Gritty Times at Padnos
It's a dismal, damp afternoon in Holland, Michigan, but that doesn't stop the bustling Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co off of S. River Street. A Kenworth W900 leaves the yard on another run for scrap to feed the bustling plant. Farther inside, CSX's Y121 job based out of nearby Waverly Yard is in the process of weighing up outbound cars on the scale. Gondolas from the Missouri Pacific nearing a half century in age are part of today's train, inevitably serving their final years in the unforgiving scrap industry. The CSX 6461 was built in February of 1978 for the B&O, rolling off the line in the famous Chessie System paint scheme.
Gritty Times at Padnos
It's a dismal, damp afternoon in Holland, Michigan, but that doesn't stop the bustling Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co off of S. River Street. A Kenworth W900 leaves the yard on another run for scrap to feed the bustling plant. Farther inside, CSX's Y121 job based out of nearby Waverly Yard is in the process of weighing up outbound cars on the scale. Gondolas from the Missouri Pacific nearing a half century in age are part of today's train, inevitably serving their final years in the unforgiving scrap industry. The CSX 6461 was built in February of 1978 for the B&O, rolling off the line in the famous Chessie System paint scheme.