About the only things in this scene that won't be getting cut up soon are the gondolas in front and the 1201 sandwiched in the middle.
Originally built for the Indiana Harbor Belt (8845) in the 1950's this switcher now moves scrap from railroad cars around the facility, most of which had shorter lives.
Midwest Steel and Alloy 1201 switches 3 scrap cars around in a junk yard as the sun burns off the morning fog. The engine was built in 1950 as IHB 8845. Check out all the employees and welders gri... (more)