According to a quick search on the internet, Conrail's 39 U33C's were gone
by 1999.

The D&H fleet was gone by 1988.


Ken

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:06 PM, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@...> wrote:
> > According to my Diesel Spotter's Guide Update © 1979, the U33C was
> produced Jan 1968 - Jan 1975.  That's a little old for me, but I hope to
> get at least one in BN paint for my own operating stock.
>
>
>  What year are you modeling? Anything past the 1980's-90's is kinda hard
> to find anything for in S scale? The biggest problem I have with a U33C is
> that it's a 6 Axel loco so doesn't look as good hanging around for 30 years
> on a short line or branch line as it would if it was a 4 Axel unit. I'm not
> sure why Lionel would choose a larger loco for their exploration of S scale
> instead of something more useful for a wider range of applications like a
> GP40? Maybe it's just that they couldn't fit all their proprietary
> electronics in the smaller shell?   .....DaveBranum
>
>


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