RI Rock Island Silvis Illinois - 1911

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  1. rhensley_anderson

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    Rock Island Silvis Illinois - 1911
    Take a look at this line-up! The CRI&P built their own locos in the Silvis (East Moline) Illinois shop. They probably saved some money doing so, too, and could have some locos partially constructed and completed as needed in these heady days of early 20th Century American railroading. Postmarked 1911.

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  2. Hytec

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    That's a large shop. There are at least 20 locomotives in view.
     
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  3. BuddyBurton

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    It is now NRE ‘s home. And they’re still in the repair/rebuild business. Plus the Iowa Interstate Yard is adjacent to the facility.


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  5. Tom Crofton

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    How did they get them on the track? It looks like a wood floor, surprised they were not built on a track from the start.
     
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  6. acptulsa

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    See that monstrous girder overhead in the background, with the huge winch on it? It's called a traveling crane.
     
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  7. Tom Crofton

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    Doh! missed that. Some serious picking there.
     
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