”When Empty Return To…”

Well, maybe not this time. This Air Products and Chemicals liquid oxygen tank car is on a one-way trip to an appointment with a torch. The PC mill gon... (more)

Former N&W GP9, 776, has come to the end of the line. Partially visible under the number 776 is the old N&W circular script herald. First generation diesel scrap is almost as sad as steam engine ... (more)

Brand new Fords and Lincolns are now bound for the scrap yard after being severely damaged and destroyed in the derailment of NS 22Q on July 5th, 2018.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Switcher returns to the yard after working the Milan Branch in the early morning hours, passing the Del's Metals scrap yard. The white cones are retired windmill blad... (more)

An RJ Corman Company train pulls a cut of cars through Cresson passing Cresson Steel.

"Alco Power Pack Ready for Scrap" Long Island Rail Road's rebuilt Alco Power Pack, LI 3100, sits on the River Track at Wheelspur Facility in Long Island City awaiting the scrapper's torch.... (more)

Looking back at photos from this time last year, I found this image of NS Dash 9 cabs awaiting being scrapped at Cresson Steel.

Two highhood GP35s, long stripped of parts and usefulness, wait for the torch. In the background, we see a glimpse of one of the new SD40s on the GLC.

RISING FROM THE DEAD! ...I wish. This oddball factory rebuilt former New York Central 16-10 Slumbercoach was Amtrak's Vermillion Harbor that derailed in 1994 as part of the Lake Shore Limit... (more)

Stranded and abandoned for approximately a year due to a derailment which led to an embargo of the Stanbridge Subdivision in 2013, MMA 8583 (nee LMX 8583) has recently been cut up for scrap at ... (more)

"More M3 Junk"

Former PRR/Penn Central Budd parlor car Martha Washington (PC 7127) was acquired by the Morristown & Erie several years ago. While in storage, during the summer of 2017, it was a victim of arson. ... (more)

Done. Cut in half and piled at a local junk yard. Ex. VIA RDC's wait to finished off. These were bought by I.R.S. in Moncton with hopes to be rebuilt and used. Never Happened. Image taken with my... (more)

"Dragging M3s Down the Irons" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 drags the outbound train for CSX down "4 Iron" in Fresh Pond Yard. On the head end are 4 FICX flats loaded with LIRR M3s f... (more)

"NYAR M3 Scrap Move at BLISS" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 crew pauses at BLISS on the Lower Montauk while shuttling 4 FICX flats loaded with LIRR M3s from Long Island Cit... (more)