Rule292 posted:Hot Water posted:J Daddy posted:Hate to ask this ...but it may come down to what is its worth in scrap?
Very difficult to judge that, as the city may NOT want it "scrapped on site", thus moving the locomotive, again, becomes a major issue. Even at that, what with the price of scrap iron/steel being fairly low, not to mention the extreme cost of labor & materials to "cut it up in place", even the total weight of the scrap may still not offset the costs involved.
Adding to this would be any environmental abatement required as part of the scrapping.
That's one of the reasons all of the old RR bridges exist, denuded of their track. No one wants the liability of dealing not only with taking down an old structure but handling all of the environmental compliance issues that go with lead paint and the like.
This just might be what is needed to keep it where it is and not scrap it , only time will tell !!!!!!
Tiffany
