Originally Posted by mark s:
I was a heck of a lot sadder seeing CB&Q, GTW and NKP steam locomotives being cut up at Northwestern Steel & Wire, Sterling, IL, in the early '60's!
I grew up in the Pittsburgh PA area. I remember as a child when my parents drove over the Highland Park bridge from Sharpsburgh side, I could look down at a scrapping yard and see endless lines of steamers awaiting the torch. Of course it didn't make an impression on me or its significance at the time