1st QUARTER 2024: Diesel Era begins 2024 with coverage of two 1960s era switchers: Alco’s C-415 and Electro-Motive Division’s SW1001. These locomotives will be featured across multi-part articles covering owners with color roster views. All this and more in the 1st Quarter 2024 issue of Diesel Era!
Alco Century 415: Part 1 – Demonstrator and Minority Owners
Alco’s center-cab C-415 road switcher debuted in April 1966, and became the first of 26 units constructed before production ended in late 1968.
EMD SW1001: Part 1
Electro-Motive Divison’s SW1001 diesel locomotive was introduced in 1968 as an alternative to the SW1000 with a lower profile and a 645 prime mover.
Metro-North Railroad Debuts Third Wrapped Locomotive from Heritage Series
The Metro-North wrap pays tribute to New York Central, the predecessor railroad that operated on the Hudson and Harlem lines.
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Donates Alco S-2 to Rochester Museum
Former South Buffalo Railway Alco S-2 72 was donated to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum by Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad.
Freight Car Classics: Conrail Boxcars
A collection of classic Conrail boxcars inherited from six bankrupt railroads of the Northeast in 1976.
Rock Island GP40s
Information and images are currently sought in documenting Electro-Motive Division’s GP40 series
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