Always kinda sad seeing a locomotive cut up. I remember when they started phasing out the old covered wagons ( F units) back in the early 70's. Our local railroad Seaboard Coast Line used them as trade in credit for the GE U36B. And, yes everyone hated those GE's except the shop crew (job security trying to keep them running...) Thanks for the premiere, Brian. Stay safe!

@billmorris2613

2 жыл бұрын

I hated running those GE U-23-Bs and U-30-Cs. Very ruff riding, small windows, more breakdowns.

@georgecarter838

2 жыл бұрын

@@billmorris2613 I can agree with you on that. The U33B and U36B did pull good when starting, but you had to be sure you didn't work the throttle too hard, otherwise they would kick the ground relay or overspeed, or in some cases have an electrical fire in the cabinets. Those FDL series engines just wasn't what GE hyped it to be. Many times if we had more EMD's in the consist, we would either isolate them in or just shut them down altogether. When CSX decommisoned them, there was no tears shed from me or anyone that ran them. Good riddance to those rolling piles of junk.

@ralfie8801

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgecarter838 B-23 and B-30 units weren’t much better, and the C-36 units were junk. We finally ended up disabling the dynamic brakes on all of those because we couldn’t keep the grids from burning up. And the cooling fan tower……what a pile. Ours were so worn out at the 90 degree gear box it wasn’t funny. You could hear that mess in the cab with the doors and windows closed. I was never so glad to see anything leave the property except for those gensets they turned the B-23 and B-30’s into after we got rid of them the first time.

@trainnerd25

8 ай бұрын

theres a reason barely any tourist railroads run any GE power

Your a ‘stand-up’ guy and I would be proud to have you as my boss! Your smart, you know you stuff and you treat your crew well. Best of all, your into the railroad in many ways. Thumbs up to you guys! 👍

@happyhome41

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this is the real deal here !

Hope you saved the controls, brake valves, traction motors etc. there’s lots of 45 tonners around that could use those parts. I’ve scavenged a couple of GP7 & GP9s for parts.

That WAS a tear I was shedding! I would like to think the spirit of CLOW lives on in the 2021. You all gave her respectful send off. God Speed ETR and CLOW.

@chuckgilly

2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. CLOW. Now I'm sad.

I love running a torch. I've cut many highway Bridges down for Complete General Construction based out of Columbus. My favorite was cutting the old CSX bridge down on 3rd avenue a few years back. i saved the plate that shows the year Built and the company that made it.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

It's like seeing classic cars get crushed and scrapped. Old steam engines and diesels deserve better but what can you do. Great video.

Discovered your equipment fleet is much larger than I realized. That crane is impressive. I remember our conversation in Plant City concerning those engines.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thomas That was a good time, I'd love to be in Florida the week too! Brian

@petercruikshank2618

2 жыл бұрын

Up in WI. For a few days. I wore my ETR shirt today as we drove from KY. to WI since we were "near" ETR territory. Brrrrrrr....bad ice storm evidenced by 18 semi trucks off the roads. Prayers for all of those truckers! God Speed ETR!

Thank you for sharing and explaining this process. I very much appreciate seeing all the different railroad-related services you offer. Cheers from Wisconsin!

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

BNSF used to run a GP28P that was rebuilt out of a former 1959 Northern Pacific GP9 for local service. It is 1 of 10 that are equipped to be used with rotary plows, hence the "P". There was also one of the first new SD40-2s built for BN in 1972, and still (even in 2022) wearing BN green paint. Both have since moved on to other yards but are still at work yet.

Very cool you added that big old crane to your growing list of ETR equipment.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great story Brian! Sad to see the demise of such a classic loco. :-( I want to see yall haul in a caboose to convert it into an office on a side spare track. Then you can make all the coffee you want in your own place!

@baddriversofnky9115

2 жыл бұрын

That would be right up my alley as well

Really well done photo shoot. Amazing to see what all you folks have done.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Bill Thank you, and we never knew we would share the photos, we just took the photos for later in life, and pot belly time! B.

