MDDE 1203, Federalsburg, Maryland_
After pulling out of their well-maintained engine house, the engineer does a walk around inspection of his office for the day - a rebuilt RS3 that contains an EMD prime mover.
In 1972 Penn Central began a rebuild program for ALCo RS3s in which EMD V12-567 power-plants were used to replace the Schenectady-built 244 engine. The replacement engines came from recently retired E-Units. Work was performed in shops at Altoona (Juniata Shops) and Syracuse, NY (DeWitt Shops) and Con Rail continued the program until the year 1979. Ultimately 97 units were completed by Juniata, DeWitt and later the Wilmington (Delaware) Shop. Regardless of which shop produced them, the group was collectively known as "DeWitt Geeps."
A recent trip with friends Stan Short and Jack Bruce took us to the DelMarVa Peninsula in search of the Maryland & Delaware RR's trio of rebuilds that were performed at the Juniata Shop. We saw two operating, 1201 and 1203, with the 1202 sidelined at the shop at Massey, MD awaiting a part that will hopefully allow its return to service.
MDDE 1203, Federalsburg, Maryland_
After pulling out of their well-maintained engine house, the engineer does a walk around inspection of his office for the day - a rebuilt RS3 that contains an EMD prime mover.
In 1972 Penn Central began a rebuild program for ALCo RS3s in which EMD V12-567 power-plants were used to replace the Schenectady-built 244 engine. The replacement engines came from recently retired E-Units. Work was performed in shops at Altoona (Juniata Shops) and Syracuse, NY (DeWitt Shops) and Con Rail continued the program until the year 1979. Ultimately 97 units were completed by Juniata, DeWitt and later the Wilmington (Delaware) Shop. Regardless of which shop produced them, the group was collectively known as "DeWitt Geeps."
A recent trip with friends Stan Short and Jack Bruce took us to the DelMarVa Peninsula in search of the Maryland & Delaware RR's trio of rebuilds that were performed at the Juniata Shop. We saw two operating, 1201 and 1203, with the 1202 sidelined at the shop at Massey, MD awaiting a part that will hopefully allow its return to service.