RailPictures.Net Photo: ATSF ?? Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) Alco PA2 at McCook, Illinois by Sid Vaught

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» Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) (more..)
» Alco PA2 (more..)

» Pielet Bros.
» McCook, Illinois, USA (more..)
» September, 1970

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When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a scrapyard is probably the second saddest rail scene ever.

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