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Portfolio of Diesel Daus' STARATTRACTIONS OIL CREEK & TITUSVILLE RAILROAD "Through the Valley that changed the World" Diesel Days in Titusville, PA June 22-23,2019 Diesel Fuel-A product of refined crude oil found within the oilbear- ehem Steel until 1979 and sold to New York &Lake Erie Railroad. ing sands and shale of the earth at locations where the ancient geolog She was leased to affiliate OCTL in 1986 and shipped to Titusville for of vegetation and animal decay has been entombed for centuries. The diesel engine, named for Rudolph Diesel, would not have been devel et if not for the pioneering efforts of Col nel Edwir Drake of #850C&TOCRES ALCO GE, I Ohpfoylinde turb charged, Titusville who produced the first commerciallscaled il well in the $2switcher. Built 1950 in Schenectady,NY for South Buffalo Railway, alley adjoining Titusville in 1839. The oil boom created in this valley also for operation at Beth Steel's Lackawanna plant. Bought by NYLE caused entrepreneurs throughout the civilized world to conceive ofin she was shipped to Meadville to replace leased Conrailpower on OCTL's novative ideas for the use of this liquid "black gold. The industrial Corry to Meadville line, transferred to Titusville and sold to OCRHS revolution that accelerated the creation of wealth, construction, ma- in 1999 chinery and all forms of commerce that made America great vas fueled by oil and its products and Titusville was its epicenter As diesel-powered railway locomotives displaced coal-fired steam eeALO0 in Canada), 2,000hp, 12 olinder, turbo-charged, model locomotives, great industrial corporations competed to produce loco M-420(W) road switcher. Bui 1977 in Montreal, Quebec for Canadian motives of great horsepover, tractive effort and efficiency. start-up of the OC&T #3568 OCTL, MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS AIM licens- 1950 National Raihay as #2568, later t3568, sold to NYLE for use on Trilli. um Railway in Tillsonburg. Ontario, shipped to Titusville in 2003. This unit equipped with GE Canada electrical equipment including GE AC LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric Com main alternator producing AC current to be rectified for the 4 CE (DC) pany (GE), at one time, combined their engineeingtalents and joint- traction motors. y marketed dieselelectric locomotives in order to compete with the Electromotive Division of General Motors ENID. Bal in W stinghouse, Lima 1 on tive (later BU and c der, turbo dang d model RS-3 road switcher. Built 1952 #4112 Pairbank-Morse, among others. One-by-one these great companies in Schenectady, NY for Delaware and Hudson Raiway. Rebuil to ceded market share to General Electric Company's Transportation 2000hp with 251 engine as DHRS-3m. Became Tioga Central 506 and Products Group, which now has merged with Westinghouse Airbrake er sold to WNYP, renumbered 406. Company to form Wabtec. WabteoGE became the dominant builder ofdiesel electric locomotives located in Erie, PA END became a unit #1950 LAKE SHORE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ace, of Progress Rail a dhision of The Caterplar Company and Siemens, 25 ton, 150hp, 6 cylinder, industrial plant switcher, built in 1950 for of Germany, entered the USA to build passenger locomotives in Cali Pennsylvania Power Compary then a private owner who sold the fornia. In recognition of the major role Titusville has played in the origin to LSRHS. of diesel fuel and its use in the rail road industry,the il Creek Railway Historical Society developed an innovative celebratory event for the Ol Creek &Titusville alroad called Diesel Days" where we hae assembled several distinct examples of the locomotive builders craft. We will be, of course, running two, 26 mile, 3hr trips per day, Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 Through the Valley that changed the World. In addition, we will run three, Ihr shorter trips cach day onthe Fieldmore Line within Titusile's industrial enirons. #406 WESTERN NY & PENNSYLVANIA 'ALCOCE, L60hp. I2 Critter to Elwood National Forge who subsequently donated 1950 OIL CREEK & TITUSVILLE RAILROAD Perry Street Station 409 South Perry St. Titusville, PA 16354 LOCOMOTIVES IN USE AND ON DISPLAY We will have locomotives on display for up close and personal exam nation with knoledgeable personnel to narrate and answer technical questions for young and old admirers. 814-676-1733 www.octrr.org #75 0IL CREEK & TITUSVILLE LINES, ALCOCE. 