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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
Stumbled across these while looking for something else: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02 ... eyard.html Can anyone identify the location and possible time? The locomotives being cut up look like they might be from the Southern; of particular interest, note the 2-8-2 being cut up in the second photo still retains bell and whistle! Wonder if anybody got those prime "souvenirs?" Other photos from the same site: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/ ... locomotive That Pullman is interesting; what's the story on where it is, with a Royal Hudson, at something called the Nethercutt Museum? http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05 ... ntury.html http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/ ... train.html Some other material: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/train Have fun. |
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| Author: | filmteknik [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
The first photo in Car Guy's page looks familiar, like I've seen it, possibly in a book about SR (perhaps the one with the final regular steam run on the cover). Whatever it was it was an older book, something I'd seen as a kid. I'd look at that photo and imagine the engine moving slowly along while parts just fell off it on their own. Steve |
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| Author: | Howard P. [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
The photo with the 2-8-2 in the background is of GM&O power being cut up. The photo was in a contemporary issue (1949-52 era) of Trains Magazine, I think. Howard P. |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
We traction fans still weep (or at least, cringe) when we see the photos of Pacific Electric 1200-class interurban cars smoldering at the Kaiser Steel plant in 1951-52. Only 1299, the one-off business car has survived, and it started out as a Portland "Red Electric", not a native PE car. |
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| Author: | Seth Jackson [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
Somewhat off topic from J3a-614's original post, but I've always kind of been interested in steam scrapping photos. They are most certainly sad, I guess my interest is in the fact that they are indeed part of the steam story. Cab Forward being cut up in San Francisco, 1959: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 97&nseq=12 IC Mountain partway through, Paducah, 1960: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ic/ic-steam-g.jpg God bless. Seth |
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| Author: | wesp [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CPR 2839 |
Ahh, what memories of rolling along on the Southern mainline through downtown Orange. VA with CPR 2839 running at speed (prior to the 40 mph days) on the head end. Wesley |
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| Author: | davew833 [ Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
It looks like, for whatever reason, IC was a little more methodical with their scrapping. Think of all that asbestos! |
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| Author: | BobS [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
The photo is from a Life Magazine article dated October10,1949 and covers the Dieselization of the GM&O Railroad. |
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| Author: | joe6167 [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
I've long wondered just how many of the workers involved in scrapping steam locomotives back in the day got sick from working around all of that asbestos. |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
Consider, on top of asbestos, how many smoked all day long. Plenty of people died from lung cancer, but the obvious connection and statistical analysis was not necessarily acknowledged. "Grandpa smoked all his life and he died of 'old age'!" People just breezed over the connection or took no legal action, as they were from a railroad family. Retrospective analysis of death certificates would be telling, but muddied by the amount of asbestos used not only on boilers, but in tiles, insulation, protective clothing, lab supplies, furnace ducting, you name it. |
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| Author: | joe6167 [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
But in the case of scrapping Steam locomotives, I would think the exposure would be worse as you are tearing up the asbestos, making it fray, and making all sorts of fibers airborne! |
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| Author: | elueck [ Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Scrapping Photos--But Where? |
I believe that the steam engine scrapping photos were taken in 1948 in Jackson, TN, and the power being scrapped is GM&O. There were photos in this series from both Bloomington, IL and Jackson, TN. |
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