No way to treat a "Lady"

[NSCALEMIKE]

Awaiting final disposition at the boneyard, near Chinatown in Los Angeles (November 1983)...an SP ALCO Century awaits her final fate...perhaps a welders torch to put her out of her misery..and reincarnate as a Datsun or Toyota!
http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/acl.sized.jpeg
and one of her GE "cousins"
http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/acm.sized.jpeg
and some other forlorn looking locomotives....

http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/ack.sized.jpeg

[ 15. April 2004, 23:22: Message edited by: NSCALEMIKE ]

[Alan]

What a sad sight :( I hate to see locomotives awaiting scrapping. But we have to move on, I guess.

Are those bullet holes in the glass? Must be exciting shooting at such difficult targets :rolleyes:

[CB&CNSfan]

These photos certainly invoke sad feelings, especially the Alco's http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/0903/nibbs/Sosad-2.gif
I vaguely remember a post on a forum asking what happened to retired locos. If I come across it again I'll direct them to this topic.

Willis

[BoxcabE50]

Bummer. Sure wish we could go back in time. Grab a few of those units for preservation!

graemlins/shakehead.gif

Boxcab E50

[YoHo]

Were those all Scrapped? Were some saved by other roads? Did the GEs go back to be turned into Super Sevens? I can understand the Alcos, but I can't believe the GEs were really at the end of their careers.

[Stourbridge Lion]

OUCH!!!!!!! graemlins/220.gif graemlins/220.gif graemlins/220.gif graemlins/220.gif graemlins/220.gif

Well at least this one is being saved by a true Railfan with $$$'s.

Before
http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/images/dhrr_diesel/ALCO_PA/Darren-E-Hadley/18-01.jpg

Recent work

http://nkp190.com/scans/Assembly/sheetmetal2.jpg

[YoHo]

Yeah, but the other one still looks like that.

[Stourbridge Lion]

Originally posted by YoHo:
Yeah, but the other one still looks like that. Sad; but, true... :(

[YoHo]

Last I Checked She's still roting away in Albany too.

http://www.swmcmmj.com/yoho/spgm-1.3.5/gal/Trains/Oregon/AlbanyOR01web.JPG

[Stourbridge Lion]

At least she looks better than when I last saw her in March 2000 just after crossing into AZ.

http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/images/dhrr_diesel/ALCO_PA/Darren-E-Hadley/16-05.jpg

BTW, Can I add your photo to my site?

[YoHo]

Go Right ahead.

My real name is John Eilers if you are listing contributers.
That was taken in Albany Oregon in I believe October of 2003.