The railroad's 53 locomotives and 1,600 cars are kept up to snuff in the company's updated locomotive and car repair facility in Brewster. In addition, the Wheeling can offer customers expert maintenance service for customer-owned rolling stock. "We have the mechanics, we have the parts, we have the people, we have the expertise, and we're easy to work with.

QUALITY...................PERFORMANCE........................SAFETY.......................CUSTOMER SATISFACTION...............................TEAMWORK..................

In 1910, the Wheeling & Lake Erie opened one of the finest locomotive facilities in the country, the Brewster Shops. Over the years, the Wheeling built and rolled boilers and erected fifty of their own steam engines, a feat never tried by many larger and more famous railroads. In the diesel era the Brewster Shops became the main heavy diesel repair shop for the Nickel Plate.  

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