cutaway locos

[Virginian]

I saw the steam deadlines in Roanoke in the fifties. It was enough to make you weep.

[trainboyH16-44]

[:O]Eeeeowwch! That hurts me deep into my soul! That is something no railfan should have to see.[:(][:(][:(][sigh] Well, now they're in the big roundhouse in the sky [angel][angel]
Matthew

[Anonymous]

True, it is a sad thing what is happening to all those old engines. I didnt mean to imply otherwise, but that would make a great model.

[cwclark]

I like to take U.S. 90 ALT from Houston to San Antonio once in awhile and there is a train graveyard just west of Eagle Lake, Texas that specializes in cutting up old engines and rolling stock...it's a sight to see all the old rolling stock lined up, especially on the old truss bridge just before the track switch into the demolition yard awaiting the axe...chuck

[CrossTrack Trains]

That is a Sad Sight!
I was just leafing though a book from 1968 and the Chapter was called "the Death of the Iron Horse"
I showed many, many steam Loco's all in a line with a couple of boxcars in between each one of them on the way to the scrap yard, they called it the "Funeral Train".. It was another SAD SAD sight, I should scan it and post it, just for that glimps of history that passed us by.

[tommyr]

Back when I was a teenager(a few buffalo hunts ago) I cooked onthe CPR Diners. I remember pulling into the yards in Winnipeg & seeing all the steamers lined up being torched. Every trip the line got shorter.[V][V][V]

[grandeman]

Man, I just saw that pic...[V][V][V] If anything should have been spared the torch...

[tstage]

Joe,

I believe it was Bob Boudreau - aka FundyNorthern. He's our resident expert and has been doing cutaways for years. Yeah, that's a tough picture to view - whether you're a diesel OR steam fan.

Tom

[Anonymous]

I dont remember who it was that had made those cutaway locos. But check this out[:D]

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=108990