Way back in the day I went and visited them, now I'm wondering what ever happened to the diesels that were parked with the tenders... At least we got to keep 1151. :)
Sad, we can fund a war that is going no where but forget our heritage and what got us to where we are. (I support the troops, not the war) These should be pulled and at least cosmetically restored but I'm the kind of person that hates things that sit still. It was built to do something and it should still be doing it!!! Ever since I first saw a steamer, I have wanted to drive operate and restore one since then, 3 years old!! Dream big.
holly crap the same with you to well i went in a cab of a steam train cab whene i was three years old with my dad i paid 6$ becase it was day out with thomas
It would be important to note that all these locomotives were donated to various museums, and have now all be moved to their new homes.
1134 has already been sandblasted and giving a new coat of primer. Basically all the railroad equipment that was at the scrapyard has been donated and removed (and safe from scrapping)
Steam journeys are fairly big business in the UK now. They've actually built a few new ones lately and they run frequently on the main lines.
If you look on these engines and just see so much steel, brass and copper then I feel sorry for you. I see the pride of a long gone industrial age, of engineering the perfect blend of functionality and beauty. I look at these locos under steam and they seem alive as if they have a soul. God doesn't build railway engines but if he did....
one thing id like to say to you steam is a good type but the people that dumet them off and the ones that decited to put them there its the whistel its said that you can here it whene there scrapet but something wok me up last night night was i could of swore i hurd a steam engine whisteling but not a whistel i remember i asked my brother he said he hurd it to and i aked if he knew what engine he said it was an a engine that had been put in the shop to be restored it was creepy
Cockroach, you are an uninformed and speading lies. All FIVE engines are saved as are the other rolling stock still there. NOW .... Herr Cockroach, YOU put that in your pipe and shove it!
Just a note. These engines and rolling stock are being preserved as we speak. 917 was removed last year and was taken to Bellville, OH for cosmetic restoration. The other steamers are to be removed by September of this year. 1151 is going to the Virginia Museum of Transport., and the other two will elsewhere in VA. They will soon have a better life.
Thank you for posting such a beautiful piece. Could you tell me the name of the musical theme you've used in the video? I find the music very lovely indeed!
Correct you are! However, this is not an issue about me, this is an issue about old junk which has served it's purpose. Now they are useless junk which should be cut apart, the materials used to make new useful products.
If you have the money, you preserve, maintain, shelter & insure them. If you don't, let me have them! I will put them out of their misery with my gas axe or plasma cutter. The materials used to make new transportation products.
and besides if it was ur graffiti work, it would take up the whole side of the engine sayin Junk it up! Part it out! wat the hell do you think part it out means? they send the parts to other engines dumbass
oh shit!....they already look like all the stuff is gone...it won't be a large loss for the steam community...I mean...we have dealt without them for this long and we can deal without them for longer...so honestly.....worst idea ever
but this is what ur not understandin....if the people that own these want to scrap them....we have no problem....but if it is already preserved then there is no reason to scrap them they make their share of money just look at Trainfest2009 they sold out! they also added two extra cars to one train so more people could buy! they make money...don't worry about that
yea too bad for you. the scrap yard failed again, now they have been removed and are being restored. for all of you involved in the moving of these locomotives, thank you for restoring these beautiful machines.
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Go ahead! Spend your money on this junk. I will not subsidize or patronize your show of pot metal.
Perhaps some people who need money will quickly remove some parts which they can sell to collectors & earn some quick cash.
Bells, whistles, headlights, number boards, marker boards, gauge sets, controls, valves all make wonderful collectors items which can be sold quickly at a midnight sale. No questions asked!
well you might see junk pot metal and you might make a few bucks off of it. however, alot more people see a classic, and spend time and restore them. that is worth alot more than the junk you get. in other words, it is worth more as a rebuilt steam engine than melting down. sorry if you don't like it but that is the cold hard truth.
The money is running out and bankruptcy of many of these groups is closer than you think.
