The Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad was one of the lines acquired by the Van Sweringen brothers in their purchase of holdings from the New York Central. The LEA&W did not connect with the NYC rail system. The unprofitable line primarily served to haul coal for the New York Central from Wheeling to Painesville. The American Locomotive Company was a locomotive manufacturer employed by the Van Sweringens in the 1930s to build freight engines. The most famous one was a modified double-headed locomotive referred to as a "Van Sweringen Berkshire." | Source: Shaker Historical SocietyDownload Original File
