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 #1237977  by thebigham
 
Awful news!

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After roughly one-half century of occupying an old East Broad Top rail yard in Mount Union, a collection of box cars and coal hoppers are clearing out.

Workers with Valenti Excavating Inc., of Clymer, Indiana County, launched into their task last week in the area off Franklin Street behind Rite-Aid and McDonald’s, beginning with the demolition of a group of wooden boxcars.

[A Valenti Excavating Employee] says there are approximately 150 railroad cars, stacked five tracks deep, that his crew will be moving and dismantling. The vast majority are solid steel coal hoppers and about dozen or so are wooden U.S. Army Transportation Corps box cars.

Pics and info here:

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 #1237978  by thebigham
 
In my 33 years of being a railfan, the day I first visited the Mt. Union yard is one of my favorite adventures.

It was back in 1995. Before the clearing of the main began.

I loved walking around the abandoned yard. Especially seeing those Army boxcars.

There are a few boxcars/tankcars/flatcars in the yard. I hope they are saved!

Here's a map of the MT. Union yard:

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 #1238228  by trackwelder
 
reading this, and posted links, i have literally gotten sick to my stomach.
 #1251874  by trackwelder
 
all of the hoppers are 36" gage, the boxcars and anything else that might have met the torch were standard gage.
 #1252185  by trackwelder
 
thebigham wrote:I can't edit the subject title.

These cars have NOT been scrapped!

Yet...
was it just the army box cars? still a shame, but not a tragedy, if that's the case.
 #1252193  by lvrr325
 
I agree, at least a couple of those Army cars should have been saved.

And the hoppers, I'm amazed there was no secondhand market at least for the trucks and bolsters.