Where were A,J and Y classes scrapped?-

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While we're on this subject, has anyone ever gone browsing in any of these 
scrapyards (that is, if any of them are still in business)?  Now I'm sure 
any highly collectible items like builder's plates, whistles and bells are 
long gone, but who knows what interesting piece of steam history you might 
find laying in the dirt.

I worked for the N&W in Portsmouth for about a year (1984 IIRC) and I found 
a few items of interest by just kicking around in the dirt at the site where 
the roundhouse had been.  I found a boiler jacket washout plug cover, a 
broken flexible staybolt cap, and a brass lubrication fitting.  Nothing to 
get too excited about, but I think they're pretty neat to have, knowing that 
they were once blasting up the N&W mainline on a steam locomotive.

I just wonder if there might be an interesting part or two left after all 
these years.

Hugh Odom
The Ultimate Steam Page
http://www.trainweb.org/tusp