This 141 lb. steel rail that once guided many heavy MRL trains, over the Greenhorn Trestle in Mullan Pass, is now nothing more then scrap. The rail head has been severely damaged in a short time... (more)

The scrapping of a classic, continued. The prime mover from an ALCO/MLW unit is loaded onto a trailer for further recycling offsite. This FL9 will be disassembled into sections and hauled off to... (more)

The scrapping of a classic, continued. As if proud of a fresh kill, the crane hoists the first chunk of this fallen FL9's body high for all nearby to see.

The scrapping of a classic. The scrappers successfully remove the first chunk of car body, but not without a fight. A few more cuts of the torch were necessary before she'd let go. This is the ... (more)

The scrapping of a classic. A scrapper torches the primer mover from an ALCO/MLW unit that met its fate just prior to this former Amtrak FL9... You're next, buddy.

The scrapping of a classic. At the Morristown & Erie facility amid a pile of trucks and wheel sets, the former Amtrak 486 was backed into position to let the scrappers finish their work.

A see-through E-44; note the utility pole visible through the gutted area behind the cab. Conrail has begun the scrapping process by removing the roof panel below the rear pantograph to allow acc... (more)

Just days before this locomotive cab was cut up, the metal husk was thrown into the scrap heap in Cresson, Pennsylvania. The cab spent about a week in Cresson, being stripped of salvageable parts... (more)

Rails to oblivion- Conrail freight GG-1s awaiting final disposition by the old Reading RR coal dock. The 4828 was built by Baldwin/PRR/Westinghouse in June, 1935. For an excellent photo of the o... (more)

Say goodbye to the former UP widecab! This cab is about to be cut up in the Cresson scrapyard. The locomotive itself is in Altoona and will become the first SD70ACU locomotive. It will receive ... (more)

The Cab of NS 7283 lays in the Cresson Scrapyard, after being torched off to make way for a new cab when it is upgraded to an SD70ACu. The SD90MACs are being upgraded in Altoona with a new EMD Sty... (more)

A train of empty coal hoppers snakes its way through the scrap metal yards in north St. Louis.

The train is on the Terminal Railroad Association "Merchants Sub", and is just about to t... (more)

The 902 has been chopped up and is waiting to be hauled away for scrap.

902 at the end of the line.

Always Expect a Train.. Highway 30 follows Union Pacific's Transcon mainline across the state of Nebraska and along this line, there a lot of railroading crossings. In Lexington, there is r... (more)