N&W Steam Scrapping in the 1970s

Climax1551 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:31 pm **Posts:** 36

Robert J wrote:

A shame but I'm sure MILW #2 was not the first or last piece of railroad equipment to be cut up due to a scrapper moving fast, change of deadline, more money wanted or any other reason that can happen.

Your absolutely right, the Maryland & Delaware Railroad just cut up a CF7 (2630) this spring as result of a cracked frame. Another of their CF7s (Not sure of the road number) is rumored to be cut up soon as well.

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:44 pm

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I don't know if it was policy back in the day, but it seems like when a locomotive arrived in a scrap yard, some effort was made to "fix it" as irretrievable. Seems like a lot of engines had wheels torched or something similar on arrival.

I bet that was due to tax and liability. Locomotives had a different value and tax status as locomotives instead of scrap.

Peter Nicholson · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:38 pm

Robert J wrote:

. . . I know the Illinois Railway Museum had arranged to purchase Milwaukee Road FP45 #2 for preservation from Miller Compressor (IIRC) who scrapped various MILW diesels in the 1980's. . .

It was Miller Compressing - they were acquired by Alter Trading of St. Louis, MO in 2012 - they still have a scrapyard in Milwaukee, adjacent to the CP(MILW) Muskego Yards.