138   Comments: 1
The view from the River Styx Bridge
Title:  The view from the River Styx Bridge
Description:  109 feet above the River Styx at Medina. This an over 100 year old bridge that was rehabbed just a few years ago so the W&LE could handle more freight customers at Medina and eliminate slow orders.
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:25:15 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 1
Some vintage rolling stock on this train... ACL, NYC and Pennsy....courtesy of the Orrville Railroad Society.
Title:  Some vintage rolling stock on this train... ACL, NYC and Pennsy....courtesy of the Orrville Railroad Society.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:34:53 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
W&LE #100 backs the tain into the boarding point at the end of the trip.
Title:  W&LE #100 backs the tain into the boarding point at the end of the trip.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:28:57 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 1
W&LE #100
Title:  W&LE #100
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:35:47 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 1
River Styx Bridge
Title:  River Styx Bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:26:58 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  174   Comments: 0
River Styx Bridge from ground level.
Title:  River Styx Bridge from ground level.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2011  Upload Date: 6/10/2011 2:26:07 PM
Location:  Medina, OH
Author:  Stu Nicholson
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 1

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