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3.
The Tioga Central.
This
roster will include both the Owego NY &
Wellsboro PA locations, since both locations
shared the
same locomotives.
(see page
2 for a more complete history and timeline)
The Tioga
Central began on September 15, 1984, as an excursion
railroad based out of the
Tioga
Transportation Museum in Flemingville, NY.
It then
also began freight operations, and moved to Owego,
in 1987.
In 1992 it
left Owego, was idle for two years, then in 1994
started up again in Wellsboro, PA
where it
continues to operate passenger excursions today.
In 2007
the Tioga Central and the Wellsboro & Corning
were both bought by The Miles Group. the new owners
plan to continue Tioga Central excursion trains into
the future. (before 2007 the TIOC and the W&C
were separate railroads, under separate ownership.)
In 2012
the Five Tioga Central Alcos were all put up for
sale.
August
2014, it is announced that all five TIOC Alcos were
purchased by the Livonia Avon & Lakeville
Railroad.
The LAL is
only able to use S2 No. 14, and RS3m No. 506. The
three RS1's are deemed inoperable, and will be
salvaged for useable parts, then the carbodies
scrapped.
August
& September 2014, Alco RS1's 47, 62 and 240 are
scrapped in Wellsboro. 14 and 506 are moved out of
Wellsboro to LAL lines. The 506 moved to the WNYP in
Olean NY, and the 14 moved to the Bath &
Hammondsport in Cohocton NY.
In September
2014, the 30-year "Alco Era" of the Tioga Central,
1984 to 2014, has come to an end. There are no longer
any Alcos in Wellsboro PA, and the Tioga Central
itself no longer has any locomotives actually lettered
for the Tioga Central. However, passenger excursions
are continuing, and the Tioga Central excursion
railroad itself is continuing under the Tioga Central
Railroad name, however the passenger excursions will
be pulled by Wellsboro & Corning SD40-2 freight
locomotives.
Tioga
Central All-Time Roster
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All-Time
Tioga Central Roster. 1984 to 2014
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Six
units, all Alcos.
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Number |
Railroad |
Model |
Built |
Built as |
current status |
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14 |
TIOC |
Alco
S2 |
1947 |
Buffalo
Creek
46 |
Now
with the LAL-B&H.
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47 |
TIOC |
Alco RS1 |
1945 |
WATC 47 |
Scrapped at Wellsboro, 2014 |
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59 |
TIOC |
Alco RS1 |
1948 |
WATC 59 |
Left the TIOC in 1988. Stored,
New Jersey |
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62 |
TIOC |
Alco RS1 |
1950 |
WATC 62 |
Scrapped
at Wellsboro, 2014 |
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240 |
TIOC |
Alco RS1 |
1945 |
NYSW 240 |
Scrapped at Wellsboro, 2014 |
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506 |
TIOC |
Alco
RS3m |
1952 |
D&H
4112 |
Now with
LAL-WNYP
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TIOC 14
History:
1947 - Built as Buffalo Creek No. 46
1975 - 1976 - Was the Buffalo Creek Bicentennial
Unit.
1976 - To Conrail 9662 (not known if this unit actually
ever operated with Conrail)
1979 or 1980 - To New York & Lake Erie 46, Gowanda,
NY (was there in 1980)
1981 - To Ontario Midland 46, Sodus, NY
1981 - August 3 - Leased to North American Car, Sayre
PA. (still in Buffalo Creek bicentennial paint)
198? - Returns to Ontario Central, Victor, NY - ONCT
repaints the unit black,
and renumbers to ONCT 14.
1983 - April - leased again to North American Rail,
Sayre, PA.
This time arrives in Sayre as ONCT 14 in black &
yellow paint.
1984 - September, To Tioga Central No. 14,
Flemingville, NY
1990 - Repainted from Black & Yellow into the TIOC
LV-inspired scheme.
1992 - May - leaves Owego with the TIOC
collection.
1992 to 1994 - stored for two years in Whitney Point,
NY
1994 - May - Moves to Wellsboro, Pa to become a member
of the new
Pennsylvania
edition of the Tioga Central.
2008 - Was operating with the TIOC in Wellsboro, PA.
2012 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are offered for sale.
2014 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are purchased by the
Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
2014 - To LAL 14, Cohocton NY.
2014 - late 2014, Number 14 moves to her 6th owner, the
Livonia Avon & Lakeville, and moves to the
Bath & Hammondsport shops in Cohocton NY.
2017 - LAL 14 quietly celebrates her 70th birthday, in
storage at the B&H Cohocton NY shops.
No. 14 has not yet been returned to service by the
LAL/B&H, and remains stored in her
Tioga Central red scheme. Photo
from 2016.
Incredibly,
in her 70 years of service, Number 14 has not strayed
more than 300 miles from the place of her birth!
Schenectady -
Buffalo - Gowanda - Sodus - Sayre - Victor - Sayre -
Owego - Wellsboro - Cohocton
TIOC 47
History:
1945 - Built as Washington Terminal (WATC) number
47.
197? - To Amtrak No. 47 (painted in Amtrak scheme)
1986 - To Naparano Iron & Metal
1986 - To Tioga Transportation Museum No.
47, Flemingville, NY
1987 - To Tioga Central 47, Owego, NY
1989 - Repainted from Amtrak silver into the
current TIOC LV-inspired scheme.
1992 - May - leaves Owego with the TIOC
collection.
1992 to 1994 - stored for two years in Whitney
Point, NY
1994 - May - Moves to Wellsboro, Pa to become a
member of the new
Pennsylvania
edition of the Tioga Central.
