Western Railroad Discussion > Above NRE Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Various drone shots from last Sunday in Mt. Vernon

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Thanks for sharing this view. I get by here every once and awhile and park pretty much where it seems you did.  Nice to actually get a feel for what one can not see from the ground.
  Over the times I have been here I have always wondered what the 2 units in the btm right of shot 1 and 3 are. They are International Units, meaning non US and probably Euopean or Mid East. Any ideas as to what they are?  Perhaps EMD G8/G12 or something similar? They have more of a GE type body style tho, so that might be  a stretch on the EMD.  Great shots.   Ben

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Very nice shots, I have been there a number of times but your overhead shots are so much better than anything that you can get from the ground.

Bruce Stikkers
St. Joseph, IL

What type of rebuild is unit 7004? Black switcher in the first few photos.

Nice shots.  I few of those look like ones we shot in Dixmoor.   I see the Everett RR ex C&O GP7 ended up there, 6051.  It was in C&O paint for a long time on the Everett still. 

I see some SD45T-2s there. Anyone know how many six axel units
have been produced?............Swede...........Albany,Or.

HB90MACH Wrote:
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> What type of rebuild is unit 7004? Black switcher
> in the first few photos.

Might be one of the new  "N-ViroMotive 1GS-7B ULEL" Units.  There web site lists this as a "new" unit.  The shot located there, looks similar to this one.  Ben

Great captures! So that's where BNSF 1312 went... Should make a good final resting place for BNSF 1300 soon as well.

Mr. MRL

I think I spot a C&IM SW1200 there.

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What is this place? I've looked at Mt Vernon on Google and can't see it. I've driven through Mt Vernon at least 50 times and likely more.

Eric

They're former Queensland Rail (Australia), 1460 class G12 locomotives, built in Brisbane between 1964 and 1968 and fitted with 1310 horsepower EMD 12-567C engines. For almost 30 years they worked on QR's 3'6" gauge main lines on freight and the occasional passenger train. After withdrawal, some were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand, including these units. 

9E56 Wrote:
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> They're former Queensland Rail (Australia), 1460
> class G12 locomotives, built in Brisbane between
> 1964 and 1968 and fitted with 1310 horsepower EMD
> 12-567C engines. For almost 30 years they worked
> on QR's 3'6" gauge main lines on freight and the
> occasional passenger train. After withdrawal, some
> were sold to Tranz Rail in New Zealand, including
> these units. 

Thank You so much. Have been trying to fig out whoose they were. I saw the Tranz Rail  on one of them, just didn't know who that was. Didn't even think of Aus/New Zealand.  U have answered a question for me that I have been looking for quite some time.  Take Care.   Ben

nice pics...has the look of a really highly detailed model railroad...

Toller Wrote:
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> What is this place? I've looked at Mt Vernon on
> Google and can't see it. I've driven through Mt
> Vernon at least 50 times and likely more.
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> Eric

http://www.acme.com/mapper/?ll=38.30855,-88.89386&z=18

Thanks. Google is dated 3/31/15 and doesn't have near the things ti see. This looks like a model railroaders dream come true.

Is it the place where old engines go to die? Rebuild? There's such a variety and they are scattered thither and yon.

Nice photos and very different than what we normally see here.

Eric