The C-430 was a rare locomotive on the Conrail system, with only twelve on the original 1976 roster. Two of those units were former Reading Company engines. Ironically, Conrail wound up owning over three-quarters of all the C-430's ever built. The Reading Company C-430s differed from the ten other Penn Central (former New York Central) units because the Reading units road on AAR Type-B trucks that had been used previously on trade-in locomotives. When 5211 was built in July 1966, the Reading Company her the Catawissa II. Here we see CR 2048 (former RDG 5211) still in service in its familiar Conrail stomping ground of Mingo Junction.
Location: Mingo Junction, OH
Photo Date: Unknown
Photographer: Steve Geisler     Added: February 17, 2000

On April 10, 1981, Conrail took 2048 off the roster. On September 4, 1981, she was sold to Naporano for scrap.
Location: Lackawanna, NY
Photo Date: 11-13-82
Photographer: Brian Thompson     Added: September 16, 1998

It's several months after Conrail, but CR 5212 is still in RDG colors and number along with a Lehigh Valley unit. The Penn Central unit in the background has its Pennsylvania Railroad keystone showing through the black paint. Those were interesting days on the new railroad.
Location: Sayre, PA
Photo Date: 9-76
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: April 7, 2005

CR 2049 (nee-RDG 5212) displays is recent coat of Conrail blue as it leads a freight. Like its sister former Reading Company unit CR 2048, CR 2049 did not last long on Conrail. In August 1981, Conrail sold it as scrap to Midwest Steel.
Location: Mingo Junction, OH
Photo Date: 5-8-77
Photographer: David Hamley     Added: January 18, 2002

The C-430 was the final order of locomotives that New York Central purchased prior to the 1968 Penn Central merger. Some of the former Penn Central units saw added life after retirement from Conrail, going to the Morristown & Erie and the NYS&W.
Location: Mingo Junction, OH
Photo Date: 4-8-78
Photographer: Curt Fortenberry     Added: January 18, 2002

CR 2053 still has its original Penn Central numbers, but the PC heralds have been removed, replaced with CR stencils.
Location: Youngstown, OH
Photo Date: 8-79
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: December 17, 2004

CR 2054 waits its call to duty at the former Erie Lackawanna Brier Hill Shops in Youngstown, Ohio, in August 1979.
Location: Youngstown, OH
Photo Date: 8-79
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: January 8, 2008

A great late afternoon shot of CR 2056, showing off the truck detail.
Location: Youngstown, OH
Photo Date: 8-79
Photographer: Roger Durfee     Added: December 17, 2004