Very sad abandoned locomotives

[Spartalee]

Kiinda sad to see them sit out there and rot in the alaskan tundra.....I found this pic while researching what railroad I want to do.

 

[MasonJar]

Wow... cool shot! Do you have a link or other reference? Any other info?

Andrew

 

[Spartalee]

yea I got my info here

http://steamlocomotive.com/lists/AK.shtml

They are from the NYE(WACC) railroad line and are abandoned near the soloman river near soloman alaska.

 

[Thoroughbreed]

My sister was in Alaska for 2 years, her husband was in the Army, and sent me a book about Alaska and that pic was in it. That was in the early 80's. There was a long write up about that RR in it. I'll have to see if I can find that book now.

 

[krokodil]

There are another 2 pictures.

 

[Cannonball]

I want a real train.

 

[krokodil]

There is one!

 

[railohio]

There's an Alco on a disconnected spur near Dana, Illinois. I'm guessing it's abandoned.

 

[Spartalee]

I want a real train.

There is one for sale for about 50k where I live its a small steamer.

I saw a show on tv where a guy owned a 2-10-4 real big long steamer and he had it on a railroad near his home he drives it all the time. he is crazy rich though.

 

[Chessie6459]

Great Pictures.:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[viperman]

Wow, cool shots! Where is the one in Dana, IL? Well, where is Dana, IL?

 

[riverotter]

Me, too! I've gotten this far: steam locomotives are LOT more expensive to rehab than diesels, so I'd be happy with an RS-3 or a GP-18.

 

[65GASSER]

I'd like to own a sd40-2.In my yard... running or not.

 

[UP SD40-2]

I'd like to own a sd40-2.In my yard... running or not.

My thoughts EXACTLY!:thumb: -Deano

 

[viperman]

little surprised you don't already Deano!

 

[UP SD40-2]

little surprised you don't already Deano!

well...ops: tooth1

 

[viperman]

I'd like to have a BN GP40-2 for myself

 

[nachoman]

Great modeling idea though - take an olde junker carp-running steamer from a swap meat of a gew bucks, weather it up, remove the cab and some details, rust it up some more, park it on a side track or the end of a yard track, and instant attention graber. I figure every railroad from 1880-1960 had a derilict steamer sitting somewhere.

kevin

 

[UP SD40-2]

Here's a sad pic, well to me it is:cry:. a pair of D&H Baldwin Sharks, just rotting away on the deadline. Sharks were my favorite Baldwin engines they made:thumb:. View attachment 32932

 

[RailRon]

Oh - that's where these babies are awaiting their end???

I still recall the fuss that was made in the '70s when they repainted those D&H sharknoses in a blue adaptation of the Santa Fe warbonnet scheme and ran exkusrion trains with them. For my eyes these were the most attractive of all the sharknoses. It really hurts to see them rusting away...


Ron