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Atlantic Coast Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)

Last revised: October 6, 2026

By: Adam Burns

Coast Line dieselization started in the yards and then went straight at the Florida passenger trains. Alco HH660 No. 1900 arrived in March 1939. An early Electro-Motive SW, No. 1901, followed in September. The locomotives the passenger department wanted came in November: E3A Nos. 500 and 501, for the Champion, dressed in royal purple, aluminum, and yellow.

Freight cabs came during the war and just after it. George H. Drury counts 24 two-unit FT sets and 12 two-unit F2s on the property by 1946. The A units are 300–323 and 324–335, and each set has a matching B unit. By 1952 diesels were handling 99 percent of the trains. The last steam locomotive was retired on June 30, 1955. In 1957, under W. Thomas Rice, the purple gave way to black with yellow and silver. That change, and the rest of the company story, is the Atlantic Coast Line page. Steam classes are the steam roster.

Each locomotive is listed once, at the number it carried toward the merger of July 1, 1967. Earlier numbers are in the notes. Seaboard Coast Line numbers are the figures in Martin Baumann’s compilation of July 15, 2018. Electro-Motive order numbers follow Andre Kristopans’s production lists. On the Baldwin VO-1000s, the Order column is Baldwin’s own serial where that serial is tied to the same construction number. Alco switcher and Whitcomb construction numbers are in the Serial column. Alco Century order numbers and General Electric order numbers are in the Order column.

Atlantic Coast Line FP7 No. 885 with train 38 at the St. Petersburg station in 1958

FP7 No. 885 with train 38, the Jacksonville–St. Petersburg connection for the Havana Special and the Seminole, at the Atlantic Coast Line station in St. Petersburg in 1958. Howard Robins photo. No. 885 was one of 875–889, later renumbered 430–444.

On this page: At a glance · Switchers · GP7s · Freight cabs · Passenger units · Second-generation hoods

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadAtlantic Coast Line. Mark ACL. Company Atlantic Coast Line
First dieselsAlco HH660 1900, March 1939, later Lehigh Valley 116. EMD SW 1901, September 1939, sold as RT 1
First passenger cabsE3A 500 and 501, November 1939, for the Champion. No. 501 is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum
Freight cabs24 FT A units, 300–323, and 24 B units, 1943–44. 12 F2 A units and 12 F2 B units, 324–335, 1946
GP7s100–279, 1950–51, including former Charleston & Western Carolina and Columbia, Newberry & Laurens engines
Second generationGP30 900–908, January 1963. GP35 909–914. GP40 915–929. SD35 1000–1023. SD45 1024–1033. U25C 3000–3020. U30C 3021–3024. C628 2000–2010. C630 2011–2013. U30B 975–978
Last newU30B 975–978, February 1967, four units
PaintPurple, aluminum, and yellow, then black with yellow and silver from 1957. See the company page
Last steam / mergerJune 30, 1955. Into the Seaboard Coast Line on July 1, 1967

SCL numbers follow Martin Baumann, thedieselshop.us, revised July 15, 2018. Electro-Motive orders follow Andre Kristopans. General Electric orders follow the model pages. FT and F2 counts follow Drury. Information compiled October 6, 2026.

