Re: (erielack) Railway Age Article on C-424 delivery 1963

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

I have a copy of an EMD ad for the SD45 that appeared in Railway Age in the
late 60's. It stated, in part: "The Erie-Lackawanna replaced five
1500-horsepower units with two SD-45s on its fastest manifest trains
operating between Chicago and Jersey City.In a recent month, they averaged
more than 18,000 miles per unit-a record for the line's long freight hauls."
BTW, if anyone happens to have a copy of the RA that contains this ad,
please contact me.

The announced "Century 624" is either a typo, or else Alco planned to use
the same engine as the C424 in the first six-axle Century. The C628
generated 2750 hp and when production began in 1963, it was promoted as the
most powerful single engine locomotive in North America.

Paul B

 

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:59:43 -0800 (PST)

From: Robert Stafford <erielack1_@_yahoo.com>

Subject: (erielack) Railway Age Article on C-424 delivery 1963

 

TELL TALE EXTRA: TWENTY THOUSAND MILES A MONTH

 

_Railway Age_, June 10, 1963, p. 29

Alco Delivers First Century Locomotives

The Erie-Lackawanna has received the first three of fifteen new Alco
locomotives

it will operate 18,000 to 20,000 miles monthly in high-speed freight service

between Marion, Ohio, and the East.

Last week the Erie-Lackawanna put into service the first three of fifteen
new

Alco 2,400-horsepower Century 424 locomotives. The four-axle units are
hauling

priority mainline freight between Marion ,

Ohio , and new England and the

New York metropolitan areas.

The fifteen units will replace thirty-six locomotives of 1,350 horsepower
each,

built in 1944.. Besides

the Century 424 model, two other models, the Century 420 and the Century
624,

were announced on the same date.

 



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