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Western Railroad Discussion > Metra, SOO and WC Relics At SilvisDate: 08/02/20 06:38 Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: Ohiorailfan Our final stop on the 21st was Silvis. We made a quick decesion to drive back about a 100 feet down the gravel road to get shots of what we could see. In the open was an Ex Metra E8A and then near the IAIS building was 2 Ex CN GMD1s, SOO SW9 #2119 and WC SD35 #2500
   Date: 08/02/20 06:39 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: Ohiorailfan .
  Date: 08/02/20 07:44 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: Milwaukee I hear they have been scrapping quite a few of the long stored locomotives there. If you had been there before, could you tell there was a smaller population of locomotives?
I assume the EFT on the fuel tanks means Empty Fuel Tank but someone correct me if that is incorrect. Any idea what the Lewis spray painted means? Date: 08/02/20 08:48 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: DevalDragon EFT is Empty Fuel Tank which CN applied before the locomotive was sold. Lewis is the scrap company that will dismantle the locomotive.
Date: 08/02/20 09:12 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: retcsxcfm Last time I was there (maybe four years) there was a rent a cop
that would not let you in. Uncle Joe Seffner,Fl. Date: 08/02/20 09:22 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: MWBaker How it looked 32 years ago.
Silvis in the fall of 1988. .....apologies for 2nd generation VHS transfer quality..... Mark Baker La Salle, IL Historic ROWs trace w/ USDA Aerials You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/02/20 18:22 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: rrpreservation Thanks for sharing your photos and the video!!! Great stuff.
Date: 08/02/20 19:20 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: Milwaukee One of those big U30C's seen in the video (thanks for sharing that by the way) would have looked very interesting in the Bankruptcy Blue scheme. Too bad there wasn't a reason to justify that prior to the end. They were relatively new (by today's standards) when the Rock shut down although they never ran again and spent more time sitting dead at Silvis after the end than they did in operation.
Date: 08/03/20 10:19 Re: Metra, SOO and WC Relics At Silvis Author: fwwr5007 Milwaukee Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > One of those big U30C's seen in the video (thanks > for sharing that by the way) would have looked > very interesting in the Bankruptcy Blue scheme. The “reborn” Rock in Mississippi bought an ex-CN standard cab Dash 8 for leasing purposes. You might get your wish, in a way... Posted from iPhone |