Oh the memories. One that comes to mind, changing a traction motor on a GE 44tonner. Parked over the coal pit with 2x6's between the lower I beams for us to work off of while changing it out. The eye bolt snapped while lowering the motor and the motor didn't even slow down as it went thru those 2x6's. I kinda miss working on old Big Red and its little brother, a 1949 GE25 tonner.

@ralfie8801

2 жыл бұрын

People don’t realize sometimes, those traction motors are extremely heavy for their size. On a modern 6 axle locomotive, the total weight of the traction motors is almost 20% of the total locomotive weight of 400,000 + LBS.

@davidphilpott6606

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralfie8801 As I recall, that one weighed around 900 lbs.

@ralfie8801

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidphilpott6606 I’d think the wheels would weigh at least 900 LBS by themselves. Our TM/Wheel Combos weigh between 11 and 13K each. 3 is all we can put on a semi trailer when we ship the cores back for refurbishment.

@davidphilpott6606

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralfie8801 Sorry, I was just changing the motor. It was only 150 hp. did not remove anything else.

@ralfie8801

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidphilpott6606 Wow, that’s light as can be. We have to use a drop table to get them out of the locomotive.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. Excellent channel.

Love the old cranes. Ran a newer 60 ton hydraulic in 2020 and it had more computerized controls than the first Atlas rocket. I've clearly aged out after starting out back in the 70s on an old Garwood. Another wonderful video Brian. You and your son always bring a smile to my face.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! We are glad you are here! B.

I'm currently working on getting rid of a 50 tonner just like this one. I'm hoping someone scoops it up whole, I'd hate to call in the sheer. Great story Brian

I'll share a story, but it is scaled down a little. When I was 16 I was an avid model railroader. I spent a few wintry months in my grandfathers shop building an L-girder layout table at 39 inches height. Right to spec from the book. It was to hold up a 4x8 MDF table that had folding legs on it in my parents basement. I disassembled it and transported it home. When it was completed it was a fine, sturdy, level space just screaming to be modelled. Then the next day my mother came down to do laundry. There was a loud shriek followed by curses that the huge monstrosity would NOT be staying in the basement! At 16 you will never win the argument with your mother. So I disassembled the table and took it back to the shop. I then proceeded to cut up the MDF into two 2x6 and one 2x4 module plates. In hindsight I managed to get one six footer more complete than the whole 4x8. Including a working turntable using the pulleys out of a drum humidifier and the motor for an old cassette recorder. Unfortunately college comes along and hobby money dries up. Learning to break down a problem into manageable chunks and persevere even in the face of management has served me well over the years! I just wish I'd of asked my grandfather to teach me basic welding back then. Farmers are some of the most thrifty geniuses going. But I think I see two more munching donuts by the potbelly wearing ETR hardhats! (wink)

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Todd Great story! on your Moms room you should have hung a sign that said "Management"! LoL ur so sentimental! B.

I really enjoy your videos showing your actual job. Thanks!

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Its hard work but fun! Brian

One time at our local museum a flat car derailed in the yard and tore up some old ties on a switch. They started by getting some wood beams and jacks, then we stuck spare tie plates under the wheels as we jacked it up in increments. Eventually we got it high enough to slip back over the rail head, so we spread grease all over the rail face and the wheel. Then a mighty tug from a tractor set it back on. It took most of an afternoon.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Andrew You got-er-done! Like the Egyptians built the pyramids. Good job! B.

Awesome but sad story and great documentation. Always glad to watch every one of your uploads.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank You for following! B.

Brian, I like you videos because you add a familiar touch, showing your son, dinner at “the Bell,” and the slow, sad process of ending an engine’s existence. I did like seeing the truck pulling the engine. I have an F250 and am amazed at what a Super Duty can do! I sat here thinking, “I can do that with my truck!”

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Mark That was a good truck, I work hard and want my truck to do the same! Brian

Just an awesome informational video! Thank you.

Thanks for sharing that great job adventure!

You are a great father and man. You deserve any and all good fortune you may see

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I have been blessed. Brian

worked rebuilding plenty of those double-enders and under the floor, I would weld everything tight, know what you're talking about and hit my head plenty too! great vid took me back to my youth! thanks

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Terence Glad to have you along! Brian

Great video nice to see the other side of your wok ,thanks for sharing .

