Old Ironsides II leads Catawissa II as Reading's pair of C430s brings westbound tonnage under the Pennsy and past the CNJ depot at Elizabeth. RDG 5212 was later Conrail 2049. Date of photo approximate. Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. WB Lebanon Valley Branch.

The C-430 was a rare locomotive on the Conrail system, with only twelve on the original 1976 roster. Two of those units were former Reading Company engines. Ironically, Conrail wound up owning over three-quarters of all the C-430's ever built.

CR C430 2049 waits for assignment at the Conway engine terminal in August, 1977.

2025年1月2日 · Reporting Marks: RDG Showing Locomotive model C430 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

Conrail locomotive roster and history for the Alco C-430, plus Penn Central and Reading Railroad.

cr 2048 (c430) Former RDG 5211, one of only two C430's from the Reading, was at Cleveland, OH on 9/19/79. It was sold to Naporano Iron & Metal in 9/81 and scrapped.

RDG C424 #5207, blt 1963 cn 84736, to CR 2496 Bill Waller: DH C424 #454, blt 1963 cn 84556, nee EL 2414 J Hunt: CR C424 #2494, blt 1963 cn 84734, nee RDG 5205 ... Alco C430 demo #430-3, Buffalo NY 1967, to SCL #1277, blt 1966, cn3465-3 Don Coppola: Home Site Map Search Contact: North East ...

Yes, the 2d unit in pic 1 was a C430. I guess the ol' eyes can't even read my own writing any more! Somewhere I have a slide of one of RDG's two C430s leading a train, which was apparently somewhat unusual for one reason or another.

RDG C430 5211 was named Catawissa II. The only other RDG diesel that I know of that wore these plaques was C630 5300 which was named Rocket II. These were names of some of the earliest steam locomotives on the Philadelphia & Reading dating from the 1840s and 1850s.

1977年8月8日 · CR C430 2049 (ex-RDG 5212), one of only two ex-RDG C430's, lined up with CR C424 2474 (ex-PC 2415) at Conway in August, 1977.