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Atlas - 40 003 586 - Locomotive, Diesel, Alco C-630 - Western New York and Pennsylvania - 631

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Stock Number40 003 586
Original Retail Price$239.95
BrandAtlas
ManufacturerAtlas
Body StyleAtlas Diesel Engine C-630
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleLocomotive, Diesel, Alco C-630 (Details)
Road or Company NameWestern New York and Pennsylvania (Details)
Road or Reporting Number631
Paint Color(s)Red
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeAccuMate Magnetic Knuckle
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
DCC ReadinessDC/DCC Dual Mode Decoder w/Sound
Announcement Date2017-03-01
Release Date2018-08-01
Item CategoryLocomotives
Model TypeDiesel
Model SubtypeAlco
Model VarietyC-630
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Years Produced1963 - 1968
Scale1/160



Model Information: The Atlas Alco C-628 and C-630 share the same internal mechanisms and have very similar shells. They were introduced in 2004 and are typical modern Atlas locomotives. The mechanisms feature a split-frame design, blackened low-profile wheels LED lighting, and Accumate couplers.

The engines run smoothly and quietly and can easily pull 30 or more cars on an even grade. The shell detail is quite good including 'F' and 'R' indicators for normal operating direction.
Prototype History:
The ALCO Century 630 was a six-axle, 3,000 hp (2.2 MW) diesel-electric locomotive built between 1965 and 1967. It used the ALCO 251 prime mover. 77 were built: 3 for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, 4 for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 8 for Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 10 (with high noses) for Norfolk and Western Railway, 15 for Pennsylvania Railroad, 12 for the Reading Company, 15 for Southern Pacific Railroad and 10 for Union Pacific Railroad.

Montreal Locomotive Works produced a C-630M variant of the C-630, with 4 for British Columbia Railway, 8 for Canadian Pacific Railway and 44 for Canadian National. MLW M-630s were built by Montreal Locomotive Works from 1969 to 1973: 29 for CPR, 26 for BCR, and 20 for Ferrocarriles Nacional de Mexico (N de M). Eight of the BCR locomotives were designated M-630(W) and were built with a wide-nosed cab, known as the "Canadian" or "safety" cab. The latter two models, along with the nearly identical MLW M-636, had more in common with the ALCO C-636 than the C-630, and all MLW versions rode on high-adhesion trucks cast by Dofasco.

In January 1975, four Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotives were sold to Robe River Iron Associates in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. One was destroyed in an accident in February 1979, with the remaining three rebuilt by A Goninan & Co, Perth as CM40-8s in the early 1990s.

Three intact ALCO C-630s exist, Norfolk and Western 1135 at the Virginia Museum of transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. Reading 5308 at the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Union Pacific 2907 at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Several M-630s exist. One is owned by the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP), and two by Vintage Locomotive. CP M-630 #4563 is in operational condition at Exporail in St. Constant, Quebec. WNYP also has an MLW C-630M bought from the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad.

From Wikipedia
Road Name History:
The WNYP operates a system centered on Olean, NY. The Southern Tier Extension heads east to the Norfolk Southern Railway's (NS' Southern Tier Line at Hornell and West to NS at Meadville, with a branch continuing to the Oil City area). Since 2007, the WNYP also operates the former Norfolk Southern Buffalo line from Driftwood, PA to Machias, NY.

This operation started up in 2001 and has grown to 330 miles of former Erie and Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in its namesake region. The former Erie line runs from Cornell, New York west to Corry, Meadville and Oil City, Pennsylvania. The PRR line is part of their Buffalo Line between Machias and Driftwood. The WNYP all time roster include two dozen locomotives – all from Alco or their Canadian counterpart Montreal Locomotive Works. The company is owned by the much smaller Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad (another Alco/MLW bastion.) The black and yellow paint scheme worn by 421 and 430 is the official paint scheme for the WNYP. These are outnumbered by the black diesels with orange cab and nose (former Cartier Railway.) The 427 is not a former Milwaukee Road unit. Built for SP&S, it received its orange and black paint while working for the Mass Central. Number 630 is a carefully patched former Arkansas & Missouri unit.

Text courtesy of Bluford Shops.
Brand/Importer Information:
In 1924 Stephan Schaffan, Sr. founded the Atlas Tool Company in Newark, New Jersey. In 1933 his son, Stephan Schaffan, Jr., came to work for his father at the age of sixteen. Steve Jr. built model airplanes as a hobby and frequented a local hobby shop. Being an enterprising young man, he would often ask the owner if there was anything he could do to earn some extra spending money. Tired of listening to his requests, the hobby-store owner threw some model railroad track parts his way and said, "Here, see if you can improve on this".

In those days, railroad modelers had to assemble and build everything from scratch. Steve Jr. created a "switch kit" which sold so well, that the entire family worked on them in the basement at night, while doing business as usual in the machine shop during the day.

Subsequently, Steve Jr. engineered the stapling of rail to fiber track, along with inventing the first practical rail joiner and pre-assembled turnouts and flexible track. All of these products, and more, helped to popularize model railroading and assisted in the creation of a mass-market hobby. The budding entrepreneur quickly outgrew the limitations of a basement and small garage operation. Realizing they could actually make a living selling track and related products, Steve and his father had the first factory built in Hillside, New Jersey at 413 Florence Avenue in 1947. On September 30, 1949, the Atlas Tool Company was officially incorporated as a New Jersey company.

In 1985, Steve was honored posthumously for his inventions by the Model Railroad Industry Association and was inducted into the Model Railroad Industry Hall of Fame in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, Steve was nominated and entered into the National Model Railroad Association Pioneers of Model Railroading in 1995.

In the early 1990s, the Atlas Tool Company changed its name to Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
Item created by: gdm on 2018-08-14 13:04:21

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