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12/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: RCTH
Model:Alco RS3Built As:RDG 485 (RS3)
Serial Number:79944Order No:20793
Frame Number:prime mover # 12811Built:6/1952
Notes:ex-RDG
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 485(RS3) RCTH 485(RS3)
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Paper Company Leftovers
Title:  Paper Company Leftovers
Description:  A reminder of RDG 485's ten years of service to the Domtar Packaging Company of Red Rock, ON.
Photo Date:  3/17/2018  Upload Date: 4/18/2018 4:43:45 PM
Location:  Hamburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RCTH 485(RS3)
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RCTH 485
Title:  RCTH 485
Description:  Former Reading RS3 485 arrived on the railroad in 1952 in an effort by the company to begin the process of replacing coal burning steam locomotives with cleaner and more efficient diesels. The Alco RS3s could be found in both freight and passenger service around the system, the 485 usually assigned to the western end freight operations. Its current paint scheme tells of its later life working in Canada, first for the Roberval & Saguenay and later for an Ontario paper company. It is currently one of five of the thirty three units purchased to survive in the 21st century and one of two in Pennsylvania. We had the opportunity to see sister unit 467 on display at Steamtown the previous weekend.
Photo Date:  3/17/2018  Upload Date: 4/18/2018 4:47:13 PM
Location:  Hamburg, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RCTH 485(RS3)
Views:  387   Comments: 0


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