Scrapping an EMD SW1200 Locomotive Timelapse
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2020
- One of Gershow Recycling's excavators, equipped with a hydraulic shear, rips apart Louisville & Indiana Railroad SW1200 #9321. About 45 minutes later, the locomotive was reduced to a pile of scrap metal (minus the frame and trucks). All of the scrap metal yielded from the locomotive will be processed and used to make other useful items. Will a piece of 9321 end up in your household? You never know!
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Built by EMD in 1957 as EMD 23763, 9321 served the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (#562), the Erie Lackawanna Railway (#457) and Conrail (#9321) before joining the Louisville & Indiana Railroad's roster. The locomotive ran on the L&I for many years before being sent to the New York & Atlantic Railway, a sister railroad to the L&I, to assist with the increase of rail traffic on the island. Unfortunately the engine was not used much because of it's reliability and only ran for a couple of years before being sidelined with several mechanical issues. It was moved to a storage track within Fresh Pond Yard where it sat for 9+ years before being moved to the Heritage Paper track on the Bay Ridge Branch in 2017. On January 28th, 2020, the locomotive was finally scrapped by Gershow Recycling, a longtime customer of the NYA located less than a half a mile away. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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RIP SW1200. It's sad to see it go. :(
I agree
Despite being an absolute steam train enthusiast I now too have a soft spot for diesels as well partly to the fact that I’ve watched long iron ore trains run through my backyard on a daily basis, I’ve learned to appreciate diesels and all forms of trains tractors and even cars...
Seeing this, it’s an eye opener to what scrappage is really like
Nothing that had a life being self-propelled rail, road or field deserves this
I hope that more of these SW1200’s will be saved from scrap and even if they’re past use reuse them as a shelter facility for the homeless put them to good use just not scrap
Alternative title: Giant Long-Necked Bird eats a metal meal for lunch.
Call me crazy but that title looks so accurately fitting
@@florjanbrudar692 yeah
crazy.
Sw1200's . my favorite switcher !
Sad to see !
Rest in peace !
We lost another Comrade
Yup
Good, the e2s will be restored
@@timothyghost8899 well i dont think so becuse i know you are gonna hate me for this but the class E2s functioned AWFULY so scrapping it made sense
E2s were genuinely horrid engines
That’s not very true
Even when being scrapped, EMD engines just don't want to give up.
It will be missed :(
I was the remains of the train next to some scrap in hoppers on the L
Komatsu! Your day will come too!
That engine block sure was fighting back wasn't it
Yes, it's amazing that the engine could withstand the force of that shear.
Sad sight!
it's makes me cry that SW1200 is getting scraped. rest in piece SW1200 😢😭
You aren't alone.
All the 0-6-0 switcher steamers be like: look who's outdated now!
My dads close to getting a real life sw1200 I’m gonna make a video about it tomorrow
Cry me a river babes
R.I.P
I'd definitely steal the train just for the giggles
Yup
Lol same
That headlight on the rear, would have been a nice collector piece.
We got one of those locomotives here in Spencerville Ohio in operation under RJ Corman, it's nice to still see of them around and not all being scrapped.
Awesome video! I never really saw what it was like to scrap a locomotive like that from start to finish, so it was a super neat thing to watch.
I dont
No its not i true railfan will never get excited about watching a locomotive get scrapped.
I find it interesting
That's sad, I remember seeing these EMD SW1200 switcher Locomotives shunting, sorting rail cars at the rail yard that was across from our house, when I was a teenager. Now, GP38-2, GP40 even SD 40-2's took over. I'm glad to see some of the existing SW1200 & SW1500 still in service today. It's very odd to see normal locomotives such as SD40-2's performing switching duties.
SD40-2's are getting scrapped
Where I live gevos are doing the switching
Yea this was right under the Livonia L station. I saw when it got picked up and everything. I was on the way to school. But alot of homeless people used it as a shelter.