Switchers

The HH660 and the 1939 SW were gone well before the merger. What remained in the yards was a mixed fleet that had been renumbered into the 10s, 20s, and 40s: Baldwin VO-1000s re-engined with EMD 567s, a handful of NW2s, Alco S2s likewise re-engined, and ten SW8s. Two Whitcomb 65-tonners, 70 and 71, came from the Franklin & Carolina, former U.S. Army 8400 and 8800, and left the roster before 1967. Three S2s, 44–46, were Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac engines acquired in May 1966. The 600-series switchers, SW7s and SW9s, kept those numbers through the merger. Six of them, 717–720, came from the Charleston & Western Carolina.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersSerialOrderBuiltNotes
VO-100010–1199–10064266–6426756–571/1942Baldwin serials. Re-engined with EMD 12-567, 1,200 hp. Ex-606 and 607
VO-100012–13101, 10264415, 6441778, 808/1942Baldwin serials. Re-engined with EMD 12-567, 1,200 hp. Ex-608 and 609
VO-100014–15103–10464667–64668—10/1943Re-engined with EMD 12-567, 1,200 hp. Ex-616 and 617
VO-100016–18105, —, 10670156, 70158, 70168—10/1943Re-engined with EMD 12-567, 1,200 hp. Ex-619, 621, and 623. Former 621 has no SCL number
NW220—929E2961/1940Built as 601, then 600, and also carried 606 (2nd). Sold to W. R. Grace Chemical as 102 (1st)
NW221–22, 2421, 22, 241926–1928E5278–9/1942Built as 611, 613, and 615. Later 601 (2nd), 602 (2nd), and 604 (2nd)
NW223, 25 (2nd)23, 251630–1631E4684–5/1942Built as 603 and 605
HH100025 (1st)—69150—1/1940Built as 600. A different locomotive from NW2 25 (2nd)
S226–27107–10869667–69668—2/1942Re-engined with EMD 12-567C, 1,200 hp. Built as 602 and 604
S228–30109–11169971–69973—2, 6/1942Re-engined with EMD 12-567C. Built as 610, 612, and 614
S231–33112–11470200, 72024, 72055—1–5/1944Re-engined with EMD 12-567C. Built as 618, 620, and 622
S234–43115–12472879–72888—12/1944Re-engined with EMD 12-567C. Built as 624–642, even numbers only
S2449870256—8/1943Ex-RF&P 54, acquired May 1966. Re-engined with EMD 12-567C and rehooded
S245–4696–9772834, 72850—9/1944Ex-RF&P 45 and 46, acquired May 1966
SW850–5410–1415949–1595363733/1952
SW855–5915–1915954–1595863733/1952
65DE19A70—60406—12/1944Whitcomb. Ex-Franklin & Carolina 100, nee U.S. Army 8400
65DE19A71—60515—12/1944Whitcomb. Ex-Franklin & Carolina 110, nee U.S. Army 8800
SW7643–647125–1299173–917740024/1950
SW7648–651130–1339178–918140024/1950
SW9652–661134–14313129–1313861822/1951
SW9662–671144–15313960–1396961822–3/1951
SW9672–709154–19114898–1493540989–11/1951
SW9710–715192–19714936–14941409811/1951
SW971619817395645512/1952Sold to Martin Marietta Materials 9
SW7717–718199–20013022–13023617611/1950Ex-C&WC 800–801
SW97192011494241291/1952Ex-C&WC 802
SW97202021560241291/1952Ex-C&WC 803
HH6601900—69078—3/1939First diesel on the property. Sold to the Lehigh Valley as 116
SW1901—909E3079/1939Early SW model. Sold as RT 1

