Despite being an absolute steam train enthusiast I now too have a soft spot for diesels as well partly to the fact that I’ve watched long iron ore trains run through my backyard on a daily basis, I’ve learned to appreciate diesels and all forms of trains tractors and even cars... Seeing this, it’s an eye opener to what scrappage is really like Nothing that had a life being self-propelled rail, road or field deserves this I hope that more of these SW1200’s will be saved from scrap and even if they’re past use reuse them as a shelter facility for the homeless put them to good use just not scrap
We got one of those locomotives here in Spencerville Ohio in operation under RJ Corman, it's nice to still see of them around and not all being scrapped.
That's sad, I remember seeing these EMD SW1200 switcher Locomotives shunting, sorting rail cars at the rail yard that was across from our house, when I was a teenager. Now, GP38-2, GP40 even SD 40-2's took over. I'm glad to see some of the existing SW1200 & SW1500 still in service today. It's very odd to see normal locomotives such as SD40-2's performing switching duties.
Yea this was right under the Livonia L station. I saw when it got picked up and everything. I was on the way to school. But alot of homeless people used it as a shelter.
@Fat Dummy because I work on a class 1 railroad lol nobody does this for free, get real. Not every piece of equipment needs preserving or is worth the money. Do you have any idea the checks and balances in place that would get all involved in trouble, if a locomotive were "sneaked" away? Railroads are federally mandated and watched, you cant get away with some fiction fantasy idea like that.
@Fat Dummy management and supervision. Most people that work for the railroad arent buffs or preservationists. Most people wont be on board for the simple reason that "it must be saved". When trains move unaccounted for, it means money is being spent for no payment back and managers are in charge of making sure everything has a reason.
Guys there's like hundreds of thousands of these left. Why get so hot and bothered by this? The prime mover was seized, the generator needed repairs, it was scrap years before this.
@@TeimonKauppa739TeimoJake it was clearly not needed, or had some sort of problem and therefore was retired. Sucks that it’s not preserved but you can only do so much
I was wondering if a few of my friends and I can make a comedy skit of the scrapping of this locomotive? If so, the original video and you will be credited. If not, I understand and thank you for your time.
Dear lord, what a tragic sight. It's always gut-wrenching to watch a rail vehicle be cut to pieces, especially if you've been raised on Thomas. What exactly happened to the one in this video that saw it cut to scrap?
All of you foamers in the comments saying it should've been saved are pathetic. Look at the thing. There's nothing left to save. It's just a rusted out hulk. It's not good for anything except scrap. This is a good example of railroads getting rid of useless junk. Everyone saying it and other rust buckets need to be saved need to get a life!
we have a couple SW's and a couple alco s-2 here at the MD&W rail road. soon we'll start seeing genset's in most rail yards. everything now days are losing a uniqueness.
I never saw the Long Island Railroad freight train diesel locomotive being scrapped in real life before!!!! Not only I heard the word scrap on Thomas and Friends!!!!
