Another never-to-be-called back on stage to perform, C&O 1344 in the dead line at Peach Creek, W. Va.

Have you ever arrived at a play late, just after the final curtain dropped? That was my luck at Peach Creek, W.Va. when C&O had just shut down stream operations. This was C&O 2-6-6-2 1421 after... (more)

A contractor is scrapping former Erie Mining RS11 7213 at the Jefferson Road team track. This area has been redeveloped and a new customer, Renewable Energy, has located on this plot of land.

CAT VS EMD! CN 7208 was involved in a sideswipe with CN 121 earlier in the day of February 23, near the "De Courcelles" street at MP 3.60 on the CN Montreal Subdivision. In the after... (more)

Scrapping on-site. CN 7208 was involved in a sideswipe and a derailment very early Sunday morning in the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Its frame was bent and so is being scrapp... (more)

UP 1132 and 1149 (SW1500's) are waiting in the Denver UP Burnham Shop Dead Line to be sold.

In 1954, the Clinchfield railroad had finally made the transition from the steam era, to the diesel era. However, that left several steam locomotives, including these 4 E-2 class Challenger type l... (more)

Burlington Northern RS-11 4180 (ex-NP 900) delayed its date with the scrapper by becoming a parts source to help keep Green Bay & Western's fleet of Alco locomotives running. The 4180 is pictured... (more)

This was just a few of the Alco's in deadline at the Stockyards. There was many more . 9121 was a S-2

Scenes like this were all too common in the late 1980s and 1990s as railroads replaced their caboose fleets with end-of-train devices. Most of this gathering would be sold with a few being donated... (more)

These two rebuilds have been stripped of usable parts and ride on shop trucks while awaiting scrapping.

4067 waits for her chance at reincarnation along with several others that may or may not come.

Was a sad end to the 2 Saginaw Rescar units

What ever became of.....? I had always hoped they'd put a 12-251 in one of these but I guess they have plenty of frames so it was not to be. The parts were harder to come by and they ended up li... (more)

Kind of like a kid in an abandoned candy store, I enjoyed roaming around this things but I wished they had not be retired. They will be parted out like most scrappers they just junked a lot of re... (more)