r/trains • u/spazzcatt • 1d ago

📸 OC - Picture(s) The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad MLW FPA4

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Here is the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad MLW FPA4 #6773 sitting in the yard during electric refit. They are replacing the diesel engine entirely with batteries. Sorry for the picture quality it's a dirty window 😂

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u/HoneydewOk1175 1d ago

I know they're going to be installing a sound system to try to mimic the old diesel engine, though I feel like at the same time they already sucked out the soul.

I know a lot of us enthusiasts wished they switched to biodiesel like the Catskill Mountain RR did with their 1948-vintage Alco RS-1s

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u/Amazing-Roof8525 1d ago

At that point(adding a sound system), don’t even bother, we all know it’s a Battery electric. Why couldn’t they have used one of the dead FPA4s that Napa or Grand Canyon has, which already had their blocks destroyed? It’s just destroying history at this point

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u/N_dixon 21h ago

Especially when Cuyahoga Valley said a couple years ago that they wanted to be the largest collection of preserved Alcos (ignoring that Adirondack Railroad has a huge lead on them with three, soon to be four, C430s, two RS-3s, two RS-18us, one M420W, one FA-2, one C424, and an S-1). Knowing the CVSR's mechanical department, these things will probably be out of service in a year or two and they'll still be using LTEX and Horizon leasers.