June 28th at 8:00 pm Central Time on the History Channel is sheduled to air "Railroad Bone Yard". It covers the scrap yards across the U.S. that salvage used and wrecked locomotives and rolling stock. Check your schedules !!! Enjoy !!! Comment !!!
I've seen several promo clips. And had a bunch of people mention this is coming. Hoping to catch it! Boxcab E50
Anyone up for saving it and posting it for us Canadians that don't get it. I've check the history channel for the next week and nothing is showing up.
Two thumbs up :thumbs_up::thumbs_up: It was a really great show. Anytime I can feel like I've learned something after an hour of TV it's a good thing. There is a certain sadness to seeing a locomotive being cut to shreds. I was glad to see the show didn't focus on the destruction but also featured a lot of information about rebuilding old locos. The information about safety training and testing was very enlightening. More than once in the hour a caught my self saying I did not know that. I'm very glad I was able to watch this one.
Thanks for the heads up on the program. I enjoyed it a lot and now know where fence posts come from. I agree that it was hard to see the scrapping of old equipment but it was neat to see them show how some equipment is saved and restored. Ben
Tevo is a wonderful thing!!:teeth: The airplane episode looks cool too! I just hope it's not too painfull to watch!
Missed the original airing, but saw the rerun last night. Pretty informative. I figured the engine blockg for a 20-645 prime mover would be heavy, but geez o Pete, to take 2 front-end loaders to lift it????? The scrapping of that SD45 reminded me of when the scrappers came to town and dismantled two ex-Santa Fe GP7Rs sitting at the DGNO facility here in town. In the space of two days, what were two locomotives were GONE. with only the 16-567 blocks left to be lifted, placed on trucks, and hauled off. The scrappers were all over those old Geeps like ants- well, ants with blowtorches.
In the States, it ran Thrsday, and again last night (Sunday). Not sure how the schedule is in Canada. PS- "Ice Road Truckers"- hardcore truck driving there...........
Yeah I keep checking the schedule and nothing is showing up for that show so we probably won't see it for 7-8 months.