GP7s, 100–279

The GP7 was the Coast Line’s standard road-switcher, numbers 100–279, built in 1950 and 1951. The block includes engines that had been lettered for the Charleston & Western Carolina, 254–274, and five from the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens, 275–279, which had briefly carried Coast Line numbers 1100–1104. Sales off the roster, to the Indiana Rail Road, the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western, Louisville & Indiana, and a few dealers, are in the notes on those rows.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersSerialOrderBuiltNotes
GP7100–103785–78810217–1022050225/1950
GP7104–105789–79011129–1113050225/1950
GP7106–114791–796, 700–70211131–1113950225/1950
GP7115–116703–70411140–1114150225/1950116 sold to the Indiana Rail Road as 157
GP7117–122705–71011142–1114750225/1950
GP7123–128711–71611914–1191950409/1950
GP7129–132717–72011920–1192350409/1950
GP7133–135721–72313918–1392050992/1951
GP7136–140724–72813921–1392550992/1951
GP7141–142729–73013926–1392750992/1951
GP7143–147731–73513928–1393250992/1951
GP7148–152736–74013933–1393750992/1951
GP7153–154741–74213898–1389950872/1951Sold to the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western as 1755
GP7155–159743–74713900–1390450872/1951
GP7160–162748–75013905–1390750872/1951
GP7163–168751–75613908–1391350872/1951
GP7169–172757–76013914–1391750872/1951
GP71737611394851015/1951
GP7174–176762–76413949–1395151015/1951
GP7177–186797–80613938–1394751007/1951
GP7187–192807–81213867–1387250506/1951
GP7193–194813–81413873–1387450506/1951
GP7195–196815–81613875–1387650505/1951
GP71978171387750506/1951
GP7198–199818–81913878–1387950506/1951
GP7200–205820–82513880–1388550506/1951
GP72068261388650506/1951
GP7207–213, 216–217827–833, 836–83713887–13893, 13896–1389750506/1951
GP7214–215834–83513894–1389550506/1951Sold to Louisville & Indiana and PDRR, same numbers
GP7218–220838–84014978–14980514212/1951Later numbers 1780 and 1797 sold to Louisville & Indiana and PDRR, same numbers
GP722184114981514212/1951
GP7222–223842–84314982–14983514212/1951
GP7224–225844–84514968–14969514111/1951
GP7226–230846–85014970–14974514111/1951
GP7231, 233851, 85314975, 14977514111/1951Sold to NREX 1792 and PREX 1601
GP723285214976514111/1951
GP7234, 236–238765, 767–76914952, 14954–1495651258/1951
GP72357661495351258–9/1951
GP7239–241770–77214957–1495951259–10/1951
GP72427731496051259/1951
GP7243–245774–77614961–14963512510/1951
GP7246–247777–77814964–14965512510/1951
GP7248–249779–78014966–14967512510/1951
GP7250–253781–78415945–15948637212/1951
GP725485412897618710/1950Nee C&WC 200
GP725585512898618710/1950Nee C&WC 201. Sold to the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western as 1783 (1604)
GP725685612899617010/1950Nee C&WC 202
GP7257–258857–85812900–12901617010/1950Nee C&WC 203–204
GP7259–260859–86012902–12903617010/1950Nee C&WC 205–206
GP7261, 263–264861, 863–86412904, 12906–12907617010/1950Nee C&WC 207, 209–210
GP726286212905617010/1950Nee C&WC 208
GP7265, 267865, 86714943, 14945509512/1951Nee C&WC 211 and 213. Sold to the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western as 1785 and 1835
GP726686614944509512/1951Nee C&WC 212
GP726886814946509512/1951Nee C&WC 214
GP7269–273869–87314947–14951509512/1951Nee C&WC 215–219
GP727487415599509512/1951Nee C&WC 220. Sold to RLIX 473
GP727587511968613011/1950Ex-ACL 1100, nee CN&L 100
GP7276–277876–87712002–12003613011/1950Ex-ACL 1101–1102, nee CN&L 101–102
GP7278–279878–87915600–15601516610, 12/1951Ex-ACL 1103–1104, nee CN&L 103–104
Atlantic Coast Line FTA 311 at Rocky Mount, NC in 1965

Atlantic Coast Line FTA #311 is seen here at Rocky Mount, North Carolina on July 31, 1965. Note the word "Junk" spelled out on the portholes. Warren Calloway photo.

Freight cab units

The FT A units, 300–323, are twenty-four locomotives, and the B units under the same numbers are twenty-four more. That is Drury’s “24 two-unit FTs.” None of them received a Seaboard Coast Line number. No. 317 was wrecked at Screven, Georgia, in November 1950, and the number went to an F7A the following March. That replacement cab was itself wrecked at Floral City, Florida, in October 1956. The F2s, 324–335, twelve A units and twelve B units, arrived in August–October 1946. F2A 325 went to the Louisville & Nashville as 835. Twelve F3A and twelve F3B units, 336–347, followed in December 1948, and the F7s filled in from 348 through 429, including six former Charleston & Western Carolina cabs, 424–429. The one F9A is 417, second, serial 23465, which replaced the F7A wrecked at Floral City.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersSerialOrderBuiltNotes
FTA300–305—2013–2018E5499–11/1943
FTA306–311—2202–2207E56712/1943–1/1944
FTA312–314—2214–2216E5692/1944
FTA315–317—2401–2403E5694–5/1944317 wrecked at Screven, Georgia, November 1950
F7A317 (2nd)—2403 (2nd)70053/1951Replaced FT 317. Wrecked at Floral City, Florida, October 1956
FTA318–323—2652–2657E62012/1944
FTB300B–302B—2019–2021E5509–11/1943
FTB303B–305B—2199–2201E55011/1943
FTB306B–311B—2208–2213E56812/1943–1/1944
FTB312B–317B—2217–2222E5702–5/1944
FTB318B–323B—2658–2663E62112/1944
F2A324–335—3437–3448E6848–10/1946325 sold to the Louisville & Nashville as 835
F2B324B–335B—3449–3460E6848–10/1946
F3A336–347336–347 (1st)5683–5694E93612/1948
F3B336B–347B336B–347B5908–5919E93612/1948
F7A348–371348–371 (1st)9191–921430143/1950
F7A372–383372–38310193–1020430143–4/1950
F7A384–388384–38811909–11913612210/1950
F7A389–391389–39112392–12394612210/1950
F7A392–403392–40314859–1487031139–10/1951
F7B392B–403B392B–403B14886–1489731139–10/1951
F7A404–407—14871–14874311310/1951SCL numbers on the 1967 list were in the 300s
F7A408–418—14875–14885311311/1951417 wrecked at Floral City, Florida, in 1956. SCL numbers on the 1967 list were in the 300s
F9A417 (2nd)3092346580445/1957Replaced F7A 417
F7A419–423311–31515867–15871636312/1951
F7A424–429408–41312979–12984617212/1950Nee C&WC 900–905

