How many ALCO SIX AXLE CENTURY SERIES were Built, Rebuilt with ALCO 's Competitor's Trucks? The reason I am asking is I am working on a WHAT IF project involving the DH-643, C-855 and the Unproduced DH-650 etc. I need an Exact total for this project ! Tom
I doubt that many were. Fairbanks-Morse introduced their first C-C diesel in '51, EMD in '52 and GE in '59, making them all at least a little young for trade-in when ALCo went under in '69. Even so, Norfolk and Western did have four C-630s built on Fairbanks-Morse C trucks. Those are the only ones I ever heard of. Baldwins were either built with Commonwealth trucks, which really weren't worth reusing, or tri-mounts. How one could tell the difference is a trick, considering BLW and ALCo jointly produced their trucks.
