It is Sept. 9, 2010, in Medina on the Wheeling & Lake Erie’s Akron Subdivision. Former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 is heading east in order to make its first appearance in the Steam in the Valley program of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.
In the images above, the Berkshire-type locomotive is waiting for opposing W&LE traffic to clear.
Crew members are taking advantage of the situation to conduct an inspection of their locomotive.
The top two images are the same with the middle image having been cropped. The third image is closer to the action and shows the crew at work.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
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