Its a crime

X rated video clip not for the faint hearted, these shots were filmed on the 10th August 1992 here are the numbers in sequance...read em and weep.
45052 (97410 Nimrod)
45120
45134 (Neptune)
45141 (Zephyr)
20040 45145 cabs
33022 31170 31124 45052 cabs
20192/097/147/064/054/043/130/45145
26039/20218

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Class 45
• class 20
• class33
• class 31
• MC Metals
• scrapyard

[lewisner]

It is totally whacko to see 55022 working freight trains (a job it was never designed for) when loco's specifically designed for freight are being scrapped.

[MrStapletonRoad]

@lewisner Good point well presented

[steamfandan]

Too right this is a crime against diesel locomotices wats the idea of build ing new locos when the ol gals have provided years of loyal service to therailway network

[MrStapletonRoad]

@steamfandan Well said Dan, I am with you all the way.

[dugdug03]

:( 50046 Ajax

Hate seeing these classic engines going from powerful horn blowing SOB's to Scrap Metal :(

[MrStapletonRoad]

@dugdug03 Me 2

[lonelywolf1966]

lets buy locos from abroad that have no soul to them.... rip the br blues

[wattass7]

@thehoff1982 well said, and the title says it well, we scrap good stuff that could have been updated to see this lot like that is a disgrace, example RSG updated ( admititly preserved ) but see where im commin from, and on the 4th dec 2010 RSG done a railtour from kk to i think dundee when half the countrys newer foreign built rubbish were cancelled, and 22 is 50 years young, so yes true old stuff can be well looked after updated and kept running, 55s were scrapped 20 years to early

[IMP003]

They get scrapped because they are outdated, old and unefficient. However their construction plans are stored somewhere.

[trainsandfigers]

:(

[thehoff1982]

@hornbytrainsets they didn't, some guy imported mine around 2000, i bought her in 2007, sometimes the old dog can teach the puppies new tricks, ha ha ha!

[hornbytrainsets]

@thehoff1982 Pontiac Firebird? didnt know they sold those in the uk. and yeah i know that they scrapped some steam engines after 5 years of service. Im glad 225s and 125s are still around

[hornbytrainsets]

@thehoff1982 i suppose. but still im sure enthusiasts regularly visit scrapyards in search of locomotives.

[thehoff1982]

If anyone's interested, the song is 9 crimes by damien rice.

[thehoff1982]

great choice of song by the way - usually hate music on videos but this really adds to the sombre mood.

[thehoff1982]

@hornbytrainsets yeah, enthusiast would, and have done that. all the scrap man has to do is store them as they are and sell them to the highest bidder - not destroy them! it's so sad!