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Owner: Delaware & Hudson
Model:Alco C628Built As:DH 608 (C628)
Serial Number:3373-08Order No:21197
Frame Number:Built:5/1964
Notes:In storage prior to sale to Me
Other locos with this serial:  DH 608(C628)
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D&H 608
Title:  D&H 608
Description:  Looks like a D&H train, but this is on EL in Ohio. Westbound just east of Ashland, date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1971  Upload Date: 12/7/2008 1:50:31 PM
Location:  Ashland, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  DH 608(C628)
Views:  1288   Comments: 1
DH 608, 611 in the morning fog.
Title:  DH 608, 611 in the morning fog.
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Photo Date:  8/24/1976  Upload Date: 5/11/2020 11:09:55 PM
Location:  Oneonta, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DH 608(C628) DH 611(C628)
Views:  295   Comments: 2
608-609-614
Title:  608-609-614
Description:  C-628s
Photo Date:  11/2/1976  Upload Date: 6/15/2012 9:42:47 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  DH 608(C628)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
D&H C628 608
Title:  D&H C628 608
Description:  D&H C628 608 at Binghamton, New York, June 15, 1977, photo by Jerry Lundeen, Chuck Zeiler collection. This locomotive was built in May 1964 (c/n 3373-08), retired by the D&H in 1978, sold and leased to NdeM. The following is from the book, "A Centennial Remembrance" by Richard T. Steinbrenner:

The D&H ordered nine C628 units built in the Spring of 1964, followed by nine more a year later. The D&H C628's, No. 601-618, were the Railroad's first big power and were used system-wide for about 15 years. In their later years on the D&H, they were commonly seen on the run-through trains established with the Lehigh Valley, NE-87 and NE-84, which provided expedited service between the South and New England. The C628's of both railroads put on impressive shows on the steep grades encountered on this route. By the mid-1970's, the D&H, which had been committed to six-axle power, underwent a change of policy in favor of four-axle power. This, and the Railroad's deteriorated financial condition, resulted in the acquisition of second-hand four-axle power and the disposition of virtually all of its six-axle locomotives. In 1978 the C628's were sold to Diesel Supply International, and they were leased to the National Railways of Mexico, operating there until the late-1990's. Arguably the Delaware & Hudson was historically Alco's most faithful customer, and the C628's marked the Railroad's last purchase of locomotives from Alco. However, in no sense did this fact end the D&H's acquisition of products of Alco. Among the D&H's second-hand acquisitions were the former Lehigh Valley C420's, obtained at the formation of Conrail, and later, Conrail C424's and a C420.

Photo Date:  6/15/1977  Upload Date: 12/21/2010 3:36:08 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Jerry Lundeen
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DH 608(C628)
Views:  1218   Comments: 0
D&H 608
Title:  D&H 608
Description:  608 & 606 in the Colonie Shops dead line.
Photo Date:  4/22/1978  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 11:39:04 PM
Location:  Watervliet, NY
Author:  Mike Stellpflug
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DH 608(C628)
Views:  923   Comments: 0
Delaware & Hudson Alco C628 # 608 in storage
Title:  Delaware & Hudson Alco C628 # 608 in storage
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Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2007 9:20:55 PM
Location:  Albany, NY
Author:  John Mech
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Locomotives:  DH 608(C628)
Views:  3619   Comments: 1


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