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Merv We have had a good time and always tried to do right by people. AND we never had a serious/reportable injury. B.

Had no idea you folks owned (and used) all that equipment. ETR is obviously NOT a greenhorn operation. Forgive my ignorance and consider me educated!

Thanks for coming to work today! The railroad I worked for had a couple ISCO cranes that look very similar to the one you have except they had no operator's cab, just a seat out in the open...it never rains in Oregon, right? They worked pretty well picking up derailed cars but were real slow and a pain to drive on the highway. REminds me os a story: The roundhouse wanted to swap truck between a pair of SD9s. The one with the good trucks had a bent frame and was going to be scrapped (darn it!). The recipient was the SD7 that we used to switch our yard, best locomotive in the fleet but worn out wheels. They had to bring in big cranes to do the job but it got done - and I got photos. Another day on the railroad!

I hope you managed to grab some parts for 2021 so that Clow's spirit can live on😔

This video captures the tragedy that is railroading. This tragic struggle reflects life and is a reason why we find railroading so attractive. The video stirs emotions of the viewers and makes us want to see more with hard working people striving to make the railroad a success. Talking about donuts is always popular, too!

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Buck Love me some donuts! Brian

A small volunteer organization I used to be a part of has 2 locomotives of the same type from the same previous owner, very similar to the 50 tonners. They were three-foot gauge 55 tonners. One piece cast frames with heavy ballasting, one piece cast truck frames on a center bolster with chain drive, twin Cummins engines. Only one of them runs, #45. the other is #39 and actually has Remote Control equipment installed on it. Good thing too, I've been told when it came to its current home the cab was mashed in on the engineer's side from heat. The #45 is quite a beast, but she's in bad shape. She once set fire to the ties due to her F end traction motor losing a bearing and overheating. One of our guys, Glenn, was a 6' some-odd-inch tall behemoth who gunned it out there with a fire extinguisher, but the fire put itself out by the time he got there. Thank goodness! Now it only runs on the R end engine, but it has water leaks and needs a rebuild. With only one other operable locomotive available for power and all income from ticket sales and donations though, it's a big dilemma and she continues to be run into the ground. Almost literally, sometimes. she likes to straighten out the curves! Have you guessed the previous owner yet? Think J.P. Morgan... U.S. Steel. Welp, that's one of my railroad stories. Maybe some time I'll share more!

Brian, I love those 50 tonners as well - would love to have a working one at our heritage railway here in Uxbridge, Ontario. Would be the perfect companion for MOW use.

I Reiner seeing this loco in brookston Indiana working. Now it’s sad to see it’s getting cut

I wonder if we might think of the three of you as "undertakers" of railway equipment rather than "scrappers." We know that you do what you do with a great amount of respect for the equipment. Yes, it is sad that this locomotive could not find a home, but it was put to rest by great folks. Thanks for posting this video. It helps keeping us all going until the weather gets good enough to have everyone back on ETR. I would guess 2022 will be as exciting as 2021 was. Brain, take it easy on that noggen of yours. We need it to stay in good working order!

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill, I'm learning to protect it. B.

Excellent video brother...Thanks

Cool video. Enjoyed it. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Don!

Your a smart man Brian. Treat your help good and you’ll get good help. I would have killed to work with you back when I was young and supple, ( I’m old and worn out now!) I worked for some real tyrannical bosses in some tuff jobs in the olden days which made me really appreciate a good job for good people when I got it. Oh, by the way, I’m follicley (sp) challenged as you are. The old noggin with missing hair cuts easy. Love your videos and look forward to more. Thank you, John

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

You and me John! Birds of a feather! Brian

Interesting and informative as usual, also entertaining.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks for sittin around with us! B.

Great Video!!

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great look at the "Day Job" you and Graham have when you're not being Weekend Titans of the Rails on the ETR! I don't have any hands-on RR stories, only what a 5-8 yr. old boy in the early '60's can see from sitting on the clothes hamper looking out the back window of his bedroom staring at the Wilsmere yard on the B&O. Baldwin Sharknose's blowing through with coal trains, Baldwin switchers, with their arched steel cab roofs, classifying all day and night. The unique 'Circus top" boxcars of the B&O still present at that time were fun to spot when they stopped in town. Lastly, there was the occasional passenger train throttling through on the way to their deaths ....

