DH Diesel Era - ALCo C-628

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #601

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #602

Photograph by Donald Haskel at Oneonta, NY (DHVM Website)

 

BoxcabE50, there are some big Alcos left in the northeast. No C628s, but two preserved C630s: a NW one that doesn't run and a Reading one that does. Some C636s and M636s are still in revenue service. One of each on the Delaware-Lackawanna - an almost-all-Alco line in 2005! Until recently, the Quebec Cartier Railway had two C636s (both ex-Alco demonstrators) and six M636s. Three of the M636s are now owned by a leasing company and run by the New York, Susquehanna & Western. They're still in QCR black and red.

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #603

Collection of Bill Weibel (DHVM Website)

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #604

Collection of Bill Weibel (DHVM Website)

 

I have the N scale Atlas models of the C628 and C630. I really like the big ones. Big thumper is right. The C636 is even bigger! MU lashups make it even better.

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #605

Photograph by Gerry Landau at Wilkes Barre, PA (DHVM Website)

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #606

Photograph by Ted Slavinski (DHVM Website)

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #607

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #608

 

Those are big! Nice big GE in the middle of a couple.

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #609

Photograph by Ted Slavinski (DHVM Website)

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #610

Photograph by Juan M. Celorio

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #611

Photograph by Ted Slavinski (DHVM Website)

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #612

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #613

Photograph by Dave T. Klutchko Oneonta, NY in 1974 (DHVM Website)

 

Those are mighty big beasts!

Harold

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #614

 

ALCo Century C-628 Engine #615

Photograph by Gerry Landau on September 23, 1971 at Hornell, NY