A graveyard of locomotives sit quietly as they rest awaiting their time of fate for the scraper.
Union Pacific DDA40X has long been a parts source for the Dakota Southern Railway. It is rumored to be heading to a rail museum in Nebraska. WATCO's Ringneck & Western is the new operator of the... (more)
Many different BNSF locomotives sit at Birmingham Rail awaiting the scrappers torch. *photo taken with permission*
Two former BNSF (ATSF livery) sit being parted out and eventually cut up
Various power sits awaiting its fate at LTEX
Ripped to pieces. This tank car has had better days but is now being scrapped after being involved in a derailment. The tank sitting beside the slain car has a similar fate as it is next in line f... (more)
Wheeling train 711, running as Z642 on CSX, rolls westbound past the Holub scrap yard in Akron, Ohio on its way westbound towards National Lime & Stone for unloading. This is a Wheeling train runn... (more)
On March 3, 2021 an eastbound manifest train derailed near Ludlow, putting 44 cars on the ground. It took a few days to get rail traffic restored but almost 2 months later there are the remains of... (more)
Almost model-like, a former Soo Line car spends its final days laying on its side in the dirt, waiting for the scrappers torch.
Soo Line train 220 heads east out of Savanna, Illinois, at 12:25 p.m. on October 24, 1992. The railroad’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna is still populated by a large assortmen... (more)
Locomotives await the cutting torch at the soon to be closed NRE Dixmoor Shop.
Retired and sold for scrap, NS 8717 spends its last days being picked over for parts before being cut up for scrap.
Various power sits in the deadlines of NRE in Silvis. A lot of what you see here will soon be scrapped due to the impending closure of this facility.
The deadlines at NRE keep shrinking as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year.