1.000hp, 60 inder, turbo-charged, model S-2 switcher. Built 1947 in Schenectady NY for South Buffalo Railway, operated in Lackawanna, NYa Beth- Portfolio of Diesel Daus' STARATTRACTIONS OIL CREEK & TITUSVILLE RAILROAD "Through the Valley that changed the World" Diesel Days in Titusville, PA June 22-23,2019 Diesel Fuel-A product of refined crude oil found within the oilbear- ehem Steel until 1979 and sold to New York &Lake Erie Railroad. ing sands and shale of the earth at locations where the ancient geolog She was leased to affiliate OCTL in 1986 and shipped to Titusville for of vegetation and animal decay has been entombed for centuries. The diesel engine, named for Rudolph Diesel, would not have been devel et if not for the pioneering efforts of Col nel Edwir Drake of # 850C & TOCRES ALCO GE , I Ohpfoylinde turb charged , Titusville who produced the first commerciallscaled il well in the $2switcher. Built 1950 in Schenectady,NY for South Buffalo Railway, alley adjoining Titusville in 1839. The oil boom created in this valley also for operation at Beth Steel's Lackawanna plant. Bought by NYLE caused entrepreneurs throughout the civilized world to conceive ofin she was shipped to Meadville to replace leased Conrailpower on OCTL's novative ideas for the use of this liquid "black gold. The industrial Corry to Meadville line, transferred to Titusville and sold to OCRHS revolution that accelerated the creation of wealth, construction, ma- in 1999 chinery and all forms of commerce that made America great vas fueled by oil and its products and Titusville was its epicenter As diesel-powered railway locomotives displaced coal-fired steam eeALO0 in Canada), 2,000hp, 12 olinder, turbo-charged, model locomotives, great industrial corporations competed to produce loco M-420(W) road switcher. Bui 1977 in Montreal, Quebec for Canadian motives of great horsepover, tractive effort and efficiency. start-up of the OC&T # 3568 OCTL , MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS AIM licens- 1950 National Raihay as # 2568 , later t3568 , sold to NYLE for use on Trilli . um Railway in Tillsonburg. Ontario, shipped to Titusville in 2003. This unit equipped with GE Canada electrical equipment including GE AC LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric Com main alternator producing AC current to be rectified for the 4 CE (DC) pany (GE), at one time, combined their engineeingtalents and joint- traction motors. y marketed dieselelectric locomotives in order to compete with the Electromotive Division of General Motors ENID . Bal in W stinghouse , Lima 1 on tive ( later BU and c der , turbo dang d model RS - 3 road switcher . Built 1952 # 4112 Pairbank-Morse, among others. One-by-one these great companies in Schenectady, NY for Delaware and Hudson Raiway. Rebuil to ceded market share to General Electric Company's Transportation 2000hp with 251 engine as DHRS-3m. Became Tioga Central 506 and Products Group, which now has merged with Westinghouse Airbrake er sold to WNYP, renumbered 406. Company to form Wabtec. WabteoGE became the dominant builder ofdiesel electric locomotives located in Erie , PA END became a unit # 1950 LAKE SHORE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ace , of Progress Rail a dhision of The Caterplar Company and Siemens, 25 ton, 150hp, 6 cylinder, industrial plant switcher, built in 1950 for of Germany, entered the USA to build passenger locomotives in Cali Pennsylvania Power Compary then a private owner who sold the fornia. In recognition of the major role Titusville has played in the origin to LSRHS. of diesel fuel and its use in the rail road industry,the il Creek Railway Historical Society developed an innovative celebratory event for the Ol Creek &Titusville alroad called Diesel Days" where we hae assembled several distinct examples of the locomotive builders craft. We will be, of course, running two, 26 mile, 3hr trips per day, Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 Through the Valley that changed the World. In addition, we will run three, Ihr shorter trips cach day onthe Fieldmore Line within Titusile's industrial enirons. # 406 WESTERN NY & PENNSYLVANIA ' ALCOCE , L60hp . I2 Critter to Elwood National Forge who subsequently donated 1950 OIL CREEK & TITUSVILLE RAILROAD Perry Street Station 409 South Perry St. Titusville, PA 16354 LOCOMOTIVES IN USE AND ON DISPLAY We will have locomotives on display for up close and personal exam nation with knoledgeable personnel to narrate and answer technical questions for young and old admirers. 814-676-1733 www.octrr.org # 75 0IL CREEK & TITUSVILLE LINES , ALCOCE . 1.000hp , 60 inder, turbo-charged, model S-2 switcher. Built 1947 in Schenectady NY for South Buffalo Railway, operated in Lackawanna, NYa Beth-