by Tommy Meehan
I have been trying to find information on two former New York Central rotary plows that may or may not have been conveyed to Penn Central and/or Conrail.
NY Central had two rotaries. One was X-659, built by Leslie in 1889 and acquired when Central took-over the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburgh in 1891. The second was X-660, built by Alco in 1926 for NYC.
I understood that X-660 became PC 60021 and NYC X-559 became PC 64599.
My question is, Conrail rostered two rotaries with these numbers. One source says these are the same plows. That Conrail acquired 60021 from PC and later renumbered it 64599. They do not look like quite the same plows to me but it's hard to really tell. I pasted some links below.
60021 (click)
64599 (click)
I was wondering if anyone might have information on these plows?
NY Central had two rotaries. One was X-659, built by Leslie in 1889 and acquired when Central took-over the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburgh in 1891. The second was X-660, built by Alco in 1926 for NYC.
I understood that X-660 became PC 60021 and NYC X-559 became PC 64599.
My question is, Conrail rostered two rotaries with these numbers. One source says these are the same plows. That Conrail acquired 60021 from PC and later renumbered it 64599. They do not look like quite the same plows to me but it's hard to really tell. I pasted some links below.
60021 (click)
64599 (click)
I was wondering if anyone might have information on these plows?