Comments on: Vehicular graveyards of the world

By: Gayle

Gayle — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:39:00 +0000

In Walla Walla, Washington there is a great old John Deer graveyard. There’s a story behind it, I was told, about the county wanting to come in and take the land, but it was just farm land. so the guy put all these old tractors on it so it would be considered industrial and he’d get more money. Not sure if it’s true or not, but either way, it was a very cool place to randomly stumble upon while out there. I’ve linked to my flickr page which has some pics I took there.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:01:00 +0000

The tanker being broken up on the beaches of Bangladesh kind of reminds me of the sandcrawlers from Star Wars.

By: Olson

Olson — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:39:56 +0000

I was certain that carhenge would make the cut. I believe that it’s the only thing to see in Nebraska. You can fing out more at carhenge.com

By: Skip

Skip — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:39:02 +0000

That Boneyard is actually Davis Monthan AFB and is still actively used everday by the miltary.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:06:35 +0000

I remember reading that the ‘Boneyard’ was the only military dept. that actually turned a profit!!! I don’t remember the number, but I believe they recieve more than one million tourist annually.

By: Doc

Doc — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:41 +0000

“Tucson”, not “Tuscon”. Born and raised there – graduated from Rincon HS and the UA (BA Sys Eng)

I grew up a few miles from that BoneYard. My uncle worked there from the end of WWII until his retirement. I looked forward to the weekends when we’d go to his workplace and watch them use a giant guillatine (sp?) to destroy Mitchell bombers after the avionics were removed.

Movie made there, can’t remember the name, starred Don Johnson. Something about ‘Marlboro Man’…

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:30:53 +0000

“The Boneyard” plays an important role in Don DeLillo’s Underworld. Thanks for highlighting this.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:27:02 +0000

well, i live in the great lakes region. think of all the boats undert he lakes that have crashed there. people have been crashing there since people started coming here. lol

they have a perfectly preserved horse and carriage full with horses under the bluff of lake keuka in new york. it’s down so deep it doens’t unfreeze during the year, but they also can’t bring it up.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:45:30 +0000

In the town where I live, there is a locomotive buried in the lower part of the town. (the town has an upper and a lower, literally below the bluff) It was sucked under the silt when the lower part of the town flooded in the 1880s, pretty interesting.

By: Freezair

Freezair — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:21:27 +0000

I live within a few miles of the Boneyard, and I’ve been to the Air and Space museum several time. It’s an eerie place to drive by–all those plane parts scattered all over the place–but sometimes you catch a glimpse of something really cool, like a bomber that’s still in good condition.