Steam & Excursion > Silvis steam shop photos

The Silvis museum held their spring fundraiser yesterday.  Here are some photos if anyone's interested.

1.  First up was the gorgeous 537 doing laps on the front siding.

2-3.  Shop tours were sold as self guided which worked better than last year, and much less expensive at $20.  This is NRE's end of the shop which was off limits but looks like some UP rebuild fodder for MOW trains was on hand.

 

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4.  New tank for the Challenger's tender.

5.  Looking into the tender.

6.  Front drivers.

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7-9.  Shop stuff and a pass. car in the paint booth.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/26 09:25 by AndyBrown.

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10.  My friend Ken Hejl from La Salle was on hand again with his horn display.

11.  Diesel display on the west end of the building.

12.  Yard tour train is backing up to the unloading area.

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13-14.  Motive power on the yard train.

Thanks for looking!

Andy

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Photo 9, is that passenger car painted in the NYC two tone gray scheme and what tpe of passenger car is it? Thanks.

I dont think they are ever going to get the Feather River painted. Looks like its sliding down the priority list further by the day.

But its a nice look at the operation.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/26 11:23 by TomG.

Excellent coverage!!!
Bob

Is that Conrail SD50 officially part of their collection or is it still owned by NRE? Glad to see at least that NRE is aware of what they've got with that unit. 

Thanks for showing us your tour.
Wow you can sure see the immense size and length of 3985's boiler and firebox that way, without the front driver assembly and wheels, that normally fill in that space.

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Jim Baker
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/26 11:46 by RailRat.

Thanks for this.

Great pics, be nice to know how much longer till 3985's back, cool to see her number plate back on the firebox!

atx_railfan Wrote:
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> Is that Conrail SD50 officially part of their
> collection or is it still owned by NRE? Glad to
> see at least that NRE is aware of what they've got
> with that unit. 

I'm not sure but guessing it's theirs since they had it out there.  I agree, it's a nice piece of history to be preserved.

Andy

pwh Wrote:
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> Photo 9, is that passenger car painted in the NYC
> two tone gray scheme and what tpe of passenger car
> is it? Thanks.

I think it's SP 2 tone gray.  I'm guessing it's a sleeper from what can be seen of the window arrangement but it was not easy to get a good view of the car.

AB

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> Great pics, be nice to know how much longer till
> 3985's back, cool to see her number plate back on
> the firebox!

Well,it didn't look too much different than last year, but there could have been a lot of boiler work done that's not really noticeable too.  And the tank for the tender was new.  But just from the way it looks, seems like it's got a while yet before it's back on the road.

AB

AndyBrown Wrote:
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> pwh Wrote:
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> > Photo 9, is that passenger car painted in the
> NYC
> > two tone gray scheme and what tpe of passenger
> car
> > is it? Thanks.
>
> I think it's SP 2 tone gray.  I'm guessing it's a
> sleeper from what can be seen of the window
> arrangement but it was not easy to get a good view
> of the car.
>
> AB

This is NYC two-tone gray. SP's is inverted.

Thanks, Andy, for posting your images on the great opportunity to visit the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA).  Wanted to join you but this past weekend the Center for Railroad Photography & Art was holding their annual meeting in Indiana.  I hope to visit Silvis later this year.  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/26 04:36 by cozephyr.

Thanks for the pics.....