http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrc420.htm
The 201, 204, 217 and 220 worked on the Mexican Railway system. The 207 went from the Erie Western to become 101 on the Little Rock & Western. The 201,202 and 204 were used by Morrison-Knudsen on the Vermont Northern. Number 202 was later resold to P. V. Commodity Ltd. in Calgary, Canada. The 207 worked the Green Bay yards on the Green Bay & Western.
In 1976, a new person in charge of the fleet came from the Milwaukee Road, which sported an all-EMD fleet. Besides at this time ALCO had ceased to exist since 1969. LIRR/MTA management switched to GP 38-2’s, MP-15AC’s, and SW-1001’s as the ALCO fleet was aging. The 252 was the only GP 38-2 to be delivered in bicentennial colors, and was almost exactly the same as the bicentennial engines of the Milwaukee Road.
Here are what's left:
200 is now (LA&L) Livonia, Avon & Lakeville #420, Lakeville, NY, operational in service 1995
Photo: Lakeville Yard Bulk Transfer Facility LALRR-C420-exLIRR200.jpg (31301 bytes)
LIRR 200 working freight upstate on the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville, from this past August.jpg (78879 bytes) 08/2008 Photo: Otto Vondrak
204, 220 in Mexico, going to museum, scrapped 204 parts to go for 220
207 (LR&W) Little Rock & Western #101, Little Rock, Arkansas, chop nose, scrapped, used for parts
211 VLIX 41 at Delaware Lackawanna shops, it may have been heavily vandalized, now owned by Delaware Lackawanna. (Paul Strubeck 07/08)
213 Dakota Southern RR #213, operational, needs wheel work. 213 was supposed to have a truck swap with an EMD, which would lower it to the standard 70 mph. I assume they did or planned to do this to take advantage of the famous Alco acceleration capability. Info from Nicholas Todd.
208 Lake States #976 chop nose, had major fire recently and will be scrapped. 208 was supposedly scrapped. Info from Nicholas Todd.
202, 203, 205, and the R&S units (206,209,212,214,215,216,218,219) have been scrapped.
210 was scrapped shortly after being stripped for parts. 210 sank on a barge; subequently salvaged. Info from Nicholas Todd.
The 222-229 were to be sold through Naporano in 1989, which bid the highest price, to a company in Suriname. There was only one company that I was aware of that had rails there: A bauxite firm which bought two SP RSD12s from Chrome Crankshaft ca. 1980. Supposedly this operation never got off, but the tracks still exist. I doubt the Alcos exist, but one never knows.
Info from Tim Darnell:
201 and 217 were scrapped down in Mexico. I've received sad news about ex-LIRR C-420 #204, it was cut up in July 2004 in Mexico. The good news is parts were taken to restore C-420 #220 and ex-D&H C-628 610. Apparently radiators were replaced with those from C-424s or M-424s by FNM or possibly MLW. #220- Supposedly preserved in Mexico, possibly at the Merida Museum.
C420 #207 LR&W #101 is scrapped, used for parts.
C420 #208 Lake State #976 has been parted out and scrapped.
C420 #221, the last of the first batch of C420s was withdrawn from service in October, 1977. Buffalo Southern #2010 Hamburg, NY, currently stored, but used by them previously.
C420 #222, the first of the second batch of C420s was withdrawn from service 1/21/88.
Best,
Steve
