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.

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

RDG 5212: Old Ironsides II, blt 7/66: C430 3441-02: 26: 59303: SCL 1275: ex-Alco demo 430-1: C430 3465-01: 1: 165435: SCL 1276: ex-ALCO demo 430-2: C430 3465-02: 1: 238995: SCL 1277: Ex-Alco 430-3: C430 3465-03: 1: 111576: WNYP 430: ex-NYSW 3000, CR, PC, NYC 2050: C430 3494-01: 372: 59697: WNYP 431: ex-ME 17, CR, PC, NYC 2053: C430

Reading Alco Century C430 #5211 "Catawissa II" Description: Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Ektachrome transparency. WB Lebanon Valley Branch. Photo Date: 6/1/1972 Upload Date: 10/20/2006 9:36:41 PM : Location: Sinking Spring, PA : Author: Kim Piersol: Categories: Locomotives: RDG 5211(C430) Views: 1532 Comments: 0

Alco's C430 - Original Owners. by Robert Sarberenyi. 16 US. Qty. Road Numbers Date Builder's #s Notes; 1: GB&W: 315: 2/68: 3498-1: no d/b; Hi-Ad trucks: 10: NYC: 2050-2059: 12/67: 3494-1 to 10: Hi-Ad trucks; modified aftercooler section: 2: RDG: 5211,5212: 7/66: 3441-1 to 2: Type B trucks: 3: SCL: 1275-1277: 3/67: 3465-1 to 3: Hi-Ad trucks; ex ...

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.

Former RDG 5212 was at Mingo Jct., OH on 5/8/77. It was later sold to Midwest Steel in 11/81 and scrapped.

Jan 2, 2025 · Reporting Marks: RDG Showing Locomotive model C430 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

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.

Aug 8, 1977 · 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.