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Victor Hands on or eyes on, here in the caboose, all are welcome! Brian

reminds me of the feeling I get while watching a perfectly solid old house get methodically ripped apart by hydraulics and a steel jaw... nobody bought that house as well..... thanks, Brian, for posting

GREAT story. I'm just missing the pot-bellied stove, oh, and the donuts.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

HH More donuts on the way! Brian

When you first mentioned you were decommissioning I thought it was for the 2021. Whew, glad it was another one, sad but relieved..🙄

Near me sits a SD35 ex southern railway high hood, sold to a mine around late 1980s-1990s repainted in a green and yellow scheme never upgraded to current FRA requirements of having ditchlights ran for years shuttling cars at the tipple/preparation plant. Sadly for about 10+ years it’s sat on the loading track as the whole plant went idle, hopefully one day it’ll see life again pulling cuts of cars to the loadout there has been talks for years of reopening the plant but to no avail, maybe someone can the old SD35 and give it a new home and it doesn’t see the scrappers torch. Especially since I believe it to be one of the only SD35 high hoods still in existence that isn’t being sheltered on a museum lot. If I ever have the money you can bet I’ll offer to buy it, even if it won’t ever see rail again, I’ll put it on a display track and paint it back into its Southern tuxedo

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 4 Feb 22.

Awesome video real time

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Glenn! Brian

I don't have any REAL railroad stories, but back when I was 11/12 and my brother was 14/15, he sent my favorite N scale engine (an SCL E-8) off the edge of our layout...a 5 foot drop. It still ran ok, but the body/shell never fit like it was supposed to after the 'accident'...

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

KG Different gage...same problems! You are always welcome here! Brian

Very interesting, but sad at the same time........ Thanks.

Hope you saved the orange flasher beacons.. Those cost many hundreds to buy.. Not as expensive but handy would be to save the instrument gauges that no scrap weight value at all, but as service items.. when you need one, you need one.

I cut my teeth on a shortline railroad in Florida that mainly had all CF7s, and more than a dozen of them! One nice thing about having all the same engines was once you knew how to fix one you could fix em all. It was a sad day in 2009 when a buddy of mine who still worked for them sent me a picture of just the cab of one engine sitting on the ground at the scrap yard, followed by a note saying "last one to be scrapped!" Now they still have 2 CF7s left I believe, but their fleet has been pared down considerably and replaced with some newer equipment. But I remember how neat it was to hear the back story of those engines and how Santa Fe gave them a new life with the rebuild project in Cleburne TX. And then another revival on the shortlines in the 80s and 90s. Sad to see them go the way that they did, but nothing truly lasts forever. The cost of maintenance on something that old is not a burden many railroads can withstand.

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve at least seen one CF7 run on a museum over in Oklahoma City

@SD40Fan_Jason

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewreynolds4949museums have the resources to keep up with a restoration project. Revenue railroads need them on a daily basis and can't afford to be down for repairs.

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

@@SD40Fan_Jason I would beg to differ depending on the museum, but at least there's still going to be one around

@mshum538

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, lets get beyond the sadness but an engine usely only has a lifespan of 20 years in normal service my complaint is to disgard these old engines because of environmental concerns not to mention 100’s of them sitting are nothing more than an eyesore….the stored 4 axle engines are a different story…ms~~~

Did you save the headlights? Looked new. Surely fits your own locomotive.

sad to see 2021's companion to go.. but strip all the parts you do need and don't need for 2021.. you never know what you'll need in the future

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

@rknudson1407

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewreynolds4949 wishful thinking.. hard telling when video was taken without a time stamp.. do love the crane though

Great video. On another topic, just wondering how much land the ETR owns at the location of the 2021 installation. Is there enough to have a shop, office and/or equipment storage yard?

I remember back in the day how busy Clow was when I worked on the OC.. I understand it's now called McWane? Anyways, sad to see a well built machine meet it's maker, but at at least she was in good hands. You guys are the best.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brent!