Nothing would of escaped from scrap like how Douglas saved Oliver and Toad
Interesting, also nice song choice lol
Lol
Sad to see it go!
That locomotive could have had potential being a tourist train or something
@Fat Dummy it's not as simple as that 😂
@Fat Dummy because I work on a class 1 railroad lol nobody does this for free, get real. Not every piece of equipment needs preserving or is worth the money. Do you have any idea the checks and balances in place that would get all involved in trouble, if a locomotive were "sneaked" away? Railroads are federally mandated and watched, you cant get away with some fiction fantasy idea like that.
@Fat Dummy management and supervision. Most people that work for the railroad arent buffs or preservationists. Most people wont be on board for the simple reason that "it must be saved". When trains move unaccounted for, it means money is being spent for no payment back and managers are in charge of making sure everything has a reason.
@Fat Dummy fuel consumption of the engines moving, money paid to everyone who is on duty involved (dispatcher, crew etc)
The railroad doesn't work for free. Everything that moves spends money and if it's not paid work, it's not performed.
The way the excavator picks it apart, it's like a vulture eating a piece of roadkill.
Guys there's like hundreds of thousands of these left. Why get so hot and bothered by this? The prime mover was seized, the generator needed repairs, it was scrap years before this.
Great vídeo
Oh no what's happened to the SW1200 Switcher.
When a locomotive is from the early 70s they scrap them because they become old 40 years later
damn i used to walk them tracks all the time many years ago. memories.
Ngl this is pretty swag. Cool look into the process
Not to me
If thomas was watching this right now he would say oh no what's happening
Rip Sw1200
That is pain staking and sad to see the end of a locomotive’s life. And happy music was used during the process
Better scrapped than laying around
@@MrNJT yes because of its state it looks like scrap and because of the amounts of graffiti on it you can see it was abandoned
@@TeimonKauppa739 it was clearly not needed, or had some sort of problem and therefore was retired. Sucks that it’s not preserved but you can only do so much
Angus Paul would enjoy this and laugh! LOL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You're right!
Angus Paul is a smelly rasict😱
@@anguspaul1438ew
They should be running dual lines(spools) on that shear.
101 literally watching its comrade get torn apart
I was wondering if a few of my friends and I can make a comedy skit of the scrapping of this locomotive? If so, the original video and you will be credited. If not, I understand and thank you for your time.
Sad to see this old girl go. 🤐 This looked like the mechanical equivalent of a T-rex dismembering its prey.
AWESOME!🌍💯👌
Nice song
1992 T.Y its shooting stars
It's cancer snap tracks are for people who can't write songs
Rest in pieces-rick ferencik
Is this in Queens NY? Looks like the old Chiclets gum plant in the background. Queensboro Plaza?
I was genuinely expecting that train to start flying or something cuz of the shooting stars song
We just witnessed an execution
What happened to the diesel tell me the story
Gershow baby!!!!
From watching this video we all know what the smelters yard claw does now
That's how diesel ten woulda killed lady and thomas on the magic railroad alternate scene by cutting them up to pieces from pinche
Remember that the komatsu heavy equipment is built by the cane Caribbean corporation
Hopefully the horn, bell, and other cool pieces off of it were saved!
Same
It "MAKES YOU want to CRY 😢 😭 💔 Real loud "NOOOO" to see it Distroyed like that!?!?😥😢😭☹️
I like this locomotive why you abandoning and scrapping them?
Ok
Why is the background music “shooting stars”
What komatsu excavator is that
A victim to the cutter’s claw.
Yeah that’s sad very very sad they’ve been around since 1968 but I have two of them on my model railroad that’ll keep me going.
YO GREG IS THAT THE SCRAP LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE L Line?
Yes sir!
WOW
I never saw the train scrap yard in real life before!!!!!
Whoever did that will be scrapped next
CALA 9158
“Thomas has never seen such horror before….”
rest in pieces..
