railohio wrote:What can't be seen very well in that photo is the major bow in the frame now. Very likely candidate for scrapping now. Most of the weight was balanced off the rear end of the fuel tank and the lenght of the unit and all the forward weight bent the frame considerably.
I believe the frame has only been 'stressed' not bent....getting the engine back on even footing will allow the frame to straighten out. Notice that most flatbed trailers, when unloaded, are bowed up.....as the load is placed on the trailer it will flatten out. Same principle applies here. Locomotives are much too valuable to scrap for nickle and dime incidents.....and believe it or not, in the rail industry this qualifies as a 'nickle and dime' incident.