Been there done that. Eating cinnamon buns (boat anchors) & coffee around the pot belly stove back in the mid 1970's, in a shack waiting to change rail. Ahh the good old days.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Well come on in and find a seat, you are on the crew. Brian

The neighbors must’ve loved you for that. 😂😂😂 Love the channel and I miss your videos. Warm days are coming

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a lot of weight for that little pickup to pull!

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

An old detroit engine in that crane ?

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Andy Yes warm days are coming, and we will hit the ground running, tie replacement videos are on the horizon. Brian

Goed bezig niels nederland ;-)

That's sad having to see it's end. I'm kinda surprised you didn't try to get spare parts off of it for 2021....

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

I gathered that the scrap operation preceded your acquisition of your current ETR loco. Else I wondered if you were able to salvage any parts. It was good to hear that the engine went to be rebuilt.

@tylerlowrance5279

2 жыл бұрын

The 2021 needs some glass doesn't she?

@baddriversofnky9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerlowrance5279 that was what I was thinking

Its sad seeing a switcher being scrapped its reminds me of when almost all the Pennsylvania Railroads A5 0-4-0s were cut up and the Long Island Railroads G5s Ten wheelers And H10 consolations we'll miss you clow 😔

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks....may they R.I.P. Brian

@theanimerailfanthehagersto1280

2 жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 thank you also the is one A5 in preservation no.94 and two LIRR G5s no.35 and 39 and one PRR H10 at the Railroad museum of Pennsylvania

That Loco was there when I worked at Clow in 1986.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Good memories, but things change.

I hope you guys were able to salvage some useable parts for your locomotive.

Got skills! RJ Corman bought a railroad in 2015 in NC/SC. they are rebuilding it very well. they just got a huge rockcontract. Pulls from Rockingham,NC to Conway,SC. 40 cars each week. They are trying to get the rest of the line from Conway to myrtle beach rebuilt.. but $$$ issue.. they have 4 locomotives on the rock train so far..

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

I never got to met Rick Corman but he is a Hero and mentor in absentia. Watch " working hard to be lucky" on youtube. Brian

@edwardmeegan1849

2 жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 That was a great video, it showed that you didn't need a $200,000.00 piece of paper to succeed in life, all you need is to be willing to work for your dream.

@mshum538

2 жыл бұрын

The Myrtle Beach extension is just not going to happen, the IC waterway for being one and their is no demand or need for the RR…..the genset sitting in Conway for what???? ms~~~

Looks very delicious

Sorry to hear. 🥺

2 thumbs up for the truckers

When no new parts are being made, old, disused and decommissioned things become the spare parts, also I hope there were plenty porta-potties on site after the taco bell, even here in the UK the notorious reputation for their "rapid cleanout" effects are well known... :P

Did you save anything from the engine before it was cut up like the horn, lights gauges, levers, etc

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

We were the worker bees, the job was done for Western Star Locomotive Parts. They have parts for most every switcher. Brian

@baddriversofnky9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 glad to hear someone spared the parts for other engine’s survival

That is some fine peice of lifting gear you've acquired. Great job fitting it out! Suddenly the gravel pad for transfer makes even more sense. Think three moves ahead right?

@victorv2066

2 жыл бұрын

And Graham procuring that gang bar for lifting multiple wire coils, pipe, or construction mud pads!

Great editing on this story. 😄 If you keep adding new hats to wear, you'll soon need a bigger locker!☕🍩🍩🍩

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Dvon Thank you, a lot. I do it in Davinci 17. I its way over my head but I just wont give up! Each time I put out a video I think " this is a dud" then you kind people see through the errors and mistakes and are still here...it's so kind of you, Thank You! Brian

I would have loved to save that bell assembly and you should put the strobe lights on 2021

I think I would have kept the headlight😉

Were you able to salvage any spare parts? A window, maybe? Or have you already replaced the window that was broken? I bet that was full of items you could have on hand for “just in case.”

Can you take logo to east terminal for spare parts to keep yours going

Great documentary video - very instructive. You guys seem to have a lot of support vehicles which you must be using on your many rr endeavors. Did you remove all fluids from engine, or did the rebuilder want to keep it pickled for the journey? Love your channel, spirit, and videos. Keep 'em coming.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

So y’all are trying to restore it what paint color are y’all gonna do?

