Logo
Curt Beal's Collection
 
7/4/2025
View Photos
Members
 
 
 
 
Home > Wheeling & Lake Erie > Locomotives > EMD SD40-2 > WE 6988
Pictures of WE 6988
 
Owner: Wheeling & Lake Erie
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:CO 7507 (SD40)
Serial Number:36696Order No:7276
Frame Number:7276-1Built:6/1970
Notes:ex-FURX 3036, CSXT 8366, CO 7507
Other locos with this serial:  CO 7507(SD40) CSX 8366(SD40) FURX 3036(SD40-2) NREX 3036(SD40-2) WE 6988(SD40-2)
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
WE 6988 and 3046
Title:  WE 6988 and 3046
Description:  A train of LPG tank cars waiting for a new crew at MPC-1 near the lumber mill.
Photo Date:  3/10/2018  Upload Date: 3/13/2018 9:56:57 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3046(SD40-3)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
WE 6988
Title:  WE 6988
Description:  Thir Wheeling and Lake Erie train has just come from the interchange with CSX and has a cut of LPG tank cars for the yard in Connellsville. 6988 was built in June 1970 as CO 7507 SD40.
Photo Date:  3/11/2018  Upload Date: 3/13/2018 10:05:01 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (1)
Title:  WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (1)
Description:  Z565-06 leaving CSX in Connellsville with 4 locomotives, 13 empty tanker cars and 1 buffer car.
Photo Date:  8/6/2020  Upload Date: 8/6/2020 7:49:11 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3034(SD40-3) WE 5413(SD40T-2) WE 3016(SD40-3)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (2)
Title:  WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (2)
Description:  Z565-06 leaving CSX in Connellsville with 4 locomotives, 13 empty tanker cars and 1 buffer car.
Photo Date:  8/6/2020  Upload Date: 8/6/2020 7:50:05 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3034(SD40-3) WE 5413(SD40T-2) WE 3016(SD40-3)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (3)
Title:  WE 6988, 3034, 5413, 3016 (3)
Description:  Heading West past Owensdale with 4 locomotives, 13 empty tanker cars and 1 buffer car.
Photo Date:  8/6/2020  Upload Date: 8/6/2020 7:50:54 PM
Location:  Owensdale, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3034(SD40-3) WE 5413(SD40T-2) WE 3016(SD40-3)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Train Meet
Title:  Train Meet
Description:  The sun came out of the clouds just long enough to capture this train meet of train Q016 and Z564-08 which was waiting on the Wheelling and Lake Erie interchange with CSX.
Photo Date:  10/8/2020  Upload Date: 10/8/2020 7:50:13 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CSX 3178(ES44AC-H) WE 6988(SD40-2)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
WE 6995, 6988, 3102, 3016
Title:  WE 6995, 6988, 3102, 3016
Description:  Going west at the rural Bellview Road crossing which has signals but no gates, as it doesn't get enough car traffic.
Photo Date:  7/28/2021  Upload Date: 8/6/2021 7:07:19 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6995(SD40-2) WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3102(SD40-3) WE 3016(SD40-3)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
WE 6353, 6988
Title:  WE 6353, 6988
Description:  Departing the West end of the Connellsville CSX Yard with a train of empty tank cars on a dreary but mild March afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/24/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 12:25:35 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WE 6353(SD40-2) WE 6988(SD40-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
WE 6988, 3049. 6996
Title:  WE 6988, 3049. 6996
Description:  Interchanging from CSX onto W&LE tracks with a small train of 7 total cars.
Photo Date:  3/11/2024  Upload Date: 3/11/2024 5:33:33 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 3049(SD40-3) WE 6996(SD40-2)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
WE 6989, 6988, 6990
Title:  WE 6989, 6988, 6990
Description:  A trio of units from the same consecutive number series are bringing loaded tank cars into Connellsville on an unseasonably warm day with temperatures in the 70s, next to the Youghiogheny River which is still very cold.
Photo Date:  3/13/2025  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 12:24:21 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  WE 6989(SD40-2) WE 6988(SD40-2) WE 6990(SD40-2)
Views:  190   Comments: 0

Page 1 of 1

Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors		   Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net