SD45 in 2022 'Kinda' Sitting in the ex Frisco yard in Oklahoma City is SD40m-2 NREX2761. Originally built as a 20 cylinder SD45 for the Southern in 1967, the unit was re-built as a SD40m-... (more)

The doors are open on ex Providence and Worcester b-unit as it sits in the former NRE storage facility in Waycross, Georgia. This locomotive has long since been removed from the property. Photo t... (more)

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.

An ex-UP SW10 is a switcher at a facility in Delano.

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.

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)