When they go bankrupt, the selling the "asset" for junk is the only way out to pay off all debts.
That is when they go to the scrapper which pays peoples wages to cut them apart into a size which will fit into either an induction or blast furnace for melting. Then they are poured into molds to make either anchor chain or manhole covers.
you are so far from reality. you think these engines are owned by one person. it is a group of people that pull there resorces together and make things happen. alot of donations are in play (alot of $1.00 to $10.00 donations). you wat to junk things, junk old car engines, trucks, even old cars and yes even unsalvagable rail equiptment. let people do what they want to do, this is a free country. telling them they need to get rid of these engines would be the same as saing to get rid of your job.
Your $1 - $10 donations are inadequate to restore all of this junk.
I junk cars, trucks, appliances, railroad equipment, farm equipment, mining relics, machinery, etc. Anything metal!
Free country! Do as you please!
However, when you CANNOT raise enough funds to support it's shelter, maintenance, operation & insurance, time to send it to the scrapper. When there is not enough to scrap, then my job will be disappear too. Times change!
Resource costs are lower when scrap iron is re-poured!
These engines don't need $, they needed a home. Now each of these engines has one, they have left the scrap yard. They were not taken out of the scrap yard not for operation, but for preservation. Preservation of such relics is necessary for any industrialized nation, without looking to the past one may not look to the future.
Preservation of the article is wrong. These junkers have been documented & photographed. That is all that is necessary. The materials can be reused to make new & better products.
Let us all hope that thieves & desperate people remove the whistles, bells, gauges, marker boards, marker lights, headlights, piping, linkage & many other parts. Then graffiti this garbage so it costs so much to restore that they end up junked, scrapped, cut apart & melted.
Do you see any whistles, bells, gauges, marker boards, marker lights, headlights, piping, linkage on these engines? I think not!
These engines have an interesting storry. Thieves would have nothing to take, they have already been striped for scrap, their scap dealer closed just before they could finish the job.
you have probaly never cut a steam locomotive up in your life, the last one to be scrapped in the US was a CBQ steamer and only was scrapped becuase the owner pissed off metra and there was something wrong with it and they couldnt fix it. secound, if a museum did close, most of the movable stuff would be sent or sold to other museuems, just like these engines
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@mmikeironhorse You restore them if you have the money to do so.
In these days of recessionary & depression funding, not much is being done. Stealing parts off of them & cutting them apart for their parts is an extremely easy way to make some quick cash. Bells, whistles, headlights, gauge sets, linkages, valve handles, number boards, marker lights & many other pieces make easy pieces to remove & sell quickly. No questions asked by the buyers.
Good lord dude. We know you hate steamers or anything old, why do you keep saying it? Do you hate youself, do you wantt people to kill you because you hate yourself so much. No one is going to do anything to you ok. No one is going to feel sorry for you.
Their situation is absolute BS, there is no reason that the guy who owns that place couldn't donate them. He also used to have a Y6A, but he recieved so many calls requesting to save it that he cut it up; these locomotives need to get away from that guy, and they need to do it quickly.
the guy is dead, all of the equipment on site was donated to the virginia museum of transportation. the 917 was moved to ohio for use as part of a railroad themed restaurant.
Its entirely possible, but nothing like their former selves, maybe as outer restored beasts, not completely refurbished, but the sad fact is, one already has been sold and removed. The others await their fate.
The sight that these photos came from is trying to raise money to save the remaining peices. They want to move most of them to the VMofT. But VMofT seams not to care as there is nothing on there sight about it. Search for Lost Engines of Roanoke. You Tube Won't let me post the link.
One got saved today. The 917 was lifted on to a truck. The sad part is it left Va headed for Ohio. It will be restored and will be part of a restaurant. Glad it will be restored sad that it left Va and went so far away. Never to see it again unless you drive 8 hours. We wait the fate of the other three steam engines and two diesel and few other pieces. The VMT is welcome to them but lack the funds to move them. Anyone got $400k ?
