MLW/ALCO C-630 6-Motor/Axle Century

[Trainmaster.Curt]

As a fan of the "Honourary Steam Engine" the ALCO/MLW C-630, does anyone know if there are any running on short lines or on excursion/museum lines? I'd love to go visit a place where these behemoths exist, i unfortunately never got to visit the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway where they used to run in Canada, if anyone has any info, let me know plz.

[trolleyboy]

The only one's I know of may still run on the Arkansas and Missouri. The Reading Historical association has one but use it infrequently, the rest of the preserved one's will be the museum one's that are stuffed and mounted.

Rob

 

[arkansasrailfan]

AMs is a M630. UP 2907 is at ARM, but needs a repair(look at my avatar, if you haven't already seen)
M630s are numerous, only three C630s exsist.
ARM is the only place in the world where you can see three Alcos side by side(fun fact)

[SSW9389]

The story I heard at ARM is that the Cartier 34 (UP2907) was operable when she landed dockside in Houston. For some reason UP put her over the Englewood Hump and that messed things up inside the unit when they shifted.

 

AMs is a M630. UP 2907 is at ARM, but needs a repair(look at my avatar, if you haven't already seen)
M630s are numerous, only three C630s exsist.
ARM is the only place in the world where you can see three Alcos side by side(fun fact)

[arkansasrailfan]

Some idiot broke the front off because it was left too close to another track, so UP had the job of repairing it, so really, it's last accident was on it's home road!
You can see the pilot is new because of new MU hoses.
And we're waiting for that RS3 to come up. I would like to have that guy who decided to have different couplers pay for a new one.

[Trainmaster.Curt]

I reccommend this video to any railfan or fan of the C-630, M-630 Six Motor Alco's by Rail Innovations. It does'nt get any better than 3 or 4 fully loaded C-630's hauling coal trains up a hill in rugged Nova Scotia, the sound is something else!!

http://www.railinnovations.com/main.htm