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The big CSX shop here in Huntington has a line of locos awaiting service. Saw one a couple months ago that had the cab roof smashed in, like it rolled sideways off the track or something. Right behind it was a brand spanking new SD70MAC (I think), still with demonstrater paint scheme. My guess is that was the replacement, since the damaged engine was the same type. As of a month ago they still had a loco with Chessie System colors sitting out there in the open. A couple you can tell were canniballized. They also have a deadline track for some old passenger cars, a postal car, and what I believe is an Alco RS-2 with a green and white paint scheme. They've been there long enough to have serious weeds growing around them, so I guess they're in no hurry to do anything with them. <br />Steam engines were mostly hauled to huge scrap yards and cut up. First the owners would strip the engines of anything usable, i.e., lights, then sent off. There would be trains made up entirely of loco after loco, like a funeral march. Very heartbreaking [:(][:(] <br />I also heard a handful of steam engines were converted to boilers for heating large buildings. Love to see one of those!
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