The new diesel, tentatively-named "#114", is sitting in 18's bay in the engine house having her ends put back together. It is reported that the A&A has both ends running and she is just getting pieced back together now.
Now, as for the number...
I have been good friends with Brad Mapes since I was 2 years old (I am now 18). I have been visiting the A&A multiple times each of those 16 years. While having our usual "post-excursion" shoot-the-breeze talk, I brought up the new locomotive. This was last July so said locomotive had not left Long Island yet, but he had made arrangements to bring it back to Arcade. I asked him "Is it gonna be named #113?" And he said "You know what? I don't know. I don't really like the sound of "113"." It was at this point that I suggested numbering the locomotive "114" because a) it was the year the locomotive was purchased, and b) 114 sounds a lot better than 113.
So there you have it, folks! Now, no official number (to my knowledge) has been decided yet, but now you guys know where that whole debate came from. Posted below is a shot I grabbed after today's trains. Ends are pulled apart but the locomotive looks to be in excellent shape...