Progress Rail Services

About Progress Rail Services

Progress Rail Services handles scrap metal recycling out of Galesburg, Illinois, drawing material from sellers across the surrounding county. The site processes inbound scrap from walk-in sellers, contractors, and salvage haulers who need to turn metal into cash rather than haul it home. Material acceptance details are not published for this yard in our directory entry at the time of the latest snapshot. Operating hours are posted in the directory entry, and a phone line and an email contact are on file. These come straight from the yard's filing with the directory and represent the inbound-facing snapshot of how the site handles contact and posted hours, surfaced as a working baseline for planning a visit. Posted scrap prices move with the daily commodity market, so the intake quoted on a given day can differ from prices listed online or quoted earlier in the week. A short phone call before a drop-off pins down the day's number, and sellers can also use the same call to ask about minimum-load expectations, since some yards quote different rates depending on the inbound size.

Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)

Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Progress Rail Services's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.

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