LTEX from the air 3 - 2021-2023 both locations

Compilation of 6+ visits over the past two-ish years. Footage at the Lordstown facility and McDonald, Ohio, locations. Things haven't really changed at Mcdonald in years but Lordstown is extremely active as of late. Drone is a DJI Mavic Air 2 and Air 2s later. Video shot by me, I know some of the footage is low in the air but don't get your own screws come loose in commets over that..
Drones don't have audio so the music is my only option, if you don't like it there is a nice big mute button next to the pause button.
#Trains #trainspotting #whistle #choochoo #LTEX #scrap #scrapyard #drone #dronevideo #dronephotography #dji #djimavicair2 #djimavicair2s #railfans #railfanning #diesel #locomotive #locomotivegraveyard #graveyard #abandoned #junkyard #scraptrain

[@williamoneal2763]

You must remember..everything has a time and place..There time has gone..not really sad as they served us well. Made this country great. I am old man of 84 years old. So my time will be over....the bell will toll. Not sad for me. I have lived a good life and GOD has blessed me indeed. Soon, do not know when but I am going to a better place indeed. Praise GOD ! 😊

[@jaybarber68]

And I had a dream that my train loving son and I went to heaven, and the whole place was covered in railroad tracks! So many, Standard Gauge down to about 1ft . gauge ❤ God bless!

[@Sinistar24]

If I ever win the lottery, I now know where to pick out a loco for my back yard 😉

[@flakyandstayinfrosty]

I think I would pick out one of the s3 or that Burlington e8

[@HowShouldIKnow6543]

If you do please please post it here

[@jordandorsett3106]

Im going for that Marc E8​@@flakyandstayinfrosty

[@RAILROADfreestyle]

I would take the Conrail switcher.

[@EL-sp5zi]

An E or an F-45...hard to beat the sound of the 20-645-E3

[@vettebecker1]

It's a shame seeing these rail giants like this, a lot of miles traveled and a lot of memories! I would definitely love to see those E units saved

[@atsf855sanbernardinocounty85]

Same goes Santa Fe SDF45-2s

[@glengreen362]

I don't know why, but I couldn't help feeling that this was like an elephants graveyard. There's something almost tragic about it. I also found it somewhat bizarre to leave stacks of cabs lined up like trophies, after the rest of the locomotives have been cut up.

[@KnightFilms32]

each one of those trains had workers that shared memories with each other. each train traveled miles upon miles across the country and have hauled all kinds of freight. they might be machines but they are much more to the ones who operated them.

[@Pseudo_Boethius]

My goodness, that opening shot of the BN E-units and what looked like Wisconsin Central F45's just broke my heart. I wish I could go there, scoop them up, and give them a good home where they would be loved and appreciated, by me. So sad.

[@jaybarber68]

It’d be sadder if they were already scrapped like the steam locomotives were.

[@yingli3120]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love trains who don’t like trains how could they 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@jaybarber68]

@@yingli3120 It was because they were transitioning to the new EMD diesels, cause you could hook 4 together, and get about 6000hp, roughly equivalent to the average steam locomotive 🚂 And only 1 guy to control all 4. They couldn’t cut em up fast enough. Yeah, I used to actually cry when I was a kid, after reading about it.

[@chuxtuff]

That's got to be one of the largest SuperFund sites we've ever seen!! That facility specializes in extracting EVERY possible dollar that's left that can be generated by this machine that's now at the end of it's useful service life. From the sale of still useful parts to the final act of scrapping what's left for the metal content and it's sale so to speak, not much goes to waste here!! Excellent video too...

[@rolpfeiffer4011]

Thanks airing and sharing the outstanding video with magnificent locomotives although 'rejected '..Railfanning endeavors are preponderating. Bliss

[@reginaldray5437]

Both my Grandfathers worked at the breaker yard for Illinois central. They called it the shop . What fond memories Of the place . Thank you

[@augustarborists1121]

I thought the drone work was great, and your attitude toward haters was spot on! thanks for a look into the past.

[@billyray94]

So much great 2nd and even 3 gen power - sitting derelict - many of which are likely to never be used again. Did anyone else notice the two tracks full of awesome 2nd gen NS power? Or the Amtrak P40DC's? (I had a cab ride in the 805 shown in the video) Or the Wisconsin Central F45's? Or the BN Dinky's from Chicago Commuter Service? SP Tunnel Motors? Santa Fe GP30's? Dash8-40C's? Dash8-40CW's? B40-8's? SD60's? I've traveled all across our beautiful country during the heyday when all of these units were in their prime - pulling tonnage or delivering passengers through the most beautiful parts of the USA. I'm truly thankful to have been alive and to have photographed these railroads. Their being in the dead line sort of reminds me of our own mortality and how time treats us all - people and machinery - the same.

