"Respot from the Wall"
A Telehandler forklift is used to pull and spot the cut of FICX specialty flatcars as Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 railcars are lifted and loaded a... (more)
"M3s View the NYC Skyline for the Last Time"
Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 railcars 9848 & 9847 are loaded and ready to be secured for their trip to Ohio at Maspeth Yard i... (more)
"Just Hangin' Around"
Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 #9774 hangs in the air as a specialty flatcar is pushed under it at Maspeth Yard in Queens, NY. Once the flatcar is com... (more)
"Maspeth Holding Pattern from the Cockpit"
Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 9848 hangs in the air as a specialty flatcar is pushed under it as seen from the cannibalized cab of 9773 at... (more)
"Preparing to Take Flight"
Frontier Industrial Corp and Tristate Crane crews work together to hoist Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 #9848 in the air for truck removal and fl... (more)
"Pull the Trucks Out From Under"
Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 #9774 dangles in the air as a telehandler forklift drags its trucks away at Maspeth Yard in Queens, NY. The ... (more)
"Shoving to the Staging Area"
Long Island Rail Road Budd M3s #9814 and 9774 were shoved onto the Navy Lead to be prepared for scrap transport at Maspeth Yard in Queens, NY... (more)
"M3s to Maspeth"
On the night of April 14th, 2022, Long Island Rail Road Budd M3 #9847 leads a consist of six decommissioned M3 railcars past the old freight yard office at Maspeth ... (more)
After being sold to a shortline in rural Saskatchewan, CN 1440 sits dead and drained under clear skies. A couple of weeks later it was stripped down for parts/scrapped.
Still Awaiting the scrappers torch the NS 8758 has been here for a number of years now. Sort of a macabre scene for lovers of old locomotives. As uncomfortable as they can be to operate for the cr... (more)
Sitting, rusting away, in the middle of the woods. Vandalized like it doesn’t even matter, sad sight for sure.
Up 9438 and other's sit in there final resting place.
BNSF 9773 getting the scrappers torch at Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
BNSF 227 sits awaiting the scrappers torch at Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
It's entirely possible this had Progress reporting marks for the short trip from Rice Yard, but what used to be CSXT 7018 sits with other units for scrap and/or rebuild. In later years, all of Pr... (more)
