<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Greetings All:<div>The surviving N&W C425HH #1013 has a cameo appearance in the movie “Trains, Planes and Automobiles” starring John Candy and Steve Martin. This should be a very cool model coming from Bowser. </div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Chris Dalton </div><div>Bluefield, WV</div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 17, 2025, at 8:47 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Jim,<div><br></div><div>Right off I cannot list all the differences between the low and high hood C425’s. The low hood units came from Wabash heritage and the high </div><div>hoods were N&W ordered. I few details I can elaborate with the high hood units are:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Battery boxes under the sill on the right side with long hood as front.</div><div>2. Two steps at cab entrances</div><div>3. Custom fuel tanks bulges - these dimensions are on the Tiger Valley Models fact sheet which I can provide later for those interested.</div><div>4. Both air tanks on the left side, size is different from most ALCO tanks. Main reason for battery location.</div><div><br></div><div>I did my model several years ago from an Atlas model. However had to find an Atlas C420 for the high hood as the Bowser high hood</div><div>from their C630 did not fit correctly. I had a friend mill the fuel tank bulges from brass to add weight.</div><div><br></div><div>Will I purchase one? Maybe! I moved my modeling period to the mid/late 80’s these were retired. I did model 1013 as she stayed on the roster till my time frame. 1013 is now somewhere in New York, forget the name of the tourist road that owns her. I had heard the Delaware Lackawanna was trying to purchase the 1013.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 16, 2025, at 18:03, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">James, all,<div>I am not a huge diesel guy, so I looked 'em up on our database and it appears we had both low and high hood versions, is this correct? Were there any other distinguishing differences between these versions other than hood height? If the Society were to offer a version which one would you prefer and would you purchase one?</div><div>Let me know,</div><div>Jim Cochran</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM NW Modeling List <<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Bowser has announced the ALCO C425 including a N&W high hood.<div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://bowser-trains.com/new/C425.html" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(227,227,227);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span id="cid:ii_199ef09b5ff3356722b1"><26076.jpeg></span></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E3E3E3" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(227,227,227)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://bowser-trains.com/new/C425.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#272727" style="">New Alco C425 Locomotive</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://bowser-trains.com/new/C425.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#808080" style="">bowser-trains.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div><br><div>
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