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RE previous posts: Liscensing fees go to NRE. Awhile before that they went to GE too... Those CNW units went for pretty long. The last (majority!) were off roster in 1990! But I don't understand, why did N&W sell off their entire fleet of relatively new (7 yrs) 628s? But they (NS) kept 9 C-630s and most of the class-of-1959 T-6s unitil late 1985. That doesn't make sense. Whoever decided to answer the last Alco built question: wrong numbers. Offhand, they are NSS 1016 AND 1017. These were s/n 6017-1 and -2, released 1/8/69 and 1/10/69. But these are the last units Alco completed. The last under construction were six RSD-35s for WPY (6023-1 : 6). They were shipped unfinished to MLW and subsequently given sales order 4710. Doyle was smart in using a 12-251. A 16-251 would be too big and costly, 8 cyls or less is too small, and under no circumstances would he install that EMD engine outside the roundhouse. 244s are maintainance heavy- not something a not-for-profit organization needs. Off topic but interesting nonetheless, there is only ONE 16-244 left in existance. It is owned by an industrial firm who has been running tests for it for years. The owner apparently knows it's historical significance and has no plans to scrap it. The engine was formerly a PRR RSD-7's prime mover. Nicholas Todd
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