Model Railroading > Bowser to announce HO scale C430 @ TrainFest

According to the 11-8-12 ModelRailroader.com newsletter, Bowser will be announcing a run of the C430 in HO scale. Although, there were never many of these, I always thought they were cool-looking Centuries with the box behind the cab (like the C636s) and the high-adhesion trucks (although not for the Reading). The original owners were Green Bay & Western (1), New York Central (10), Reading (2) and Seaboard Coast Line (3). Successor railroads which owned them included Penn Central, Conrail, Susquehanna, Louisville & Nashville, Western New York & Pennsylvania and Morristown & Erie.

Around 30+ years ago, Tyco and Alco Models produced HO scale models of these in plastic and brass, respectively.

Other HO scale products to be announced at this weekend's TrainFest are New Orleans streetcars, & PRR H30 covered hoppers.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/12 20:22 by RuleG.

WNYP has three C430s still working for a living in NY and PA.

~Steve Sloan

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They will also be releasing a New Orleans streetcar and a PRR H30 covered hopper. -------- Ken McCorry

Announcing a C-430 is all well and good. But when, if ever, will we actually get them? The Bowser C-636's were due now and have been pushed back until Sept 2013. Would we see a C-430 before 2015?

KG

For the C430, lets not forget SCL, they had the 3 ex Demo units. SCL 1275 even has "Pulling for You" on it. SCL 1275 is ex ALCO demo 1 and the 1276 is ex ALCO demo 2. The SCL 1275 is shot in Waycross, GA on 03/29/1975. The SCL 1276 was shot in Tampa, FL at the Uceta Shops on 11/02/1978.

Stan

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Now if they'd at least react to customer email that would be good.
I've been asking for replacement parts for several months now without any reaction.
New product is nice but supporting current models would come first...

Jürgen Dietrichkeit
Weilheim, BY

I see that Bowser's homepage predicts the delivery of the C-430 for 2103. I don't know if I can wait that long.

KG

Here's a look at HO-scale ALCO Century 430 Diesel models: http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/c430/

Wow, what a difference through the years on that model. One thing not shown is the excellent version done by OMI on the C430. Just to draw the analogy to the OMI C636 which was also a very good model; there doesn't seem to be alot of them coming up on ebay even though the Bowser is coming.

Rick

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> I see that Bowser's homepage predicts the delivery
> of the C-430 for 2103. I don't know if I can wait
> that long.
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> KG
LOL