| Posted by SeanK97 on November 26, 2012 | |
Not only sad but a waste as well. Too bad the owner saw it only as scrap, short-sided for sure.
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She was a beauty.
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That's...really sad...and dumb.
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Shame on Omnitrax for letting these units rot away for all these years. Nice shot!
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Thankfully, it wasn't and NC or SC switcher
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use to watch that little engine switch when running my Metra train . A very sad day . If that was a SF engine , there would be a shrine .
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Such a haunting image showing a doomed locomotive surrounded by fog! Unfortunately, some locomotives escape preservation and are sent to the scrap yard. The same thing happened to the very first PRR k-4 #1737. Nice write up and great photo!
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| Posted by Gary on November 27, 2012 | |
Theres one thing I dont understand here. If feelings were so high on what is most certainly a historic locomotive worth saving, then why was the money not raised and offered to the owner of the locomotive in its scrap value ? Atleast thats how it works in the U.K, Ive seldom seen any locomotive 'given away' for free.
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These units were basically shoved into the roundhouse and forgotten about, except to the vandals who stole anything they could off them.
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