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Curt Beal's Collection
 
4/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Wheeling & Lake Erie
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD40-3Built As:EMDX 434G (SD40X)
Serial Number:30501Order No:5673
Frame Number:5673-7Built:4/1965
Notes:Ex-UP 3046 Exx-EMD 434G SD40X
Other locos with this serial:  WE 3046(SD40-3) UP 3046(SD40X) EMDX 434G(SD40X)
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WE 3046, 6351, and 6349 (1)
Title:  WE 3046, 6351, and 6349 (1)
Description:  A loaded ore train goes east on CSX trackage in Connellsville past the rain-swollen Youghiogheny River. WE 3046 was built in April 1965 as EMDX 430G .Later became UP 3046. Rebuilt at the W&LE Brewster Shops in July 1998.
Photo Date:  5/19/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 4:31:44 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 6351(SD40-2) WE 6349(SD40-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
WE 3046, 6351, and 6349 (2)
Title:  WE 3046, 6351, and 6349 (2)
Description:  Another loaded ore train going east past the old hump tower in the Connellsville CSX yard. WE 3046 was built in April 1965 as EMDX 430G. Later became UP 3046. Rebuilt at the W&LE Brewster Shops in July 1998.
Photo Date:  5/19/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 4:33:17 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 6351(SD40-2) WE 6349(SD40-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 2
WE 3046
Title:  WE 3046
Description:  The lead engine on an eastbound ore train in Connellsville pauses while the switch is thrown. This EMD SD40-3 was built in April 1965 as EMDX 430G.Later became UP 3046. Rebuilt at the W&LE Brewster Shops in July 1998.
Photo Date:  5/19/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 4:28:26 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
WE 3046, 6355, 5413 (2)
Title:  WE 3046, 6355, 5413 (2)
Description:  Finally a Rio Grande gets thrown in on one of the Wheeling and Lake Erie ore trains. Seen here going east through the CSX yard in Connellsville.
Photo Date:  5/27/2011  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 11:25:17 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 6355(SD40-2) WE 5413(SD40T-2)
Views:  398   Comments: 1
WE 3046, WE 6355, WE 5413
Title:  WE 3046, WE 6355, WE 5413
Description:  The K110 ore train going east, even though it is on the (normally) westbound track in the Connellsville CSX yard. Makes for a better photo on this track anyways.
Photo Date:  5/27/2011  Upload Date: 5/28/2011 11:23:22 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 6355(SD40-2) WE 5413(SD40T-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 2
WE 3046 (2)
Title:  WE 3046 (2)
Description:  The ore trains are back running again. This 83 car train has just come off the interchange with CSX and is passing east underneath the Memorial Bridge in Connellsville. The train has been given a new code number: Z564-12. Previously they were in the K100 series. Note the ditch light on the right side is burnt out. The yardmaster was notified of that equipment defect over the radio. This EMD SD40-3 was built in April 1965 as EMDX 430G. Later became UP 3046. Rebuilt at the W&LE Brewster Shops in July 1998.
Photo Date:  7/12/2011  Upload Date: 7/13/2011 12:48:44 AM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3)
Views:  140   Comments: 2
WE 3046, 7375, and 6349
Title:  WE 3046, 7375, and 6349
Description:  A loaded ore train bakes in 90 degree heat on track 43 in the CSX yard in South Connellsville. It was awaiting a new crew and still left running, surprisingly. The train has been given a new code number: Z564-12. Previously they were in the K100 series.
Photo Date:  7/12/2011  Upload Date: 7/13/2011 1:45:11 AM
Location:  South Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 7375(SD40-2) WE 6349(SD40-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
WE 3046, 6347, and 3048
Title:  WE 3046, 6347, and 3048
Description:  K110-20 ore train idles facing eastbound on 41 track in South Connellsville. The dog days of summer are here. Hot, humid, and miserable. Here it is about 95 degrees with track temps well over 100.
Photo Date:  7/20/2011  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 9:54:26 PM
Location:  South Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  WE 3046(SD40-3) WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3048(SD40-3)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
WE 3048, 6347, 3046
Title:  WE 3048, 6347, 3046
Description:  K111-26 empty ore train idling near the Narrows Hill Road crossing just outside Connellsville, waiting for a new crew.
Photo Date:  7/28/2011  Upload Date: 7/28/2011 7:39:20 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 3048(SD40-3) WE 6347(SD40-2) WE 3046(SD40-3)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
WE 4003 and 3046
Title:  WE 4003 and 3046
Description:  The engine named "Bobo" makes a visit to Connellsville on train Z564. Seen here waiting for a signal to go west out of town. Former MP 703 built in March 1967.
Photo Date:  9/15/2013  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 7:37:55 PM
Location:  Connellsville, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WE 4003(SD40-3) WE 3046(SD40-3)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
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:  60   Comments: 0


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