It’s a shame. Not that long ago these locos roamed the country working proudly for BNSF and it’s predecessor railroads. Father Time, even for locomotives, is unbeaten. Great video
Some units are stripped for parts. Others are used to fix damaged bodies of working locos. Some get sold to private rail companies and some will get used as extra power after the cabs are removed. The rest may go to museums or scrap. The better ones could go to a shop for total rebuild as needed.
I wonder when they started to use this yard for the retired rolling stock. I used to go to Galveston quite often before covid, and the tracks were empty. I always thought those were part of an abandoned company.
Graveyards, for locomotives and all types of rolling stock, are where most of the equipment is slated for scrap and or parts. All railroads have a graveyard, large or small. Storage yards are for good locomotives and rolling stock of all types. Locomotives are taken out, as needed for use, and extra units are placed here. Or a mix of all is also seen. Don't judge a book by its cover. Locomotives and all rolling stock are the same as a book.
Sorry set my comment before I meant to. But they were packing up all of these General Electric locomotives that were written off being put on ships packed very very carefully to be sent to China. With what the labor rate in China is they can rebuild 10 of those locomotives for the price of a brand new one. I like to see things being used to their full potential we should not have any scrap trains sitting around that's like burning a pile of money.
I understand leaving DC traction units here to die, what i do not get is why they would leave any AC traction units here to die, one of them would replace two Dash 9s on any train. Makes no sense.
Nice video gives me a meloncholy feeling. What was the yellow engine with a red logo on the front? Looked like a flag. Greetings from Port Saint Lucie Florida!
So, what is the fate of these units ? Will they just sit here and rust away like so many other sites or will they be cut up for scrap ? Perhaps they will be sold to foreign countries ?
@@AbelG8781 Agreed. I was about to say All of the above. I'd like to see some go to museums. BNSF did donate a cool GP38-AC to the Galveston Railroad museum right across the street. I climb around it every time i'm down there.
You will see some guy in Pakistan in safety sandals and flowing pajamas chop them into bits and make a garish lorry out of them, with a thousand different videos of the process uploaded to RU-vid.
@@treksntracks I was just looking at the take from Google Earth Sept 2022, no real changes that I can see. It looks like a lot of these units have been used as "parts donors" which means their next move will probably be to a "recycler" for scrapping tomorrow ... next year or 10 years from now. Some could probably be returned to service if traffic picks up quickly or sold to other lines, most though ... can't save them all.
One raison is because coal power plant drop,here is western canada cn cpkc did same but small scale plus don't hunter harrisson is railroad systems change a lot.what you see here is sad about railroad could change so fast plus covid-19.
How about it guys that's reading this it's called the company that owns these locomotives museums we got museums take the trains down there it can come up there federal or Interstate income tax they can be saved repainted make them look brand spanking new saves the company's money but it can be used Again by museums until they're needed you got one in California when the Illinois and many others that I know of all over we can contact them and use them don't just let them sit there collecting rust cuz it won't be used they have to scrap them and that's not good to be scrapped it's only good when they get wrecked but not just sit there and being rushed away like they've been doing for the past other ones that saved these guys any thoughts it's my suggestion how about your thoughts do you agree with me yes or no let's save them ☺️😊☺️🥺😠😬!!!!
That is PLACE to go to "DIE" and NOT be in use ANYMORE, To get "RUSTED AWAY" into a "Rolling Piece of Metal" Until it Falls off, One Metal at a time 😳🥺😥😢😭😪 !?!?!?
All I see is a horrible waste of money. How can you let such expensive pieces of capital rot? It's like taking a pile of millions of dollars and setting them on fire. Locomotives with the proper maintenance last damn near forever. Such a pathetic waste. This country is so wasteful and unappreciative. In poor countries they run outdated rail equipment by our standards but they are up and running. All these locomotives will probably be scrapped and used for tax write-off. Then it will be like they never existed.
These locomotives are only of value in parts or scrap metal. Sure some shortline or industrial railway may want them, but that's few that would save these locomotives for further operation. Locomotives are usually good for 15 years, until their lease expires and they're due for their next major rebuild. With the huge decline in coal demand many of these locomotives are having a date with the scrap yard. Sad as that is.
