Google Earth Contest Engine Shops # 17

friscobob Mar 26, 2012

  1. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    Here's the next mystery location:

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  2. katmaan100

    katmaan100 TrainBoard Member

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    Wow, This is field service only!!! no building to get into the shade!
     
  3. David D Hetzel

    David D Hetzel TrainBoard Member

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    VMVPaducahbuilt main shops, Paducah, Kentucky.

    37.0731224, -88.6095355
     
  4. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    Congrats, Dave, you got 'er quick! And, welcome to Trainboard. Something tells me you've been to that facility before...... ;)

    Yes, it is the VMWPaducahbuilt shops in Paducah, KY. In an earlier life, it was Illinois Central/ICG's diesel shops, from whence came many rebuilt GP7s and GP9s (the so-called "Paducah Geeps").

    And Stan- this is just the storage area. The shop complex is north of this shot, and is a big place.
     
  5. David D Hetzel

    David D Hetzel TrainBoard Member

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    I've never been there, just got out of college, so I have time to go there :p

    anyways I didn't actually think it was Paducah at first, I just saw the rainbow of locomotive colors and thought about all the leasing/rebuild places and Paducah was the first I thought about.
     
  6. friscobob

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    Your guess was spot-on, in this case. Congrats, and hope you have fun railfanning!
     

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