40 years ago the Rock Island shut down. In this 1973 image a pair of units are at the run through service pit at the Silvis yards and shop complex.
This group of employees of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific are working their last day at the Silvis shop. At 3PM second shift will go on duty and punch out at 11PM. At 11:59PM the Rock was gone... (more)
Silvis Shop: In this photo of the back shop recently completed GP7 4508 is on the far end of the track to the left. The next unit in process 4509 has had it's white electrical cabinet set on the f... (more)
The Rock Island Lines Silvis Shop main bay was divided in half. East was called the ramp. This is where running repairs and FRA inspections were done. West was the back shop where heavy repairs an... (more)
Rock Island Lines Silvis Shop is busy place in this picture. In the foreground four GP7 frames for the Conrail rebuild program. GP38-2 4309 is on one of the frame straighteners for an engine chang... (more)
Rock Island 4710 has a daily inspection preformed at the "mini pit" in the summer of 1978
Iowa Interstate SD38-2 150 is tied down at the west end of Silvis Yard.
A SIPE awaits departure from Silvis Yard.
IAIS 701 sits dormant at the IAIS Silvis yard. Meanwhile, hundreds of locomotives await their final orders just next door at NRE Silvis.
IAIS 701 awaits quietly in the IAIS yard in Silvis, IL. Meanwhile, hundreds of engines await their final fate right next door at NRE Silvis.
An NS high hood geep switches the Iowa Interstate at Silvis.
An NS high hood geep switches the IAIS at Silvis.
A wide variety of locomotives sit outside the NRE shop in Silvis.
Iowa 150 sits at the east end of Silvis Yard.