
Norfolk & Western SD45 No. 1804 leads train DJ-12 eastbound in Orrville on July 25, 1984. The originated at Oakwood Yard in Detroit and was bound for the Chessie System at Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
Note the open auto rack car second in the consist behind the motive power. Such a practice was common once but would not be done today.
The train is operating on the original Wheeling & Lake Erie, which has since reverted back to the modern version of the W&LE.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
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