Could you use any parts from this salvage?

On the opposite end, Sergei Drakov of Heavy Haul, just picked up a brand new wheeled locomotive in Kansas City. :-)

@icefishdaily

2 жыл бұрын

*Dratchev. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yodo1tSrlZDghKQ.html

@mshum538

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a frigin trackmobile dude get real…

Thanks again for sharing that.. If you had only known then! imagine all the spares and parts you could have had.. LOL.. Actually, I was only thinking about the glass.. That would have been handy. A spare engine would have been nice too.. BTW - Did the traction motors also get scrapped? I can imagine based on the time you said the job had been done, the copper would have been very fairly valuable.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Andrew The T.M.s are a valuable item when disassembling. Brian

Hit me up next time. We need a locomotive at a Museum in Llano, Texas

GOD only knows the Damage you caused to your Transmission on the Ford F-250 pulling the 50-toner. 😬👍

Was there any way you could of kept parts to keep your engine running? Like the trucks etc

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

Man or machine there's a date we're born or roll off the assembly line floor and a date we're either hauled off on a tow truck or a flatbed or a long black Cadillac. Trick is making the best of what's between those two dates in the machine's case doing useful services, in our case love those around us,put in an honest day's work for an honest day's pay and live that life in a way there's overflow parking on the side streets around the funeral parlor. Definitely looked like CLOW did well and had the battle scars to prove it. Highway Through Hell is some awesome TV. If you like that search KZread for the first towing/heavy recovery reality show called Wrecked. It aired on cable about 12 or so years ago for 2 seasons following O'Hare Towing here in the Chicago area.

Did you take/buy anything for spare parts or replacement parts, such as the glass for the cab ?

Any part the soe forr the 2021, like the window?

Foolee Youen. You had us believing you were scrapping your 50 tonner. Foolee Youen is the name of a Chinese restaurant in Dover, NJ. I don't eat any fast or Chinese food; all bad for the digestive tract. You do a nice job keeping your equipment in good serviceable condition. For switch machines I would check with some of the railroads that have abandoned lines. They might sell you some. Try NJ Transit.

Love the story. Tell us more. Please dad?? How do you get paid tor the job? By the hour? Amount of salvaged value? Percentage of same?? Thank you for filming and sharing

Were you able to salvage anything for your locomotive?

We're you able to aquire the traction motors? Horn and bell/mount? I enjoy your channel !

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

The spoils weren't ours, we did the work for the new owner, Western Star Locomotive. I think the trucks went to Canada. The other parts have been rebuilt and support all the 45/50 toners world wide. B.

I believe the ETR could use a Caboose. It double your rolling stock and give you another tree trimming platform. All those trimmings could feed the stove. After all you do have a very long skinny woodlot. I can see it now, ETR the state's shortest logging Rail Road. Good Luck.

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Jeffery You are full of good ideas! Brian

I hope you saved the windows and whistle!

Hopefully you guys salvaged some new windows for 2021, and a new brake lever gear , and some extra parts for future running, a sad event any time a ship,train , or plane are scrapped.

Did you grab the window glass as replacements for your locomotive?

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

Were there any parts you could have used?

Sad to see, Did you keep the parts you needed to repair the 2021, glass and other little items?

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. B.

Did we part this thing out then? I'm sure a lot of stuff on that could go to guys still running these GEs.

Sad to see. Was there as anything salvaged for 2021?

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

This was apparently long before the days of the ETR and the KZread channel

Question: Is the chain drive or connecting rod drive considered the most efficient?

@andrewreynolds4949

2 жыл бұрын

I think the better question is which is more reliable

@eastterminalrailway5975

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the side rod but only if you keep up with the maintenance. If you don't keep up with the grease the bushings ware out, then the pins. then dollars flow the wrong direction. The chain is cheaper and easier to replace than the pins in the counter weights, but not the sprockets! to replace the sprockets is a huge job.

@williambrown1031

2 жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 Thank You for taking the time to educate me.

Was it to far gone to put it with ur 2021

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