Steam & Excursion > Sadly, These Engines Are Looking Like Your Thanksgiving Turkey!

Most of us have by now picked over and annual Thanksgiving Turkey that once looked so proud and beautiful for all that came to enjoy it.  The sad remains are now a sad reminder of better times.

Much the same could be said of poor SP Cab-Forward #4257 and her sister engine that are also begining to be picked apart until they will no longer be with us except in our memories.

Martin



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/26/16 12:57 by LoggerHogger.

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Some of them were picked apart before they got to the wrecking yard by folks who took stuff when they were on their way....

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Oh the Horror of It all.

Look at all that ambient asbestos.

Just plumb awful, nothing else to say and I speak only of the engines.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/26/16 19:54 by tomstp.

railwaybaron Wrote:
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> Look at all that ambient asbestos.

We didn't know better back then. Of course we had stuff like lead paint back then too.

> > Look at all that ambient asbestos.
>
> We didn't know better back then. Of course we had
> stuff like lead paint back then too.

Maybe not, but John-Mansville did!

Disgusting.   Just think of all the engineering that went into these beasts, and the man hours of labor to almost hand build such a beautiful piece of machinery.  Then all the hours and miles of hard labor , the freight , and people that they hauled.  Now, they are just uncerimoniously scrapped and probably  spread out as parts of millions of crappy little foreign cars, and appliances.

Luckily, one of their sisters got saved, and it's a shame that it's not in running condition.  I look at these, as metal art sculpture that was about as close as man ever came to creating life.  Computers may be getting close, but they got no soul.

I feel sorry for all the people out there that never got to witness real main line steam.  Todays steam fan trips, and tourist trains are nice, but ya needed to see the real use of steam to truely appreciate it.  I salute all the people out there that are working hard to keep the remaining locos alive and or preserved.

Thanks for the picture and stories anyhow, Mr Hansen.  They are some of the best stuff on TOs.

Craig Hanson
Vay, Idaho

 

hawkinsun Wrote:
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> Disgusting.   Just think of all the engineering
> that went into these beasts, and the man hours of
> labor to almost hand build such a beautiful piece
> of machinery.  Then all the hours and miles of
> hard labor , the freight , and people that they
> hauled.  Now, they are just uncerimoniously
> scrapped and probably  spread out as parts of
> millions of crappy little foreign cars, and
> appliances.
>
> Luckily, one of their sisters got saved, and it's
> a shame that it's not in running condition.  I
> look at these, as metal art sculpture that was
> about as close as man ever came to creating life.
>  Computers may be getting close, but they got no
> soul.
>
> I feel sorry for all the people out there that
> never got to witness real main line steam.
>  Todays steam fan trips, and tourist trains are
> nice, but ya needed to see the real use of steam
> to truely appreciate it.  I salute all the people
> out there that are working hard to keep the
> remaining locos alive and or preserved.
>
> Thanks for the picture and stories anyhow, Mr
> Hansen.  They are some of the best stuff on TOs.
>
> Craig Hanson
> Vay, Idaho
>
>  

Those of us who follow military aviation have the same thoughts when we pass The Boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ.