Former CSX MOW U18B sits at the Docheno scrap yard on a cool April night.

This old Alco was built in 1950 for the Washington Terminal. After ceasing operations for them, it was brought here to Possum Point to shuffle coal cars around, and after this plant converted to g... (more)

Mississippi Eastern Railway Company 4-6-0 #303

This handsome ten wheeler was built by Alco in 1916 for the Mississippi Eastern as their #303. It was sold in 1934 to the Lancaster & Che... (more)

A comparison of 2-8-2 loco classes in China. Left is a JS and right is an SY class. Both are in the scrap line at Baiyin in 2005.

The three fuel tanks are all that remains from the three Erie Mining Co. F9(B) units that have recently been deemed scrap and cut up by a contractor for razor blades etc..

The 486 was in the process of being cut to pieces and dismantled for scrap when I took this. Despite the number board shattered, paint flaking, and rust showing through; this unit still looked go... (more)

The famous Cementerio de Trenes outside the city of Uyuni, where dozens of mothballed steam locomotives that once roamed the metre-gauge lines of the Bolivian altiplano sit, rusting away. S... (more)

UP 1867 Meets the torch on a fall day.

CN 2191 being transported to Silvis, IL by the Iowa Interstate to NRE shops for repair or scrap.

NS 8500 (ex NS 8305) and NS 8501 (ex NS 8309) are the first two GE C40-8.5's to be completed by the Roanoke shops. They have arrived at Altoona's Juniata Shops for their emissions testing and a ne... (more)

For the first time in many months, ex ATSF CF7 #2627 returns to service on the Clinton Terminal, hauling a cut of scrap gons into Clinton. This engine had been "deadlined" for months pri... (more)

Cass Projects: Meadow River Shay #7. Sitting on the deadline in the Cass Yard is a little, 70-ton Shay that is missing an awful lot of parts. Were it not for the history that this machine ... (more)

MMA sent 3 diesels from Derby to stop at BJct to pick up empty lumber cars to take to Jackman to Moose River Lumber. After switching out the train the units were tied down waiting for a Canadian ... (more)

Among locomotives sold by RRPX to C&K Scrap Metal was Morristown & Erie C424 4231, a former Canadian Pacific locomotive. On April 3 it was being scrapped in Morristown. The rising smoke resulted ... (more)

Among locomotives sold by RRPX to C&K Scrap Metal was Morristown & Erie C424 4231, a former Canadian Pacific locomotive. On April 3 it was being scrapped in Morristown. Parked along the 4231 is on... (more)