I now have my own video up of these engines. Not as good as this one but they are my own pictures. As far as the cost It for the three remaining steam engines, the two diesels, and two tenders. I think this includes removal of lead paint and restoration....far enough to make them look good but not run. There were four hopper near by but three were move to the VMoT a few years ago. The fourth was move elsewhere but I do not know where. Please comment if you watch mine.
I've seen 917 at her new home... she still could use a lot of work, but she's a lot better off than where she originally was.
OV099Challenger 2 months ago
this is sad how they treat relics like these just sad.
Barricade360 2 months ago
i still somtimes get the chills when i watch this video its nice
grizzleybearz282004 2 months ago
It's sad seeing trains that used to be so popular in this state. Are they planning to restore ANY of them?!?!
DarkMouseyFan114 2 months ago
Old friends with hearts of steel, steam and raging passion, a pulse that makes our blood coarse and grown men cry.. Till we meet again..
teamfab 7 months ago
Do the locomotives still exist?
Nictrain123 1 year ago
Good news! These locomotives were rescued and are being cosmetically restored!
thomasrosiefan1 1 year ago
I wonder why they treat classics like a piece of junk
TheEthan1005 1 year ago
Way back in the day I went and visited them, now I'm wondering what ever happened to the diesels that were parked with the tenders... At least we got to keep 1151. :)
kitten54585356 1 year ago
Sad, we can fund a war that is going no where but forget our heritage and what got us to where we are. (I support the troops, not the war) These should be pulled and at least cosmetically restored but I'm the kind of person that hates things that sit still. It was built to do something and it should still be doing it!!! Ever since I first saw a steamer, I have wanted to drive operate and restore one since then, 3 years old!! Dream big.
speediracer4 2 years ago
holly crap the same with you to well i went in a cab of a steam train cab whene i was three years old with my dad i paid 6$ becase it was day out with thomas
caseyjonesfan 1 year ago
sad
drmotorcycle 2 years ago
Holy snot man! That really sucks. Of all the places to put retired engines, why ditch them in the bush.
starflame99 2 years ago 3
REALLY sad :'( I'd love to see them run again.
GECP4256 2 years ago
sad =(
BordiniBlues85 2 years ago
i would go there and stair at them for an hour
mmikeironhorse 2 years ago
good ol American steam it was king of the rails
mmikeironhorse 2 years ago
Its so sad...i wish they would at least try to run them again...
ancients4 2 years ago
It would be important to note that all these locomotives were donated to various museums, and have now all be moved to their new homes.
1134 has already been sandblasted and giving a new coat of primer. Basically all the railroad equipment that was at the scrapyard has been donated and removed (and safe from scrapping)
will107 2 years ago
OMG!!! How depressing. Can't these be auctioned off or given to somebody who would appreciate them.
They would make a hell of a cool lawn ornament!!!
I just can't believe people would leave something so cool to die in obscurity!
How did you find these engines? I think that's really cool that you did!
HonRevPTB 2 years ago
this vid is sad, putting steam engines in a siding, forgetten or cut apart
:(
SAVE THE STEAMS
SaltyFan12 2 years ago
Steam journeys are fairly big business in the UK now. They've actually built a few new ones lately and they run frequently on the main lines.
If you look on these engines and just see so much steel, brass and copper then I feel sorry for you. I see the pride of a long gone industrial age, of engineering the perfect blend of functionality and beauty. I look at these locos under steam and they seem alive as if they have a soul. God doesn't build railway engines but if he did....
taxidude 2 years ago
one thing id like to say to you steam is a good type but the people that dumet them off and the ones that decited to put them there its the whistel its said that you can here it whene there scrapet but something wok me up last night night was i could of swore i hurd a steam engine whisteling but not a whistel i remember i asked my brother he said he hurd it to and i aked if he knew what engine he said it was an a engine that had been put in the shop to be restored it was creepy
caseyjonesfan 1 year ago
this looks like 'life after people'.
ericremotesteam 2 years ago
Ah poor old Cockroach2008, totally void of any passion, feeling or understanding.
