New GEVO Units for Ferromex?

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Hello,

I need some help. Recently I was at the General Electric Locomotive Plant in Erie, PA and found a Ferromex GEVO numbered 4679 sitting on the delivery track. Being from Ohio, I usually don’t see these Mexican units. What better way to get them, than to get them being delivered? I have a few questions though. For you locomotive order junkies, can you tell me just how many more GEVO’s that Ferromex purchased, and if you know, what trains to do they go west on? I know six were on NS 145 once, I believe CSX Q381 may pick them up. 4679 was blocked by an NS C39-8 at the GE plant which was really annoying, so I’d like to get better photos and a good time of when to catch them up at GE in Erie, PA. If someone can tell me if they’ll be there this weekend, that’d be super, because I may be heading up there this weekend. Anyways, thanks in advance for the answers.

Rich

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I can answer part of your question. I see Ferromex locomotives mixed into Union Pacific consists on the Sunset Route through southern Arizona. From Pennsylvania they would probably be moved south to a UP connection.

A Ferromex motive power roster can be found here, though it may not be up to date:

http://www.thedieselshop.us/FXE.HTML

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4676 and 4677 came through Galesburg the other night and we put them on the GALKCK. Should be in Texas by now I would hope.