1280 "City of Grayling"    

ALCO  C425M-AC

Model: C425M-AC

Builder: American Locomotive Co.

Built: 1965

Horsepower: 2000

Ex: CR #5073, exx PC #2439, nee PRR #2439

Namesake: "City of Grayling"

Nickname: Blue Devil

Notes: Originally built for the Pennsylvania RR as a Century 425, it was later modified in 1981 by General Electric in Hornell, NY and degraded to 2000HP for use on the Detroit and Mackinac Railway. 1280 was converted to AC traction and repainted by the LSRC Alpena Shops, completed on August 3rd 2000.

Here is the #1280 when it was still in Detroit and Mackinac colors back in 1999. Photo by Nathan Nietering, at Grayling,
coincidentally its to-be namesake!