At exactly 10:19AM on July 28th, 2019, the classic PRR signals that stood for over 60 years were removed from service. Scrap crews made quick work of the bridge once is was off of the ROW.

Shenandoah Valley 8701 sits in the scrap yard at Cresson Steel Company, its fate unknown. Photo taken with permission.

Only the cab of Norfolk Southern 8941 remains at the Cresson Steel Company, were I counted 10 NS engines are in various stages of been scrapped. Too bad the cab of NS 8941 isn't destined for some... (more)

Schnitzer Steel's small 44-tonner (I think) shuffles cars around at their facility located in the middle of Birmingham, Alabama while a strong squall line quickly rushes in. One can't help but fee... (more)

These Union Pacific locomotives have reached the end of the line at Progress Rail Service's facility on President's Island in Memphis, Tennessee. The two C40-8's and one S6-1B (former GP50)are bei... (more)

Sitting in the same spot as it has for several years, 1390 lives the rest of it's life in a scrap yard.

Former Conrail unit awaits further scrapping at Cresson Steel

There are several cabs at Cresson Steel off of Norfolk Southern Dash 9s. The locomotives have been rebuilt with new cabs, leaving the old cabs to be scrapped.

There are several cabs at Cresson Steel off of Norfolk Southern Dash 9s. The locomotives have been rebuilt with new cabs, leaving the old cabs to be scrapped.

Three NS C44-9W cabs now stand silent in a field of scrap in Cresson, PA at Cresson Steel. The dash nines were not scrapped, but rather rebuilt with new cabs.

GRYR 2651 rolls past the scrap yards in Sardis, MS as it prepares to stop and set out cars before heading further south.

Southern Pacific GE U33C 8684 and 8670 at a scrap yard in Fort Worth, Texas.

Based on looking at a CNW diesel roster, this odd ball unit started out as a 6 axle Baldwin road switcher about 1951. It was re-engined be EMD in the late 50s, receiving what appears to be a GP18 ... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train blurs past a graveyard of semaphore signal masts lined up at Superior, Montana, after their removal from usefulness on October 6, 2005. One of o... (more)

UPY 139 sitting at the North End of Settegast Yard waiting to be scrapped