The Scrapping of DRGW 555B/5552

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Over the course of about seven days, starting around 30-Nov-2006, MDTX 1151 (ex-ARR 1517, exx-DRGW 555B/5552) was converted from an inoperable B unit to a pile of scrap metal in Laramie, WY. On Tuesday, 5-Dec-2006, the carbody was still reasonably intact, but by Friday, the entire thing had been leveled to the frame.

Date: 12 Dec 2006

Size: 17 items

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[800x533] [1600x1067] [3000x2000] Another look at the unit's frame, along with the pile of doors and side panels in the foreground Date: 12 Dec 2006 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [1600x1067] [3000x2000] A look at an end of the unit, showing how the unit's internal trussing was torched off near the frame. Date: 12 Dec 2006 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x351] [1600x703] [3000x1318] I spent quite a bit of time talking to the two guys working on the job. They really did regret their assigned task of cutting up such an old unit. While it didn't come in with any builders plates still attached, one of the guys reached in their job box ... Date: 12 Dec 2006 Owner: ND Holmes
[533x800] [1067x1600] [2000x3000] A look at one of the ends of the 16-567BC prime mover, with the cover over the crankshaft-to-cam gears removed. Date: 12 Dec 2006 Owner: ND Holmes	[800x533] [1600x1067] [3000x2000] The final thing to go under the torch will be the WYCO's office boxcar, located at the north end of the area where the work is being done Date: 12 Dec 2006 Owner: ND Holmes

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