Having walked around At Mandak metals(a scrap/recycling facility that scraps alot of locomotives/rolling stock) numerous times, I can definatley say it isn't very enjoyable for a railfan. On one visit in the mid '90's, I was surrounded by former CN C630M's in various states of scrapping...the photos show it well.....I have one in which a mountain of cabs and hood sections has been built...fairly morose stuff. There were about 15-20 present, with one, 2042 still sitting outside the gates intact. I spent quite a long time climbing around on the 2042, in relatively fresh paint, and sitting in the engineers seat, knowing the end was near, and realizing what an undignified end to 25+ years of hard work, why couldn't someone save this veteran. 2 days later, I watched them cut up the last sections of 2042's frame, and load the trucks for their trip to GE to be re-used under the C40-8's then under construction. The Nathan Airchime horns now sound from the roof of my garage every new years eve. I also watched a line of about 12 VIA F9B's meet their fate around the same time. It's interesting, but definatley not fun to watch once proud machines meet the torch.