[@andyknott8148]

Great flying, but very sad. I am always particularly sorry to see switchers awaiting scrap. You realise your age when you see Amtrak Genesis units and you remember them as new.

[@rockymountainjazzfan1822]

You really realize your age when you remember when F-units were only a few years old, or you see lines of locos on the dead line that were built years after you graduated from college. "All glory is fleeting."

[@amtk821]

Thanks for this video, I've been looking for a recent LTEX drone for a while. Great piloting!

[@SkyTouch08]

Very nice and relaxing flight. MA3 is definitely an amazing drone to fly. New Subscriber

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

Wow .... I just came across this video .... Subscribed!!! 👍

[@skyrideadventures]

wow - very cool indeed. Very well done. New sub here & look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@lightningspaceheidelberg]

My God, it breaks my heart to see these beautiful giants of the rails like that! Thousands of miles covered and each one has a story from a better time! I would love to be there to admire them again! It's bad that they have to die!!!!!

[@golffy5274]

Great view and cool old locomotive.

[@zacharycalgher3978]

I see former Amtrak 801 at 9:01. The 801 is currently being rebuilt and repainted in Keewatin Railway colors at Wabtec in Albia Iowa.

[@joshthetrainfan]

What about the other P40DCs?

[@zacharycalgher3978]

@@joshthetrainfan 802, 803, and 839 are getting the same treatment as 801. 805 is also being rebuilt at Wabtec in Erie Pennsylvania.

[@joshthetrainfan]

@@zacharycalgher3978 Okay

[@amtk821]

​@@zacharycalgher3978 The rumor I've heard is that 805 was only used for measurements at Wabtec Erie and will likely be scrapped. That's just from the grapevine though, so definitely not for certain. I also have suspicions that 839 was bought as a parts source for the other three, as last I saw it was sitting in the middle of a sea of stored units in Albia, stripped of its internals, while the others were nowhere to be seen (likely inside). The complete lack of information about it after around 2004 or so (when it was painted in Phase V) is really strange to me, and I think points to it having some serious problems. It's also unclear whether it was upgraded to P42 specs. But that's all just a hunch as well.

[@mmandmcb14]

@@zacharycalgher3978 839 is sadly scrapped.

[@betsymani2734]

Some railroad museum needs to buy these pieces of history😢

[@paulausherman727]

WOW

[@HobbyMoose79]

Wow, agree with the lottery wins, I could have the best vrbo made of trains. Sleeping in and old engine. Just wow. Beautiful area of trains. I was born in the wrong era, should have been prior to the sixties. Thank you for the great photos. Videos.

[@jr56440]

Amazing footage. It looks like they have about a quarter of the entire GP15-1 production run in storage.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

i live about a hour from there, ive been to mcdonald about 2 times i,loaded my truck at the mill they just closed down last year, lordstown i have too see, im a swither slug person myself love those old small units

[@zarutoeasternrailfanproduction]

Nice drone footage of this yard it’s crazy how much locomotives they have there

[@DDA40Xman]

Oh this footage is SO amazing! Great work, no idea these existed. I know of LTEX from equipment running through Flagstaff AZ on the Southern TransCon. As a UP fan, I'm amazed at all the UP units and pieces parts seen. And parts is parts.

[@MichaelBrown-ho5wc]

Wow

[@johnnydeville5701]

OMG those BN EMD F units deserve to be restored/preserved. Sad to see so many glorious diesels in various conditions of Salvage/parts. Neat seeing original SF, BN, SP, & Conrail units!

[@robbfisher2876]

The DM&IR units still have taconite pellets all over them, pretty wild. Interesting that a few of the NS nee N&W GP38ACs are still extant for now.,

[@nicksmith3756]

At 16:45 there is a really clean Santa fe

[@frankschultz4170]

Fantastic drone work!

[@BradSLaPorte]

I’d love to walk those grounds and pick out a decent pneumatic bell and rebuild able set of horns.

[@jonlevin4132]

People have nothing better to than bitch about the altitude of the drone? WTF? I think the way you've put this together is pretty damn cool.

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

And amazing piloting skills!

[@gino7444]

Places like that have that melancholic atmosphere about it, discarded locs there to die ...

[@DaimosZ]

God seeing those hulks of metal that were once BN E9AM's hurts to look at especially since some of them are in such bad shape that pieces of the streamline casing have been torn off haphazardly in what I were assume switching accident. I do hope that some museum tries to save at least one of them, whatever one is in the least bad mechanical and cosmetic shape, and buy another for spares to try and get one running.

[@TheMadness51]

Nice work. Had a pang of pain seeing a couple GP30's...

[@mrfingerlakes8735]

Simply an amazing place

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

A Victorville for trains, very cool!

