I remember much of the above mentioned stuff.My hometown was Bellaire,Ohio.I would ride my bicycle all over the area on both sides of the river to see trains.
It seems to me that the NS[PRR]tracks to the Ormet plant from Powhattan have been idle for more than ten years but I am not sure.
The old B&O bridge across the Ohio River from Bellaire to Benwood seems to be used only by the W&LE at this time.The B&O and the PRR tracks were parallel north from Bellaire to Bridgeport.
One track has been removed and the old PRR track is now used by the W&LE to connect with CSX in Benwood.
It is very easy for me to get nostalgic about this area but there is not much there now to attract a rail fan.In the late 1940s within a 20 mile radius trains could be seen on the B&O,PRR,W&LE
{NKP,N&W],P&WV and NYC.Steel mills had there own railroads some of them were standard,narrow and broad gauge and some were even powered electrically.Many small factories,powerplants,coal mines,etc. also had railroads.It was a gret area for train fans at that time.