2008 - Was OOS in Wellsboro, PA.
2012 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are offered for
sale.
2014 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are purchased by
the Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
2014 - August/September, TIOC 47 is parted
out and scrapped in Wellsboro PA.
TIOC 59
Model: Alco RS1
Built: Dec 1948
Bld No: 76218
History:
1948 - Built as Washington Terminal (WATC) number
59.
197? - To Amtrak No. 59 (never repainted into
Amtrak scheme)
(a
photo shows it was with Amtrak by 1977)
1986 - To Tioga Transportation Museum No.
59, Flemingville, NY
1987 - To Tioga Central 59, Owego, NY
1988 - Last seen in Owego, Oct 1988 (dont know if
it ever actually operated with TIOC)
1989 - To West Shore Railroad No. 59, Milton,
PA.
(thats
the WSRC, not the same railroad as the original NYC West
Shore!)
199? - To SRNJ, Salem, NJ - privately owned?
2008 - Still at the SRNJ in Salem, NJ, still
wearing very faded WATC blue.
TIOC 62
Model: Alco RS1
Built: Mar 1950
Bld No: 77474
History:
1950 - Built as Washington Terminal (WATC) number
62.
197? - To Amtrak No. 62 (never painted in an
Amtrak scheme)
1986 - To Tioga Transportation Museum No.
62, Flemingville, NY
1987 - To Tioga Central 62, Owego, NY
1988 - Repainted from WATC blue into the current
TIOC LV-inspired scheme.
1992 - May - leaves Owego with the TIOC
collection.
1992 to 1994 - stored for two years in Whitney
Point, NY
1994 - May - Moves to Wellsboro, Pa to become a
member of the new
Pennsylvania
edition of the Tioga Central.
2008 - Was operating in Wellsboro, PA.
2012 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are offered for
sale.
2014 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are purchased by
the Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
2014 - August/September, TIOC 62 is parted
out and scrapped in Wellsboro PA.
TIOC 240
Model: Alco RS1
Built: Apr 1945
Bld No: 73569
History:
1945 - Built as Susquehanna 240
1988 - To Tioga Central 240, Owego, NY, (arrives
in NYSW yellowjacket paint.)
1990 - Repainted into her original NYSW
maroon & silver scheme.
1992 - May - leaves Owego with the TIOC
collection.
1992 to 1994 - stored for two years in Whitney
Point, NY
1994 - May - Moves to Wellsboro, Pa to become a
member of the new
Pennsylvania
edition of the Tioga Central.
2008 - Was OOS in Wellsboro, PA.
2012 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are offered for
sale.
2014 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are purchased by
the Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
2014 - August/September, TIOC 240 is parted
out and scrapped in Wellsboro PA.
TIOC 506
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Model: Alco RS3m
Built: Sep 1952
Bld No: 80312
History:
1952 - built as D&H Alco RS3 number 4112.
First arrived in the D&H black scheme.
19?? - at some point, was repainted in the D&H
lightning stripe scheme.
1975 - Rebuilt at MK and emerged as D&H RS3m
No. 1976. nose was chopped at MK,
and
returned to the D&H painted in the D&H
Bicentennial scheme.
1976 - April 1 - No. 1976 leads the first D&H
train over Conrail's Southern Tier main
between
Binghamton & Buffalo, using the new D&H traffic
rights on the line.
1979 - Renumbured by the D&H from No. 1976 to
No. 506.
1988 - March - to Tioga Central 506. Arrives still
wearing her D&H bicentennial scheme!
1990 - "Delaware & Husdon Spirit of Freedom"
script lettering is painted over,
with
a fresh coat of blue paint.
1992 - May - leaves Owego with the TIOC
collection.
1992 to 1994 - stored for two years in Whitney
Point, NY
1994 - May - Moves to Wellsboro, PA to become a
member of the new
Pennsylvania
edition of the Tioga Central.
2008 - Was Operating in Wellsboro, PA.
2012 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are offered for
sale.
2014 - All five of the TIOC Alcos are purchased by
the Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
2014 - to WNYP 406
2014 - late 2014, Number 506 (now 406) moves to
her 3rd owner, the Livonia Avon & Lakeville's
subsidiary the
Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad in Olean
NY. The WNYP plans to use her as the Olean switcher.
2016 - June - The WNYP has spent the last year
refurbishing the 406, and in May of 2016 they made a
public
announcement inviting the
public and railfans to come to Olean to witness the
grand unveiling of the
newly refurbished 406! I was working
in Avon at the time, and was able to make the drive over
to Olean! :)
My photos of the unveiling of the 406 on June 6,
2016, are here:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162745
Thank you to Mr. Belke and the
crew at the WNYP for sharing the event with us!
Incredibly, for 40 years, No. 506 remained the
only 1976 Bicentennial locomotive still wearing its
1976
bicentennial paintscheme! Yes, the blue was given
a fresh coat, but the striping and the
red paint was never replaced, and the overall
scheme (apart from the lettering) remained
original to the D&H bicentennial scheme first
applied in 1975! She wore this bicentennial paint until
being repainted into the LAL corporate black &
yellow scheme at the WNYP shops in Olean, NY, in 2016.
No. 506 was one of eight D&H RS3's rebuilt
into chop-nosed RS3m units by Morrison-Knudsen
in 1975-1976. Today 506 is the only survivor of
the eight.
506 was also one of two D&H bicentennial
units, the other being GE U23B 1776.
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