NYC L-H #6210, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
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New York Central Lima-Hamilton #6210, Englewood, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
Built on order #1217-DE (order placed February 6, 1950), construction #'s 9423-9438, for 16 1200 hp road switchers, delivered as #5800-5815. Numbers 5800-5801 built August 1950, #'s 5802-5811 built September 1950, 5812-5815 built October 1950. The units weighed 247,500 lbs.
I also found a reference to re-numbering in a book entitled, "Railroad Locomotive Rosters", stating that the 5800-5815 series was re-numbered 6200-6215, classed as DRSP-5a, and that #'s 6200-6204, 6206-6209, 6212-6215 have had steam generators removed and re-classed DRS-5a, T.E. 60,200, weight 240,800.
In looking at photos of similar models from Lima-Hamilton, they have a single rectangular exhaust stack, oriented lengthwise on the hood, located forward near the radiator. This exhaust arrangement is not Lima-Hamilton, and I cannot find reference to an EMD re-engine job at Andre's Serial number site, so perhaps this is a re-engine job by the NYC. When more complete information becomes available, I will post it here. in the meantime, the link at the bottom shows the stack arrangement on the 1200 hp switcher. Essentially, this locomotive was a stretched switcher.
Sorry for the lousy photo, I was 16 when I took the photo, it was not a good day, and my time machine is broken, so I cannot go back to 63rd St. in Chicago to re-shoot the photo.
http://yardlimit.railfan.net/lima/1200/index.html
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Rating:  8.50
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Keywords: L-H Lima-Hamilton NYC A-3174
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Location: Englewood, Chicago, IL
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Railroad: NYC
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Locomotive/Train: A-3174 #6210
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Date: March 15, 1965
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