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The garbage dump is located on the outskirts of the city, but when a fire raged there for 4 days, it might as well have been next door because of the thick smoke which enveloped the entire city.
Official reports said the fire was caused by the heat of the sun on metal lighting up the place. Unofficial sources said it was a politician/ baron burning away the garbage for easy access to the scrap metal to sell to China
Three dumped Geeps lettered for the Idaho, Northern & Pacific on an abandoned stetch of the former San Diego & Imperial Valley (Before that San Diego & Arizona Eastern) near Ocotillo, California. They're boarded up and haven't been used for some time. There's some interesting information on Trainorders about these locos, how they came to be in California and the attempts to restore service on this stretch of line which is moribund west of Plaster City.
The Dump (87,812 square feet)
801 N Military Highway, Norfolk, VA
This was originally a Kmart, which was built and opened in 1974. It became The Dump on June 28th, 1996.
Centralia, Pennsylvania.
"NO DUMPING"
In May of 1962, a fire was started in the town landfill, next to the Odd Fellows Cemetary in order to clean up the area before a Memorial Day Celebration.
This fire was authorized by the town council, and was ignited by members of the local Volunteer Fire Department. All of the trash was piled up in a corner of the landfill and ignited. After the fire had burned most of the trash, it was extinguished. Oddly, though, it kept re-igniting itself as the weeks passed.
What the members of the town did not realise was that there was an un-sealed abandoned coal mine shaft beneath the pile. The trash fire ignited a coal seam beneath the earth, and continues burning to this day.
Beneath Centralia and surrounding areas lies a rich deposite of anthracite coal; very hard and compact, which burns slowly at a high temperature. Since the initial fire in 1962, the underground mine fires have spread some 400 acres, forcing the evacuation of homes in Centralia.
At its peak, Centralia had more than 2,000 residents. The Borough of Centralia had, at one point, "seven churches, five hotels, twenty-seven saloons, two theaters, a bank, and a post office, fourteen general stores, and a post office".
In 1984, Congress allocated approximately $42 million for relocation of Centralia's residents. Most took the offer and moved to surrounding areas.
According to the 2004 census, there were only 18 people still remaining in Centralia.
All that is left today is a few lone homes, civic buildings, and barren roads which lead into empty feilds.
Here's a link to Wikipedia for more information.
A partially loaded ballast train heads west through Pointe-Claire. Power is CP 6020 & CP 5874, both with multimarks. At the rear is caboose CP 434957. CP has been doing a lot of trackwork this weekend on the Vaudreuil Sub, causing cancellation of commuter trains on this line.
Tja, niet best deze foto. Er is een kiepwagen op te zien, ca 1963, in de A.J. Ernststraat in Amsterdam Buitenveldert. Wie herkent iets? SEE COMMENTS!
Dump Truck Cookies and Cake for Alex's 3rd Birthday, Sweet Kiera Blog Post {{www.sweetkiera.com/?p=3910}}
Sections of old track wait to be lifted across on to the siding after being removed from Moreton-in-Marsh station on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
Seen at the local garbage dump. This song came to mind...
"I'll be a killer whale,
when I grow up, I'll be a vulture
I’ll be an animal, A carnivore,
I’ll be a monster
Clenching my jagged jaws
Over the captured
I’ll be a killer whale when I grow up.
I’ll be a tidal wave when I grow up
Crashing on harbors
I’ll be a temperamental element
A raging water
I’ll be a perfect storm swallowing over
I’ll be a killer whale
When I grow up, I’ll be a monster
I’ll be a hurricane when I grow up
An ugly thunder
I’ll be a forest fire about to flood
Over an empire
I’ll be an avalanche chewing it's raptured
I'll be a killer whale
When I grow up I’ll be a MONSTER
I’ll be a killer whale
ORCA - Wintersleep.