PO-74 at Ridge Row
With a quartet of matching motors in charge of bringing 38 loads up the Poconos on this day, Delaware-Lackawanna PO-74 departs Scranton as it passes Ridge Row next to the University of Scranton campus.
Knowing that the odds of seeing any of the RS-3s running would be slim, I decided to focus my wishful thinking for another engine in particular that I wanted to see more, and on the last day of my visit to the Scranton area, I got what I wished for. Without a doubt the most unique & rarest ALCO of them all is the giant leading the way, DL 3642. The 3642 is a C636 (Century Series, 6 axles, 3600HP) that was designed to compete with the EMD SD45. However, it was merely a last ditch effort to try & gain a bit of the market share before going out of business in 1969. Ordered by the Pennsylvania Railroad & delivered to the Penn Central as their 6342 in April of 1968, it was the 13th locomotive of the 15 ordered. The Pennsylvania also ended up being the largest buyer of the model, with only 34 locomotives in total being built.
After managing to last with successor Conrail into the 1980s, it & two others were sold to new owners. The other 2 were exported to Australia to a mining operation & were eventually scrapped, while this one was sold to the Delta Bulk Terminal in Stockton, CA to be used as a switcher. Eventually in the early 2000s, GVT, the owners of the DL, bought it & it now spends its days on the DL. While several of the Canadian version M636 are still around & running, including one on the DL, the 3642 carries the distinction of being the only known surviving C636 in the world. 10-22-21
PO-74 at Ridge Row
With a quartet of matching motors in charge of bringing 38 loads up the Poconos on this day, Delaware-Lackawanna PO-74 departs Scranton as it passes Ridge Row next to the University of Scranton campus.
Knowing that the odds of seeing any of the RS-3s running would be slim, I decided to focus my wishful thinking for another engine in particular that I wanted to see more, and on the last day of my visit to the Scranton area, I got what I wished for. Without a doubt the most unique & rarest ALCO of them all is the giant leading the way, DL 3642. The 3642 is a C636 (Century Series, 6 axles, 3600HP) that was designed to compete with the EMD SD45. However, it was merely a last ditch effort to try & gain a bit of the market share before going out of business in 1969. Ordered by the Pennsylvania Railroad & delivered to the Penn Central as their 6342 in April of 1968, it was the 13th locomotive of the 15 ordered. The Pennsylvania also ended up being the largest buyer of the model, with only 34 locomotives in total being built.
After managing to last with successor Conrail into the 1980s, it & two others were sold to new owners. The other 2 were exported to Australia to a mining operation & were eventually scrapped, while this one was sold to the Delta Bulk Terminal in Stockton, CA to be used as a switcher. Eventually in the early 2000s, GVT, the owners of the DL, bought it & it now spends its days on the DL. While several of the Canadian version M636 are still around & running, including one on the DL, the 3642 carries the distinction of being the only known surviving C636 in the world. 10-22-21