The deadlines at NRE keep shrinking as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year.
Heavy thunderstorms the night before have left a little lake around the former Providence & Worcester 3008. This locomotive has since been removed from the property. Photo taken with permission.
Ah, the travels of the GP10s. Like CF7s and GP16s they went everywhere. Somebody needs to do a book.
NREX 2118 rusts away in the early morning sun at the NRE facility in Paducah, Kentucky. I believe this is a former Korean National Railroad unit.
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)
As the scrapper goes to work on its current victims, the NREX 1407 awaits its turn. 1407 was built in 1950 as a Great Northern GP7 and was later rebuilt to a GP10 during its time with the Burlingt... (more)
A pair of recently rebuilt former CNW SD40s move engine lite on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.
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.