An empty vessel drowning in a sea of ignorance.
teamfab 2 years ago 2
Cockroach2008, you really are an idiot!!!
dave3981 2 years ago 2
Cockroach, you are an uninformed and speading lies. All FIVE engines are saved as are the other rolling stock still there. NOW .... Herr Cockroach, YOU put that in your pipe and shove it!
BTW .... 1151 is now at the VMT.
Bushpounder 2 years ago 2
That sad, I am upset with the end that they had :(.... Which the song of the video is???
juancarlos85i 2 years ago
this brings a tear to my eye, if i found one in a bush like that anywhere near where i live, i would go to just look at it every day :'(
maestegu14 2 years ago
Just a note. These engines and rolling stock are being preserved as we speak. 917 was removed last year and was taken to Bellville, OH for cosmetic restoration. The other steamers are to be removed by September of this year. 1151 is going to the Virginia Museum of Transport., and the other two will elsewhere in VA. They will soon have a better life.
m611martin 2 years ago
Thank you for posting such a beautiful piece. Could you tell me the name of the musical theme you've used in the video? I find the music very lovely indeed!
cuadrature 2 years ago
I'm not for sure, it was one of the songs Youtube offered when I had to do my audio swap.
DutchBantamLover 2 years ago
@cuadrature did you ever find out the name of the song that is nice very pieceful
grizzleybearz282004 5 months ago
at 0:25 who was that rusty steam engine without his tender?
ScottRiggs66 2 years ago
It was the Norfolk and Western 1118.
DutchBantamLover 2 years ago
Marvelous! All that junk should be melted! It is a real delight to see these things in this condition!
They were wrecks 65 years ago and should have been cut up. Then they should have been stuffed into the crucible of a blast or induction furnace!
Junk the steam locomotives and their tenders!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
you weren't even alive 65 years ago so maybe you should be cut up and sent to the blast furnace
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
Correct you are! However, this is not an issue about me, this is an issue about old junk which has served it's purpose. Now they are useless junk which should be cut apart, the materials used to make new useful products.
If you have the money, you preserve, maintain, shelter & insure them. If you don't, let me have them! I will put them out of their misery with my gas axe or plasma cutter. The materials used to make new transportation products.
Junk the steam locomotives and their tenders!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
and besides if it was ur graffiti work, it would take up the whole side of the engine sayin Junk it up! Part it out! wat the hell do you think part it out means? they send the parts to other engines dumbass
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
"Junk me" says as much as needs to be said!
Part it out means, send the parts out for dismantling so that the more valuable parts can be junked for a higher value!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
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Do you like my graffiti work on NW 1118 in light blue-green? Doesn't it make this wreck of pot metal much prettier to watch rusting away?
Don't cry Nicholas! It won't be long! What remains of these old relics are scheduled for scrapping!
When they are gone, you can dry your weeping eyes!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
hey buddy, they sent these to a museum for preservation so SUCK ON THAT ass wipe
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
Better check your facts again buddy! You will find that 3 of these have been slated for scrap!
Put that in your pipe & smoke it!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
oh shit!....they already look like all the stuff is gone...it won't be a large loss for the steam community...I mean...we have dealt without them for this long and we can deal without them for longer...so honestly.....worst idea ever
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
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It is a good thing! Just think of what the materials are doing for us now!
Manhole covers, anchor chain, ocean buoys, trench plate, corrugated mud dam, iron pipe, construction rebar, bridge girder, pet cage, grocery baskets, truck or car chassis, ship plate, medical equipment, drilling rigs,road paving equipment, mining equipment or mine supports.
We thank the steam locomotive for it's service and we document it in our history books.
Preservation of the steam locomotive is a fools mission!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
but this is what ur not understandin....if the people that own these want to scrap them....we have no problem....but if it is already preserved then there is no reason to scrap them they make their share of money just look at Trainfest2009 they sold out! they also added two extra cars to one train so more people could buy! they make money...don't worry about that
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
I am not worried at all!
