• High-Hood C425 coming to the DL?

  • Discussion about shortline operator Genesee Valley Transportation, operator of the Delaware-Lackawanna; the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern, the Falls Road Railroad; Depew, Lancaster & Western; and the Lowville & Beaver River railroads. Official site: GVTRAIL.COM.
Discussion about shortline operator Genesee Valley Transportation, operator of the Delaware-Lackawanna; the Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern, the Falls Road Railroad; Depew, Lancaster & Western; and the Lowville & Beaver River railroads. Official site: GVTRAIL.COM.

Moderator: metman499

  by alcodoc
 
Its in Scranton!

  by Luther Brefo
 
Awesome!

What sort of condition is it in? Are the vitals good?

  by Otto Vondrak
 
The pulse is faint... but I think she'll make it. ;-)

  by Spartan Phalanx
 
What's the latest on this unit?

  by lvrr325
 
nessman wrote:It's well documented that 1013 (formerly Contrack 1013) had a major engine failure when it was used in passenger service back in the mid 80's.
Don't know about that but the "Contrack" thing was just a movie paint job - in fact, I think it was just a lettering job and the paint was the same.

Is this the only high-hood C425 left? There couldn't have been many to begin with (N&W only?).

  by nessman
 
lvrr325 wrote:
nessman wrote:It's well documented that 1013 (formerly Contrack 1013) had a major engine failure when it was used in passenger service back in the mid 80's.
Don't know about that but the "Contrack" thing was just a movie paint job - in fact, I think it was just a lettering job and the paint was the same.
Engine breakdown was a reference to a scene in Planes Trains and Automobiles.