A head-on view of ICE 4201 at NRE's Silvis shops.
The dead line of E's await disposition following shutdown of the Rock.
IAIS 6988 leads the tripleheader westbound
Road slug set 290-283-299 and three EMDs wait to leave the yard.
A sad sight, the remains of 456-4517-649. One of the last 1st generation Alcos on the ROCK, one of the first (recently) rebuilt Geeps, and an E8A. Deadlines after the shut-down grouped engine ty... (more)
309-395-312. Yes, they really did use a washer on the Rock!
All the slugs await disposition following shutdown of the ROCK. 999-284-54 are at this end. The line of C415s can be seen by the backshop to the left.
The C415s await disposition following shutdown of the ROCK.
A line of 18 U33Bs awainting dispostion and the backshops is about all that remains of Rock Island's main engine facility and the important Silvis classification yards. A red RI caboose can be se... (more)
With the RI nearing the end and having touble keeping power on the road, a lone mechanic works on a U28B in a line of GEs and EMDs inside Rock Island's main repair facility.
The trustee grouped locomotives by type after the shutdown. Here four U25Bs await disposition before the massive Silvis yard was ripped up.
Weren't Alcos barred from Chicago for doing this? 4700-280 are notched out after a long idle spell.
1sec @ f2 Nikon F2s 55/1.2
An update as to what the end of the line looks like.
With days left before shutting down, the Rock warns of other perils to its employees.
