An exploded tank car or did it just fall apart like in a cartoon? Actually this site is owned by US Railcar Inc. they slice & dice old rail cars, apparently the work day came to an end and this i... (more)

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.

The cutter's torch has struck The side panel of the cab of Canadian National MLW C-424 3221 is all that remains to identify it's heritage in a pile of scrap metal at CN's Reclamation Yard ... (more)

Santa Fe's least photographed SD40-2! The remains of Santa Fe SD40-2 5037 lie in state at the San Bernardino diesel shop following an accident on nearby Cajon Pass. Delivered in October 1... (more)

Chicago Terminal Railroad #900 finally breaks through the crazy truck/dozer/crane/etc traffic on a busy Friday at General Iron Industries in Lincoln Park, Chicago. In 2011, Chicago Terminal Railro... (more)

UP skeletons! The skeletons of three SD70ACe's sit at West Colton Yard. UP 8485 & 8491 are from the Chatsworth, CA crash and UP 8315 from the crash in Rialto in September 2010. I don't know what's... (more)

End of the Line - What we have here is a rather unique and fascinating operation. Flint Hills Resources operates a large refinery in North Pole, Alaska and they lease a fleet of nearly 450... (more)

End of the Line - What we have here is a rather unique and fascinating operation. Flint Hills Resources operates a large refinery in North Pole, Alaska and they lease a fleet of nearly 450... (more)

Trillium Railway's Slug 168 on the deadline of the old Cayuga Sub. It is now awaiting to be cut up for scrap.

CN Extra 316 left the tracks on August 4 damaging a few cars (due to a sun kink). These included two multilevels of 20 Hyundai's, a load of lumber, and a few wheat loads. The site was cleared on t... (more)

Death of Reading & Northern's 3200 Built in 1969 for Southern Pacific before being purchased by Reading & Northern in the 1990's, the 3200 is definitely dead. Here the gutted cab and nose... (more)

A couple of GP38-2s go about their switching duties as the folks next door at Contegra continue generating scrap metal.

I didn't notice the deer in the lower right corner until I looked at my photo. Looks like it noticed me! This is in the middle of nowhere in northern Utah at the Nucor Steel mini-mill. One of t... (more)

Wheel sets are stacked in the Proctor yard along with many ore cars, some which are in for repairs and many more I am sure will be scrap.