| Ports of Indiana and OmniTRAX recently announced the creation of the Mount Vernon Railroad and are asking students from three local elementary schools in Mount Vernon to name two of its locomotives.
Naming suggestions will be done inside each classroom and sent to a naming committee. Students submitting winning names will earn a prize for their class as well as a trip to the port to see the locomotives in action. The two locomotives are 2,000-horsepower model GP38-2 built in 1968. The locomotives have since received engine renovations and will soon get new paint schemes with the Mount Vernon railroad logo and winning locomotive names provided by local students. Did you know? The new logo features the maroon and gray colors of Mount Vernon community schools. The Mount Vernon Railroad will serve as the new switching railroad at the Southwest Indiana port. In 2023, the port handled approximately 40,000 railcars and over 6 million cargo shipments. |
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