In addition, while the tourists in Vermont had enjoyed the sights of cornfields, farms, covered bridges, a waterfall and a gorge on a Steamtown excursion, the Scranton trip to Moscow, Pennsylvania, cut through one of the nation's largest junkyards, an eyesore described by Ralph Nader as "the eighth wonder of the world".
Although it is less than 50 years since the space age began, a large junkyard of objects has already accumulated in orbit around earth.
It's more like a big junkyard.
The Iron Triangle, a 13-block area between Shea Stadium and the Flushing River in Queens, is the largest single stretch of junkyards in New York City, with more than 100 auto salvage yards, repair garages and automotive shops.
By the side of a railway in Walthamstow in north east London is God's Own Junkyard, probably the largest collection of neon signs and sculpture outside the US.
Look for a large motorcycle shop or even a junkyard that has a dedicated area for motorcycles as a starting point, both as a parts source and a place to turn to for advice.
Ranked No. 79 on the Best Small Companies list, Copart, has expanded from a lone junkyard into the industry's largest chain.
AUTOMOBILE ROW, on 11th Avenue from 43rd to 57th Streets, should by rights be ready for the junkyard at this point, as large-scale residential construction nibbles away from north and south.
Medium-sized, they fan out amid his junkyard of improvised habitat: a few large barrels to dig under, an abandoned camper shell from a pickup, segments of black plastic water pipe and backhoed dirt mounds overgrown with waist-high ragweed.
It's not a stretch to say that the Big 3's woes, and their woeful appearance yesterday seeking a taxpayer handout, may have loomed large in Democrats' decision today to consign Dingell to the junkyard.
