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Photo ID: 319150

Although it was never officially on the CR roster, this old NYC unit was in the Altoona deadlines. The old unit has been shoved off the end of track, with the rear truck resting on the ground. Loo... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 4093
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 27, 1978


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By: Mike Stellpflug

Added: Mar 31, 2010

Views: 19,746
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Photo ID: 317125

C&K Metal crews are almost finished with the scrapping of former Canadian Pacific C424 4240 at the M&E's Morristown shop. The cab and nose have been loaded onto a low-boy trailer former movement t... (more)

Railroad: Morristown & Erie Railway
Locomotive: MLW C424
Location: Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CP 4240
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 11, 2010


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By: Carl Perelman

Added: Mar 13, 2010

Views: 18,136
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Photo ID: 316572

Former C&O 6253 is undergoing the scrapper's torch at a local processing plant undergoing renovations.

Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Millard, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: C&O 6253
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March, 2010


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By: David Price

Added: Mar 08, 2010

Views: 26,096
Comments: 3

Favorited: 34
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Photo ID: 315602

An ex-Illinois Central slug at NRE in Dixmoor.

Railroad: National Railway Equipment (NREX)
Locomotive: EMD Slug
Location: Dixmoor, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: NREX 50
Train ID:
Photo Date: February 26, 2010


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By: Frank Rizzo

Added: Feb 27, 2010

Views: 5,066
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Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 315438

Wish I'd had a wide-angle to capture the cranes of destruction too while Union Pacific DD35 #75B spent it's last hours on the planet at "Scraporano." Build at LaGrange in May of 1964, this unit wa... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD DD35
Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: UP 75B
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 30, 1979


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By: Charles J Freericks

Added: Feb 25, 2010

Views: 17,373
Comments: 5

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Photo ID: 312966

Gutted for to keep the rest of the railroads fleet of 567 powered EMD's going, whats left of C&O 6243 rusts to the rails as trees and vines grow up around it at the railroads outdoor maintenance f... (more)

Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Social Circle, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: C&O 6243
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 30, 2009


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By: Nikos Kavoori

Added: Feb 03, 2010

Views: 12,219
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Photo ID: 309713

Like a beached whale being picked apart by scavengers, one of Southern Pacific's three huge U50 diesels is dismantled at a scrapper at Pacific Terminals scrap yard in Long Beach, California. "Born... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE U50
Location: Long Beach, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 9950
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 01, 1978


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Jan 06, 2010

Views: 24,972
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Photo ID: 308265

40057 sits on the scrap line with some fellow class members at Crewe Works open day in 1987. Keeping them company are 81015 and 47282.

Railroad: British Rail
Locomotive: English Electric Class 40
Location: Crewe, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: 40057
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 04, 1987


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By: Jeremy Gould

Added: Dec 26, 2009

Views: 4,954
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Photo ID: 305469

Both cabs from 27026 and a single cab from 27002 (in the background) await final cutting at Vic Berry's in Leicester.

Railroad: British Rail
Locomotive: BRCW Class 27
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: 27026
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 1988


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By: Jeremy Gould

Added: Nov 29, 2009

Views: 2,461
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Photo ID: 304814

The remains of 20039 awaits final cutting at Vic Berry's scrap yard in Leicester.

Railroad: British Rail
Locomotive: English Electric Class 20
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: 20039
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 1988


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By: Jeremy Gould

Added: Nov 22, 2009

Views: 2,125
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Photo ID: 303893

3 ex RI GP 7's sold by the UP for an RI museum, Boy there going need a lot of work.

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Oelwein, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 4173
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 08, 2009


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By: Scott Marsh

Added: Nov 12, 2009

Views: 7,357
Comments: 2

Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 303863

A less nice scene of the the South Station area

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 435
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1978


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By: John Wiesmann

Added: Nov 12, 2009

Views: 7,805
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Photo ID: 300833

This is the famous pyramid at Vic Berry's scrap yard in Leicester, albeit not the largest its ever been. On the top row: 27023 and 25095. On the middle row: 27025, 25249 and 27208. On th... (more)

Railroad: British Rail
Locomotive: BRCW Class 27
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: 27053
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 1988


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By: Jeremy Gould

Added: Oct 18, 2009

Views: 8,011
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Photo ID: 294056

Gone but not forgotten, all of these WC SD45's were scrapped by the end of 2006.

Railroad: Wisconsin Central
Locomotive: EMD SD45
Location: Homewood, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: WC 7500
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 08, 2006


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By: Brandon Kilgore

Added: Aug 16, 2009

Views: 5,447
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Photo ID: 289587

When I saw a whisp of smoke coming from the U28B's, I thought one was being fired up for service. Unfortunately it was the scrapper's torch ending the life of another U-Boat.

Railroad: Transkentucky Transportation Railroad
Locomotive: GE U28B
Location: Paris, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: TTI 259
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 20, 1999


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By: Rich Borkowski

Added: Jul 05, 2009

Views: 19,579
Comments: 6

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