The scrapper does their thing, reducing these once mighty former Amtrak electrics into bits and pieces to be recycled.

Locomotive Graveyard. This was a wild scene not many get to witness. It reminded me of the part in Lion King where Simba and Nala wander off to the elephant grave yard. Carcasses of locom... (more)

TOAST! These former Amtrak AEM-7s were seen at the scrap yard, having been reduced into massive hunks of metal before being turned into razor blades.

Be Specific—ship “Union Pacific”
A lone horse pretty much ignores an eastbound Union Pacific stack train as it speeds through Pixley, Wyoming, on the railroad’s Pocatello Subdiv... (more)

Cycles of Life. When starting the SD70ACu program, Norfolk Southern purchased 100 ex-Union Paciifc SD9043MACs units in September 2014 from EMD/Progress Rail and 10 more from CEFX in June 2016. On... (more)

I liked the symmetry of track panels stacked at BNSF's yard in Duluth.

A shell of its former self. With the grain elevators of Hansen-Mueller in the background, BRAN 71 (Alco S3) seems to have found a final resting perch at Cox Contracting. After being built for the ... (more)

On a snowy day in Cresson, a couple of cabs from a pair of retired NS units, one tossed on an old school bus, sit at Cresson Steel. Taken from public property.

On a snowy day in Cresson, a couple of cabs from a pair of retired NS units sit at Cresson Steel. Taken from public property.

A retired Northern Pacific 40 ft. combo door boxcar serves as a storage shed on a farm/ranch near Glendive, MT. The car obviously was damaged in a derailment at some point, and I would expect acqu... (more)

Former Rock Island covered hopper used in silica sand service has spent it's retirement perched on top of a warehouse adjacent to the former Rock Island yard at West Davenport, now owned by the CP... (more)

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)

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.