Trains.com

Parish Line Railway EMC #10

2411 views
1 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    November 2008
  • 1,881 posts
Parish Line Railway EMC #10
Posted by Leo_Ames on Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:17 PM

What kind of EMC switcher is this? There's a picture in January 1965 Trains and it doesn't look close to any EMC/EMD switcher I've ever seen. Caption identifies it as EMC's first 900 HP switcher.

Would that make it a NC1? I think that's the only model I've never seen a photograph of. 

http://postimg.org/image/vh8a212f5/full/

Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out almost immediately after posting. It's a Model 90 if anyone is curious (a model number I've never even seen until tonight to the best of my knowledge).

Wonder what happened to her.

http://www.thedieselshop.us/Data%20EMC%20Model%2090.HTML

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • 3,231 posts
Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:55 PM

Leo_Ames
It's a Model 90 if anyone is curious (a model number I've never even seen until tonight to the best of my knowledge).

This unit was built as a demonstrator, and the exact model number is unknown, as it wasn't duplicated. (Sort of like the two Pre-SC units built for DL&W). The unit weighed about 90 tons when built, and so this is likely where the "model number" came from.

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

Newsletter Sign-Up

By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy