ALCO C-628 DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE - BOWSER EXECUTIVE DCC/SOUND
Brief history.
The ALCO "Century" C-628 (model DL628) is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive with a power of 2.750 Hp (2,237 kW) and was the builder's first in its line of six-axle, C-C road switchers. 186 engines were built between December 1963 and December 1968 and some users were: Atlantic Coast Line (11 units), Louisville & Nashville (15), Delaware & Hudson (18), Lehigh Valley (8), Monon (9), Norfolk & Western (30), Pennsylvania Railroad (15) and Southern Pacific (25). Additionally, australian firm Hammersley Iron purchased five engis, Ferrocaril del Pacifico picked up 10 locos and its Mexican counterpart National Railway of Mexico purchased 32. A variant with high-nose was available.
Equipped with a 4-cycle Model 251C V16 engine, the big road-switcher locomotive could deliver a max tractive effort of 85.750 lbs on starting, while the maximum towing power was attested at 79.500 lbs at a crusin' speed of 12 mph. All the units produced were equipped with dynamic brakes and substantially identical, but the first locomotives produced (Phase 1) were not equipped with the rainshild.
Almost simultaneously the C-630 variant was developed, with the engine power increased to 3.000 HP (in total, 77 units built).
Specifications / Technical data
Builder: ALCOProduction: 1963-1968
Total production: 186
Conrail roster: 32 (15 ex-LV and 17 ex-PC)
Wheel arrangement: C-C
Gauge: 4 ft 8,5 in
Loco weight: 408.000 lb
Lenght: 21,05 meters
Power: Fuel oil 2000
Prime mover: Alco 251C V16
Prime mover: Alco 251C V16
Gauge: 4 ft 8,5 in
Speed: 65 mph
Tractive effort: 79.500 lbs continuous at 12 mph
C-628 Lehigh Valley number #634 in "snowbird" white livery.
Alco C-628 No.629 (will become CR-6725) and 630 in Lehigh Valley liveries.
Alco C-628 "high nose" with Chicago & North Western colors, purchased from Norfolk & Western Railroad.
An Alco C-630 set of Reading Lines at Allentown in 1974.
Conrail #6725 unit.
Conrail had in service 32 units of this locomotive, 17 from Lehigh Valley (including 9 from Monon) and 15 from Penn Central (originally purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad). The example CR #6725 C-628 Phase IIb was a former Lehigh Valley model (numbered LV-629) and was based in some engine yards in Ohio (mainly at Mingo Junction) and Pennsylvania (on duty starting from Bethlehem), serving the mainlines from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. All Alco production units (including the C-628) have been removed from service by Conrail between late 1979 and early 1980.
ALCO C-628 Conrail #6725 data
Road Number: 6725
Type: C-C diesel locomotive
Builder: ALCO
Built: 1965
CN: 3427-05 Phase IIb (AF-27 model)
Disposition: =
Previous owner: Lehigh Valley Railroad
Remarks: ex LV-629
Assignment:
Alco C-628 No.6725 of Conrail in CR patch livery on Lehigh Valley red colors.
Bowser Executive Line ALCO C-628 Conrail No.6725.
The Alco C-628 model in AT Collection roster is a Bowser ESU LokSound product. Level of details is execellent on the carbody, but some important details on tracks are missing (brake-chains, sanding pipes, speed detectors and much more). Absent also the Sinclair model radio antenna, installed with the introduction in the Conrail line. Avoiding difficult interventions so as not to completely change the model, we tried to add as many missing details as possible. The work was completed with a meticulous weathering. Perfect sounds provided from the ESU decoder.