This odd Korean National G12, 3241, sits at NRE in Dixmoor.
Spring cleaning at NRE brings an end to a lot of old geeps and switchers, examples include MKT GP7's 100 and 101, and Inland Steel 91.
CN SD40-2W 5325 sits at the NRE yard in Dixmoor.
Rust never has much of a chance to sleep at NRE in Dixmoor, as exemplified my this motley assortment of equipment.
WC SD40-2 accompanied by CN SD60F 5439 in the background are contracted out by CN to NRE for some mechanical work.
Freshly repainted AVR 2008 basks in the diffused sunlight along with a former NSM SW, an ARR GP49, and DMIR 418 - sitting outside the paint shops... oh I hope it ain't so.
Where else can you find 56 year old MKT geeps, an F-unit, an F40c, Alaska GP38-2s and a whole bunch of switchers all in one place, today?
Only around 2850 miles from home.... Its great to shoot the blue & yellow of ARR without all the time off from work.
Cab shot of freshly built BNSF GS21B 1221. The only difference between the UP and BNSF versions is the headlight placement. While UP opted for the cab mounted version, BNSF got the nose mounted ve... (more)
Front roster showing headlight placement and new BNSF logo. The only re-used items are the trucks and traction motors from various scrapped Geeps. All pieces are new and shipped in including frame... (more)
Freshly built BNSF 3GS21B 1221, one of six on order, sits outside NRE's Dixmoor shop building with one Genset motor quietly idling away in the morning sun. Build date: 01/07 Serial: 058-0062.
An assortment of old steel switchers clutter the out skirts of the NRE Dixmoor shops.
How often can you fit 3 different ARR GP's into a frame with a rebuilt DMIR tunnel motor?
Rebuilt SD45T-2: DMIR 407 along with ARR 2804 and a whole line of odd ball loco's clutter the Dixmoor shops on this Saturday morning.
The NRE Dixmoor Shops (in view from left to right), DMIR 407, former WC 7592, former NSM 1214, ARR 2006, and NREX 8749.
