The New York Central had 16 Lima 1200 H.P. road switchers. Two were rebuilt with EMD 1200 H.P. 12-567C engines in 1957. The 8062 and 8063 made it into the Penn Central era.
The Penn Central merger was just six months old when this Pennsy SD-45 showed up in Montreal on the daily freight from Massena, NY. For years, the power was two, four-axle units, typically RS-3's... (more)
The New York Central received 10 C-430's just before the Penn Central merger in February 1968. Only 16 were built, going to the NYC. GB&W, SCL and Reading