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Monticello Railway Museum
Photographers' Weekend
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© 1999 Steve Barry steve@daylightimages.com
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Just south of the museum's Nelson Crossing station, the ex-Illinois Central line crosses Camp Creek. Wabash 1189 posed on the trestle on Sunday.
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On Saturday it was CNR 6789's turn to pose on the 300-foot-long Camp Creek trestle.
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Several runbys were held in a big field just north of the town of Monticello. The trains operated on the former Illinois Central while photographers stood on the abandoned right-of-way of the Illinois Terminal. CNR 6789 smoked it up during a Sunday runby.
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Moving aa somewhere under 70 miles an hour, Wabash 1189 shows off speedy lines in a pan shot.
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Yellow flowers complement the yellow paint on the nose of CNR 6789.
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