At 1:42, NY&A #101 passes by to pay its respects. RIP sister SW1200 :(
That was a y class loco
@superchief 88 I am talking about the Victorian Y class locomotive
😭
Looks like the brakes are totally shot to bits
soo sad *starts to cri* :(
About how much does this sell for in scrap?
Probably about $10,000-$30,000. This locomotive was probably about worth $15,000
About 120 short tons of scrap, I guess a few tons of that is copper, probably a lot of silver in the magnetic contactors, but it's a lot of work to tear it all apart.
It really comes down to what the market is paying at the time for prepared scrap, and the market can change drastically with time or location.
In one piece like it rolled there on the rails, it's really not much but if you have the equipment to do it and the location it can be quite profitable to tear it apart for scrap.
In the past 10 or 15 years, I've seen the price of prepared number one scrap range from $80 per long ton, to something around $400 for a long ton
Prepared number one is cut down to no more than 2 ft wide, and 5 ft long
Sad.. but I don’t think this locomotive could’ve Ben restored anyways
What I Thought When I Was Younger:
A Steam Engine’s Revenge
This looks like the episode Saved From Scrap Thomas and Friends season 2
Dont chop the loco up nooooo!!!!😭
And I thought that the only killed steamers 😞
it's sad....but funnee!
5:00 Subway train 😊
So hard
Where is this at?
gershow
Why wasn't the prime mover saved?
Likely too old and required major overhaul
The small majority of the internet that was still simping for lady dimitresceau in a nutshell.
Hay What New In 2022 The Last One I saw Was NRE And I love It But It Is Gone Now Noting There So I Hope To See A lot From Your Video
Dear lord, what a tragic sight. It's always gut-wrenching to watch a rail vehicle be cut to pieces, especially if you've been raised on Thomas. What exactly happened to the one in this video that saw it cut to scrap?
Age probably caught up with it. These are 60 year old machines.
@@robertclark6349 still it's a tough sight to watch. It was decimated in minutes.
Now I have depression
The song chosen tho.
I wish I could have saved it
Almost looks like they’re made of cardboard. Sad to see these go as they were from my era.
Depression
RIP EMD SW1200 locomotive
Wow it so 😥
One very very sad video. But pretty cool to see. Was the block too heavy for the excavator?
Yeah, you can see the rear of the excavaor rising up a bit when the operator tries to lift it
Every steamies' dream
this is so relaxing
You monster
You train hater
It is IN HELL
Good vid; lousy music.
Guess that's *sand* pouring out there? - 2:17 Guess all that colored *fabric* was from Bums setting up shop inside?
Correct.
What RR line is this
Please read the description. Thanks.
Rip :(
we have a couple SW's and a couple alco s-2 here at the MD&W rail road. soon we'll start seeing genset's in most rail yards. everything now days are losing a uniqueness.
why did you ruin it with the music
I pressed the like button for the video... But I’m not so sure I liked watching this.... :/
NO NOT THAT TRAIN
No handbrake on.
Didn't have a handbrake. That's what the big block in front of it was for.
gregorygrice you mean back
Couldve been easily restored. Paint job and new horn and bell
Easily? I would love to hear what you know about locomotives,
It takes lots of hard work you have to work for a train yard company to restore it
@@jeffholt6236 its easy for them
I wouldn’t be surprised if it had a rusted frame. The unit was pretty bruised
@@connie1758 I literally work for a railroad lol
Looks like allot of wasted things on it that could've been saved for repairing other emd locos
All of you foamers in the comments saying it should've been saved are pathetic. Look at the thing. There's nothing left to save. It's just a rusted out hulk. It's not good for anything except scrap. This is a good example of railroads getting rid of useless junk. Everyone saying it and other rust buckets need to be saved need to get a life!
Exactly scrapped this old diesel so it can feel the pain that's steam did
we must avenge steam train for allah🇵🇰
Shut up
Nooo!