A long line of engines await their fate at NRE in Silvis, IL. Included are NREX 2707 which started out life as UP 3014 in March of 1966 before being sold off to Southern Pacific, only to come back... (more)
The Silvis switch crew works on putting together the outbound CBBI with a pair of IAIS ES44AC's while a loaded NS haulage grain train from Des Moines to Peoria waits for a crew to take it east wit... (more)
The 2707 sits at the point of one of the long strings of stored lokies sitting on the grounds of the former Rock Island servicing facilities on the NREX property in Silvis.
The Illinois Railway Museum sent their former Santa Fe FP45 92 to NRE to be rebuilt to operating condition while other cosmetic restoration will be completed at the museum at a later date. The Io... (more)