As the economy gets worse, there will be fewer & fewer buyers to ride on these junkers!
If you can afford to preserve, operate, maintain, shelter & insure them, then do so!
I campaign that no public or government funding be spent to support these clunkers.
When your non-profit goes bankrupt & has to sell their asset to pay off the debts, I am there to give you pennies for it.
Just before we tow it away & begin cutting it apart for scrap!
Junk the steam locomotives!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
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david245611 2 years ago
yea too bad for you. the scrap yard failed again, now they have been removed and are being restored. for all of you involved in the moving of these locomotives, thank you for restoring these beautiful machines.
43078 2 years ago
this was a reply for Cockroach2008
43078 2 years ago
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Go ahead! Spend your money on this junk. I will not subsidize or patronize your show of pot metal.
Perhaps some people who need money will quickly remove some parts which they can sell to collectors & earn some quick cash.
Bells, whistles, headlights, number boards, marker boards, gauge sets, controls, valves all make wonderful collectors items which can be sold quickly at a midnight sale. No questions asked!
Junk the steam locomotives and their tenders!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
well you might see junk pot metal and you might make a few bucks off of it. however, alot more people see a classic, and spend time and restore them. that is worth alot more than the junk you get. in other words, it is worth more as a rebuilt steam engine than melting down. sorry if you don't like it but that is the cold hard truth.
43078 2 years ago
Not as many people as you think!
The money is running out and bankruptcy of many of these groups is closer than you think.
When they go bankrupt, the selling the "asset" for junk is the only way out to pay off all debts.
That is when they go to the scrapper which pays peoples wages to cut them apart into a size which will fit into either an induction or blast furnace for melting. Then they are poured into molds to make either anchor chain or manhole covers.
Junk the steam locomotives!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
you are so far from reality. you think these engines are owned by one person. it is a group of people that pull there resorces together and make things happen. alot of donations are in play (alot of $1.00 to $10.00 donations). you wat to junk things, junk old car engines, trucks, even old cars and yes even unsalvagable rail equiptment. let people do what they want to do, this is a free country. telling them they need to get rid of these engines would be the same as saing to get rid of your job.
43078 2 years ago
Your $1 - $10 donations are inadequate to restore all of this junk.
I junk cars, trucks, appliances, railroad equipment, farm equipment, mining relics, machinery, etc. Anything metal!
Free country! Do as you please!
However, when you CANNOT raise enough funds to support it's shelter, maintenance, operation & insurance, time to send it to the scrapper. When there is not enough to scrap, then my job will be disappear too. Times change!
Resource costs are lower when scrap iron is re-poured!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
These engines don't need $, they needed a home. Now each of these engines has one, they have left the scrap yard. They were not taken out of the scrap yard not for operation, but for preservation. Preservation of such relics is necessary for any industrialized nation, without looking to the past one may not look to the future.
sgprailfan 2 years ago 8
Preservation of the article is wrong. These junkers have been documented & photographed. That is all that is necessary. The materials can be reused to make new & better products.
Let us all hope that thieves & desperate people remove the whistles, bells, gauges, marker boards, marker lights, headlights, piping, linkage & many other parts. Then graffiti this garbage so it costs so much to restore that they end up junked, scrapped, cut apart & melted.
Junk all the remaining steam locomotives!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
Do you see any whistles, bells, gauges, marker boards, marker lights, headlights, piping, linkage on these engines? I think not!
These engines have an interesting storry. Thieves would have nothing to take, they have already been striped for scrap, their scap dealer closed just before they could finish the job.
sgprailfan 2 years ago
There is plenty of stuff to be stolen off these wrecks.
If nothing else, there is the fun of cutting these junkers apart. The best part is cutting the main piston shaft & the driver axles in two pieces.
