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Great series on the scrapping of surplus power. Why have these locos been retired?
So sad to see what was once the bastion of power come to an unceremonious end like this
Wondering if this is a specifice salvage companyas opposed to the one in Ajax at the south end of the spur line off of CN Oshawa. Yard.
And in previous views you mentioned certain parts were carefully removed for future use? Where if known.
And would assume these locomotives being salvaged have had all the vital fluids removed before being scrapped.
Assume the bid process for scrapping is complicated; one normally, does not observe the dismantling of a locomotive in the railway yard, the victim usually goes to a specific location off railway property.
Further who receives such items as the glass the numbers for example. Or as with slaughter of hogs, every thing is used except for the squeal.
Most of these locos were already supposed to have been retired starting in 1995 when the 1st order of GE’s arrived. As more GE’s would arrive 3 SD’s would be retired for every 2 GE’s delivered and so on. The increasing cost of maintenance and the fuel savings of the AC4400′s didn’t help either.
All fluids are drained prior to dismantling and parting out of components is done by the salvage company and I’m guessing they sell off desirable ones to suppliers for refurbishment.
Here’s my question: How long does it take to dismantle one?
Are we still saving the best examples for the SD30C-ECO program or are we finished with that?
It took approx. 2 weeks to do 2 units and as far as the SD30 program I haven’t heard if there will be more. Here’s hoping they will do some more SD40-3 models.
I’d say that’s reasonable, considering your last set showed everything put to the side neatly, unlike a house party.