Erie Lackawanna ME97 Union City Pa.

About 30 minutes past midnight on March 8 1973 an amazing consist rolls west through Union City pennsylvania on the old ERIE. Reading company C424 5206 leads Union Pacific SD40 3006 and Penn Central C430 2050, a former New York Central locomotive. Riddle me this: What is NYC 2050 today?

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[steven8979]

2050? is that 431 i think..............

[dumbbuff]

430

[HAMBONE187]

old my ass! ditch lights in 1973? lolololol

[dumbbuff]

you kick serious ass

[FL92002]

nice flashback to the better days of railroading. if only we could see that now....

[nhlives]

yes - if only we could see these kinds of great consists on some railroad today somewhere...... ;-)

[cbalducc]

I don't believe locomotives had ditch lights back then.

[ble909]

Yeah EMD never used anything but Blombergs on 4 axle Road Switchers.

[bluedvr2005]

loved the video it was awesome! Loved 2:12 when there is complete darkness! you fuckin rock , man

[dumbbuff]

WHAT?? the hi-ad trucks were on all of the C430's except the Reading ones. And they are like nothing EMD ever used.

[cbehr91]

Also they were the only C430s built with hi-adhesion trucks (EMD style).

[steven8979]

o man! i getting them confused!

[FL92002]

I have the answer to your riddle. NYC 2050 is an ALCO C430 built in December of 1967, two months before the Penn Central merger. They were New York Centrals last new units, and the last units painted for New York Central. It is now Livonia, Avon & Lakeville, WNY&P number 430.