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
@sgprailfan no not preservation to a person for N&W fans there own N&W engine right in their back yard that will sound cool
IraDeathViper 1 year ago
you have probaly never cut a steam locomotive up in your life, the last one to be scrapped in the US was a CBQ steamer and only was scrapped becuase the owner pissed off metra and there was something wrong with it and they couldnt fix it. secound, if a museum did close, most of the movable stuff would be sent or sold to other museuems, just like these engines
kalvingp30fan 2 years ago
@Cockroach2008 you notice that in America we restore most of the steam engines. it would be a cool yard piece.
mmikeironhorse 2 years ago
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@mmikeironhorse You restore them if you have the money to do so.
In these days of recessionary & depression funding, not much is being done. Stealing parts off of them & cutting them apart for their parts is an extremely easy way to make some quick cash. Bells, whistles, headlights, gauge sets, linkages, valve handles, number boards, marker lights & many other pieces make easy pieces to remove & sell quickly. No questions asked by the buyers.
Junk the steam locomotives!
Cockroach2008 2 years ago
Good lord dude. We know you hate steamers or anything old, why do you keep saying it? Do you hate youself, do you wantt people to kill you because you hate yourself so much. No one is going to do anything to you ok. No one is going to feel sorry for you.
SouthernRR4501 2 years ago
the movement of equipment, yes. the death and the donation happened about 4 years ago
hella188 2 years ago
to SR722
hella188 2 years ago
Their situation is absolute BS, there is no reason that the guy who owns that place couldn't donate them. He also used to have a Y6A, but he recieved so many calls requesting to save it that he cut it up; these locomotives need to get away from that guy, and they need to do it quickly.
SR722 2 years ago
the guy is dead, all of the equipment on site was donated to the virginia museum of transportation. the 917 was moved to ohio for use as part of a railroad themed restaurant.
hella188 2 years ago
Did that happen recently?
SR722 2 years ago
Nothing worse than an iron horse that was put out to pasture.
KOOLDAVE1953 3 years ago 2
Its entirely possible, but nothing like their former selves, maybe as outer restored beasts, not completely refurbished, but the sad fact is, one already has been sold and removed. The others await their fate.
manokiller 3 years ago
makes me want to cry to see those engins in such sad contions
conrailcliff 3 years ago
Dead engines...
SONBoomer 3 years ago
The sight that these photos came from is trying to raise money to save the remaining peices. They want to move most of them to the VMofT. But VMofT seams not to care as there is nothing on there sight about it. Search for Lost Engines of Roanoke. You Tube Won't let me post the link.
whatihave2do 3 years ago
One got saved today. The 917 was lifted on to a truck. The sad part is it left Va headed for Ohio. It will be restored and will be part of a restaurant. Glad it will be restored sad that it left Va and went so far away. Never to see it again unless you drive 8 hours. We wait the fate of the other three steam engines and two diesel and few other pieces. The VMT is welcome to them but lack the funds to move them. Anyone got $400k ?
whatihave2do 3 years ago
$400K!!!!
About ten years back u could buy locos for scrap prices here in UK!!
After BR had finished with them,some minus heads and turbos, some just switched off!
EG class 40 for around £8,000!!!
Asbestos was most difficult part!
tpvalley 3 years ago
I now have my own video up of these engines. Not as good as this one but they are my own pictures. As far as the cost It for the three remaining steam engines, the two diesels, and two tenders. I think this includes removal of lead paint and restoration....far enough to make them look good but not run. There were four hopper near by but three were move to the VMoT a few years ago. The fourth was move elsewhere but I do not know where. Please comment if you watch mine.
whatihave2do 3 years ago
Not a loss, the VMoT are arranging one day to mvoe them
manokiller 3 years ago
they could still be saved
kalcapone1 3 years ago
They are in Roanoke, VA, near the Walnut Street Bridge over the Roanoke River, in a scrap yard.
orangeDC8 4 years ago
where are these beautiful beasts??? Long time n&w fan. Bill.
willydodson1 4 years ago 4