On a hot summer evening, BICB sits tied down at Silvis with a trusty SD38-2 and a GEVO while they wait for a crew to take it to Council Bluffs.

An old truck fills up as a variety of classic motive power spends its final days at NRE Silvis in the background. Recently NRE Silvis shut down, and most of the stuff in this photo was sent for sc... (more)

The scrapping process of old locomotives continues at the NRE shop in Silvis.

Various power sits in the deadlines of NRE in Silvis. A lot of what you see here will soon be scrapped due to the impending closure of this facility.

The deadlines at NRE keep shrinking as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year.

Former Metra EMD E8 521 (ex-CNW) is being scrapped by Lewis Brothers as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year. Former Metra E8 516 has been scr... (more)

NREX C39-8 #7480, of obvious Conrail heritage, awaits its date with the scrapper. It's in good company with dozens of other locomotives at NRE's Facility in Silvis, IL. Built in 1986, #7480 surviv... (more)

Imagine the stories they could tell. Dozens of locomotives keep each other company at NRE's Silvis Facility. Leading the way is probably the most important of the pack. The veteran GP7u started li... (more)

A very interesting line of power await futures at NRE's facility in Silvis, IL. TPW 1601 was built as a CNW GP7 in 1951, before being rebuilt to GP7R standards. The Holcim 129 is an SW8 that was b... (more)

The cabs of three locomotives await final disposal after they were cut up at NRE Silvis. NRE has been scrapping locomotives lately as they prepare to close their facility in Silvis.

A look at the NRE in Silvis, IL shows just a small percentage of the engines they have waiting for their demise. It's hard to imagine the thousands of crews who have spent hours upon hours inside ... (more)

One of the many locomotives at NRE Silvis is Metra E8A #521. The engine was originally built for the C&NW in 1951. After being used in commuter service for RTA and eventually Metra, the unit was s... (more)

Dozens of old locomotives sit unused at the east end of National Railway Equipment’s Silvis facility.

Older EMD and GE locomotives sit at the east end of NRE’s Silvis facility. The units labeled “Lewis” are sadly destined for scrap.

Three rows of engines sit at National Railway Equipment in Silvis, IL. With the facility closing, some of these locomotives will likely be scrapped sometime in the near future.