Kodak engines still in service?

[nydepot]

EK8 SW1000
EK10 MP15AC
EK4 GP7 <-----stored?
EK3 SW1500 <-----stored?

Thanks,

Charles

[Otto Vondrak]

I should mention that we have the first Kodak Park diesel preserved in operating condition at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum:

http://rgvrrm.org/about/railroad/ek6

We also roster EK 9, an Alco RS-1:

http://rgvrrm.org/about/railroad/ek9

-otto-

[scottychaos]

8, 10 and 3 are still in the park..
I think 3 and 8 are the primary power..
havent seen #10 in awhile..could be stored.

These have been the three in use for the last 15 years..

the GP7 #4 is LONG gone..
dont know when it left, but it wasnt here in 1995 when I started working next to the KPRR mainline..

Scot

[jr]

EK4 was scrapped on-site 15-20 years ago. Its trucks were, I believe, eventually placed under EK10, and I believe are still with that unit.

JR

[scottychaos]

you know..now that I think about it..
im not sure if I have ever seen number 10!

It seems I would remember a big MP15 with GP trucks..
I dont recall ever actually seeing it in the 15 years I have worked at KP..

I think I have always assumed that 3,8, and 10 are all there, because thats what the internet rosters say..
but now im not so sure..
im positive about #3 and #8..they are always around.
(#3 is now black with flames, and #8 is yellow with flames)
but im not sure if #10 is actually there..

anyone see #10 within the last few years?

Scot

[CRHauf]

Yes #10 is still there as I have seen it within the past year.

- Chris

[scottychaos]

Yes #10 is still there as I have seen it within the past year.

- Chris

thanks Chris!
now we know..

#10 must not operate much..
I will start keeping an eye out for it!

Scot

[Otto Vondrak]

I should mention that we have the first Kodak Park diesel preserved in operating condition at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum:

http://rgvrrm.org/about/railroad/ek6

I should say, the first diesel purchased new by Kodak.

[Benjamin Maggi]

Kodak #3:


The day I was there (about 3 years ago) I kept seeing #8 as well, but it was moving around and I couldn't get a good shot of it before it would disappear behind something.

If Kodak #10 is the more "traditionally painted" white engine with yellow and black trim, I have seen it recently too in the past couple of years. The automotive garage around the corner from Kodak works on my car now and then, and if you talk to the owner Dave about the engines he can tell you a bit more about them. Apparently, he is friends with the gentleman who painted them.

[scottychaos]

I have put together what I believe is a complete all-time KPRR roster..
corrections welcome:


Fourteen Locomotives:

EK #1 H. K. Porter 0-4-0 fireless steam locomotive.
Ordered new on April 30, 1918.
36" drivers.
taken out of service on September 23, 1940, and sold to Bridgeport Brass Company.
disposition unknown, but presumed scrapped.


EK #2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 fireless steam locomotive.
Ordered new on November 19, 1919.
75 Tons
taken OOS on June 7, 1944.
disposition unknown, but presumed scrapped.


EK #3 H. K. Porter Company 0-6-0 fireless steam locomotive.
Ordered new on March 4, 1930.
52” drivers.
70 tons.
Retired 1946.
Sold to Atkin’s Waste Materials, Inc. on Oak Street in Rochester.
scrapped in Buffalo at Sommer Junk Company.


EK #4 H. K. Porter Company 0-6-0 fireless steam locomotive.
Ordered new April 8, 1940
44" Drivers
70 ton.
Walschaert valve gear.
Retired November, 1955
scrapped in Buffalo at Sommer Junk Company.

The data above for EK 1 through 4 came from the NY Transportation Museum:
http://www.nymtmuseum.org/PastHeadends/ ... all07.html


EK #3 (2nd) - EMD SW1500 (built 1981)
in service with KPRR in 2009, ex P&LE

EK #4 (2nd) - EMD GP7 (1952) ex P&LE
scrapped at EK circa 1990. trucks placed under EK10.

EK #5 - GE 46 ton steeple cab battery/diesel/electric (1923) - ex NYC, Bethelehem Steel.
built 1923, originally NYC 505. bought by EKRR in 1944.
taken out of service and scrapped at KP in 1962.

EK #5 (2nd) - Alco RS3 (1951)
Builder's Number: 79245
Built: 10/51
nee-Minnesota Transfer #200,
to S. J. Groves #509,
to KPRR in 1973,
to-Interlake Steel #19 in 1979,
to Illinois Railway Museum for preservation (on display).


EK #6 - 80 ton GE center cab (1946)
KPRR first diesel, bought new in July 1946.
this unit is now preserved at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.
(Donated by Kodak in 1981)


EK #7 - 95 ton GE end cab switcher (1950) - ex Ashley Drew & Northern
came to Kodak in Nov 1955.
to-Cleveland Electric Illuminating #15:1 (Eastlake, OH) in 1973.
Presumed scrapped by CE when CE ordered a new #15:2 in 1984 from GE.

EK #8 - EMD SW1000 (1968) - in service with KPRR in 2009, bought new in 1968.

EK #9 - Alco RS1 (1950)
built for the Chicago & Western Indiana before going to the G&W for less than a year before going
to KPRR in 1971.
This unit is now preserved at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. (donated by Kodak in 1997)

EK #10 - MP15AC (1981) - in service with KPRR in 2009.
bought new in 1981.

EK #11 EMD GP7 (ex-P&LE #1521)
disposition unknown.

Scot

[nydepot]

Scot, updates for your roster:

EK #7 - to-Cleveland Electric Illuminating #15:1 (Eastlake, OH) in 1973. Presumed scrapped by CE when CE ordered a new #15:2 in 1984 from GE.

EK #5 - nee-Minnesota Transfer #200, ex-S. J. Groves #509, KPRR in 1973, to-Interlake Steel #19 in 1979, too-Illinois Railway Museum for preservation (on display).

EK #2 - I have as an 0-6-0.

Charles

[scottychaos]

thanks Charles!
I updated the list..

Scot

[scottychaos]

I just spotted EK No. 10!
She was sitting by the R&S interchange, in the yard west of the Ridge Road Crossing,
earlier this morning..(did she leave town for awhile? I dont know)

But now she is tucked back into the enginehouse..
along with sisters 3 and 8..

So I can confirm 3, 8 and 10 are all still with the KPRR..

(I still have never actually seen Number 10 operating!
she was placed into the engine house by number 8 today..I dont think No. 10 was actually running at the time.)

Scot

[scottychaos]

EK 8 has left Kodak Park.
She is sitting in the Brooks Ave yard in Rochester, March 7, 2019, freshly painted as SSRX 8.
(thanks to my wife Deb for the railfan spotting!)

Photos from a few months ago:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPi ... ?id=238432" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Most likely painted at AMP in Dansville.
Scot

[nydepot]

Thanks, Scot.

Would still like to see a photo of #3.

Charles