<div dir="ltr"><div>The N&W rostered 17 C425s. 7 by merger from the Wabash and 10 that were purchased new from ALCO by the N&W. The 7 from the Wabash had low short hoods, single control stands, short hood front, and no dynamic brakes. The 10 purchased new from ALCO had standard N&W features: high short hoods, dual control stands, long hood front, and dynamic brakes, The former Wabash units had Phase I carbodies while the 10 purchased new from ALCO by the N&W had Phase II carbodies.</div><div><br></div><div>Bowser produces very good models. Their most recent models are superb. The 2 Southern passenger F3A's and numerous RS3's (N&W, EL, D&H, LV, WM) are first class models. The upcoming C425s will be equally good. I have 2 on pre-order; 1 N&W and 1 EL.</div><div><br></div><div>Ed Painter - a Native Virginian from Narrows, VA, currently living in Cohutta, GA</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 7:18 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 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"><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" target="_blank">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"><img style="width: 300px; height: 159px;" width="300" height="159" alt="26076.jpeg" src="cid:ii_199ef09b5ff3356722b1"></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="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.847)">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="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.498)">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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