Meaning of scrap heap | Babel Free

Examples

“Dieselisation saw the withdrawal of Shay engines on the Western Maryland, but No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap, and now rests in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's transport museum in Baltimore, which contains many other interesting railway exhibits.”

“The large double-deck Brush electric cars which replaced steam in 1929 and were the largest passenger-carrying road vehicles in the country, will follow the fixed assets to the scrap heap.”

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