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Great video.

[@mmandmcb14]

9:01 - Amtrak 811 from the Silver Spring wreck of 1996.

[@kolejnakolej.1437]

Interesting video and location. Good work. 👍

[@mt5144]

That place must be spotters paradise.

[@robertf3479]

I've not been following CSX much, but it looks like they've gotten rid of a lot of their SD50 and SD50-2 units. Whether any are worth rebuilding to SD40E standards for other customers or not remains to be seen.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Any major 645 power programs are likely history.

[@ASD5NDE]

Ltex owner be like : this is mine mine mine mine mine. After 4 years : nope we will scrap it

[@barbararoberto1258]

So sad so quiet, great video

[@inikeretakita]

it is so sad to watching them in a graveyard..soo many thousand miles and memories...😪😪

[@kelvintorrence5994]

the big red building in the background was mcdonald steel they just when out of business

[@franordeix]

I am a train lover, it makes me very sad to see them like this, abandoned, like unburied dead.

[@PiercesTrains716]

so many historical locomotives just waiting to see the torch

[@Chase.9000cat]

Ifieverwinthelottrey I want to pick 6 locomotives out 😊

[@jeanlouischarron7435]

quelle gaspillage bonjour la nature

[@zenontrainstrucks9433]

Great video! I wish some could save some of these locomotives but they probably will just scarp them anyways.

[@thetaylorwithautism2005]

At 10:17, is a very special unit to me, GEXR 3054. I used to see it all the time on GEXR 431 in Stratford, Ontario. As a GEXR railfan, it makes me sad to see it in the shape it is and what it's future holds.

[@TheHoboShoestring]

Trying to remember where this is

[@westernpennsylvaniarailfan]

Mcdonald, Ohio and Lordstown Ohio respectively. Just west of Youngstown along the CSX New Castle line. Made my day to see you commented Shoestring I have loved listening to your advice for years!

[@Alaskan454]

Hiya Shoestring…!

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

R.I.P. 😢

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

@@Alaskan454 This is one of his last comments .... He was found dead floating in a lake shortly after this ... R.I.P.

[@davevan8864]

Is this a scrap operation, rebuilder, or a little of both. That is a lot of locos.....a few tanks. Thanks

[@jr56440]

LTEX has a lease fleet and a massive parts operation. The units near the buildings are probably closest to active status. Some units are likely stored under contract. I'd bet half the units that end up at LTEX get scrapped.

[@daniellabra4186]

So, here is where the colossal and mighty rest...

[@mikejungferman4744]

Imagine all the shady stuff going on inside them old Loco's , party central

[@StevenPhelps-sr8co]

I would love to see these be remove the engines and stored for mini homes, parks, dinning cars. Make the old days come back with a 2024 or older style .

[@rottenroads1982]

Such a Sad locomotives. Please, help preserve them. Don’t let them rust away into nothingness.

[@suppylarue220]

most of them are fairly modern locomotives rendered obsolete by government edict. if you don't see where everything is headed you are blind.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

All six of the railroads are cross invested with the entities profiting on edicts. It's a Big Club and you ain't in it.

[@johnschultz9023]

Yes. Anything the govt has their hands in turns to a disaster.

[@callumnichols7652]

#preservethec40-8s

[@Nurvington]

Great video footage! Wondering whose SW1500 units 1527, 1526 those were at 2:58 thanks!

[@trainnerd3029]

Amazing how old machines can evoke such emotion. Cool video thanks for posting!

[@revho700]

I was a Locomotive engineer for 30 yrs for the BNSF I wonder how many of those units I might have ran in my career

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

A bunch of the Genesee locos were sent for scrap after a settlement with the EPA. Genesee has new EPA compliant locomotives but the EPA found excuses to complain about how emissions maintenance inspection were being kept. They would have been better off sticking with older locos.

[@elliotwelz9793]

Notice that there wasn't any GP30s . I wonder why ? Could it be that its everyone's favorite ; which means no one would let one be scraped .

[@janeordway4841]

Hopefully they save all those F units.

[@user-lq4mo8dw1p]

I got to ride a lot of BN Es, even worked on the F45s.

[@music100vid]

The most heartbreaking shots are of the decapitated heads of the locos, the cabs by themselves.

[@user-by7id9me3s]

I see SD40-2s gonna be shipped out to NS

[@loritobin2578]

There are alot of the CSX and BNSF locomotives there! Was sad to see the ex-DMIR locomotives ended up there though.

