a sad day

[joesho]

a sad day in railroad history, yet another steam engine falls prey to the new wave of engines,chattanooga engine #638 is headed to the local scrap yard. :cry:


*steam fans please do not kill me. this loco was already scrap when i got it.

 

[joesho]

oppps forgot to add photo,here it is

 

[bigsteel]

NOOOOOOOO,how could you man!!!! is that real corrotion!!!.......LOL
cool pic joesho,although it is a shame.....--josh

 

[joesho]

well, a friend gave it to me (it was already junk) and said do what you want with it so i covered the parts that were chipped or missing,so i covered that with tarp (ciggerette wrapping)

 

[CNWman]

Where the :curse: is Ray Manticino when you need him?

 

[beamish]

Great idea

I like this idea for a unique load. personally i have some case steam traction engines as loads on my layout.

 

[Herc Driver]

Nice picture!!!

 

[COMBAT]

Not to be a party pooper but could that rail car hold that engine? Wouldnt you need a heavy load car for that?

 

[Ralph]

"So long my fren" ( an actual grafitti I saw in a photo of a scrapped locomotive).... A fun scene.
Ralph

 

[XavierJ123]

I don't mean to change the subject but what is the difference between a "rail car" and a "heavy load car"? Seems like there is always something to learn about trains.

 

[rogerw]

I think a heavy load car has more trucks to spread out the weight more on the rails

 

[Ralph]

A quick search found this Wikipedia site with a photo 0f a steamer on a flat car
(how about that!?) ...and a little farther down a heavy load flat car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatcar

Ralph

 

[joesho]

thanks for all the kind comments sorry i have not been able to respond because i have been away over the weekend

 

[MasonJar]

Looks like the auto at the crossing has fared a little better over hte years...!

Andrew