[@Mauscmkwk]

12:55 someone should have saved one of them😢

[@johngallo4065]

Wow!!! This is a HUGE reclamation/ rehabilitation center for trains!!! Where is this place located??? Are these trains turned into scrap??? Or are they rehabilitated then sold as used/ preowned equipment??? It would be sad to have them sit there and rot!!! Maybe a story can be written about this facility and railroading!!! In town where I live freight trains pass thru every few minutes and sometimes I am in awe of all that they do to have our economy running 24/7!!! GOD BLESS TRAINS and all that are involved with them and what they do!!!🚂🚆🛤️🚂🚆🛤️🚂🚆🛤️

[@MarkTheLostTraveler]

I thought the drone work was great. Sad to see all those locos will probably never see work again. So many of them I need to take a visit out there.

[@MartinRiveraPerezGonzale-uk8py]

#HeavyDsparks what can you do with this pick of choices to rebuild or modify!

[@user-kp9pn2xc7s]

I don’t know why, but it makes me sad to see all them trains injured just sit there

[@koontzman123]

There should be a raffle where each of the commenters on this video are given at least one engine or railcar.

[@freebrickproductions]

I remember seeing NS 2402 (on the right at 2:40) back when it was being leased by the HMCR, lol. I remember NS got rid of it during their big roster purges a few years back, glad to see it's still around, at least for now. Ain't too many NS-painted units with the old Southern scheme poking through. I wonder what's up with all of those GE, especially Dash-8 and Dash-9, cabs just laying around? Parts sources? I see the NWR-painted U-boat still exists at 6:25 as well.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

The electronics modules have a lot of resale value. GE was far too stringent on new aftermarket replacement parts.

[@freebrickproductions]

@@MilwaukeeF40C Makes sense. I had a feeling it was parts-related.

[@rickkearn7100]

Wow, great video! First-timer here. I subscribed. Cheers. PS: It would be interesting to know how all that equip got there, why it's there and, what's going to happen to it all?

[@tedschlabotnik8540]

Nice video! I don't know anything about trains, but is this some sort of "boneyard" where the trains are retained for parts for the active fleet? Do some go to museums? What are the different types? Are any old and historic, WWII or older? I enjoyed it, thanks for posting.

[@puffcandy]

Fantastic drone footage why so many good locomotives and a lot cut up?

[@theestallion818]

😮😮😮 that's insane I would paid $3 million to have them all rebuilt with new parts etc😮😮😮😮

[@alphonsotate2982]

Cost more than three million to bring them up to EPA standards cheaper to scrap and buy new ones

[@HotBlast4500]

4:04 I'm having pain 😭😭😭

[@engineer54ca]

Makes you become very sad to see all those Locomotives in the condition they are in.🥺

[@1946luke]

Probably not all, but I wonder how many of these units could be refurbished and put back into service ?

[@jondalrymple5405]

It’s very sad to see such history just deteriorate, even if someone were to wanna possibly purchase one how can it be removed from within the others I’m wondering, what is the future of these locos ? Are they gradually being scrapped or just accumulating ? Thank you for posting.

[@user-by7id9me3s]

If you were Gustavtime you would of restored all those

[@RobertP-zk8vh]

is this just a scrap yard or do they rebuild and resell as well?

[@user-rk9mx4hc5t]

Классные локомотивы, жаль что гниёт на улице. 😢

[@ItchingToScratch]

Amazing beauties!

[@MrJohnnybe123]

No graffiti on the trains must have good security

[@user-ty4wv9ps5w]

Жаль .Кладбище техники.Самое страшное что так везде в любой стране мира

[@user-pc2vb8mn9e]

I am so upset seeing these Norfolk Southern, locomotives and CSX locomotive just sitting there doing nothing so sad I think Norfolk Southern needs to get all them locomotives back up and running I seriously mean it do you agree with me

[@user-lq4mo8dw1p]

Your most certainly a railfan....these are very old locomotives, past their prime, they are 40 to 50 years old...and not to sound political as I'm neither a democrat or republican, you can thank the democrats for the new emissions restrictions....then in the last 2 years there has been a downward spiral on freight...rail, road, and waterway....the older stuff is the first to go, no matter if it's rail, trucking or ships.

[@alphonsotate2982]

You told it right@@user-lq4mo8dw1p

[@elleryparsons2433]

What’s Confusing Is Steam Died When Diesels Came Out Now Some Diesels Are Goin the Same Way Don’t Understand it.

[@regispaulonunes5853]

Eu gosto muito de locomotivas fico triste em velo nessa situação.😥😢😭

[@fireshorts5789]

anybody know why theres all those cut off cabs at the start of the video? do they intend to refurbish/re-use them or something?

[@andyoberdick]

they take a lot longer to cut up than the rest of the unit so they just don't bother

[@headsup2433]

Why do they keep all them cabs?.

[@michaelstram]

Is this like a u-pullit for rail?

[@robertlegacy7508]

Every interesting or different looking loco is in a place like this, or already gone. It sucks.

[@gatorgator3942]

Where is this located at?