Passenger units

E3A 500 and 501 were the Champion pair of November 1939. No. 500 was wrecked at Fleming, Georgia, in 1953 and returned from Electro-Motive as E8Am 500, the same serial, 958. No. 501 was wrecked at Milan, North Carolina, on July 24, 1943. Baumann’s note says it was apparently rebuilt by Electro-Motive as an E6A, using newer engines. It is at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The E6, E7, and E8 fleet that followed covered the Florida trains through the 1950s, including eight E8As bought from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. E8A 550, one of those MKT units, and SDP35 550 are two locomotives. The SDP35, serial 30531, was later numbered 1099 and is with the six-motor hoods below.

FP7s 850–893 were the postwar passenger road-switchers with steam generators. The photograph shows 885 at St. Petersburg in 1958, still in the 875–889 group. That group was renumbered 430–444, and 890–893 became 445–448, after the steam-generator equipment came off. No. 855 stayed off the Seaboard Coast Line roster.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersSerialOrderBuiltNotes
FP7430–444316–33114844–1485830839–10/1951Built as 875–889. Steam-generator equipment removed. No. 885, in the photograph, is one of this group
FP7445–448332–33517256–1725964458–9/1952Built as 890–893. Steam-generator equipment removed
E8Am500574958E267; 802211/1939; rebuilt 3/1953Built as E3A 500. Wrecked at Fleming, Georgia, in 1953. Rebuilt by EMD as E8Am 500. The compilation also lists SCL 50 on the E3A
E3A501—959E26711/1939Wrecked at Milan, North Carolina, July 24, 1943. Apparently rebuilt by EMD as an E6A, using newer engines. At the North Carolina Transportation Museum
E6A502–515—1142–1155E33511/1940–1/1941
E6A516–523—1554–1561E4461–4/1942
E7A524—3185E6573/1945Wrecked at Coward, South Carolina, in 1962
E7A525–528—3186–3189E6573–4/1945
E7A529–531—2827–2829E6356–8/1945
E8A5325753408E635; 80276/1946Built as E7A 532. Wrecked at Dillon, South Carolina, February 4, 1953. Rebuilt as E8A 532, same serial
E7A533—3409E6356/1946Lettered Norfolk & Western 533 for an interim period, then ACL 533
E7A534–537—3410–3413E6356/1946
E7A538–543—5677–5682E9357/1948
E8A544–548576–5799182–918620091/1950547 retired in 1967, before the merger
E8A549, 550 (2nd)580, 58111223–1122460823/1950Ex-MKT 52A and 52C
E8A551–552582–58311225–1122660823/1950Ex-MKT 53A and 53C
E8A553–554584–58514283, 1428562685/1951Ex-MKT 54A and 55A
E8A555–556586–58714286–1428762685/1951Ex-MKT 55B and 56A
E6B750–753655B, 656B1156–1159E33611/1940, 1/1941SCL 655B and 656B are 751 and 753
E6B754—1562E4471/1942
E7B755–758657B–660B3190–3193E6573–4/1945755 lettered Norfolk & Western 549 for a time, then returned to 755
E7B759–764661B–666B2830–2835E6356, 8/1945
E8B765–766670B–671B9534–9535201112/1949Ex-RF&P 1052–1053
FP7850–859675–68313051–1306061794/1951855 did not go to the Seaboard Coast Line
FP7860–869684–69313971–1398061795/1951
FP7870–874694–69814839–1484330838–9/1951

Second-generation hoods

The black-and-yellow hood units are the last new power the Coast Line bought in its own name. Nine GP30s, 900–908, came in January 1963, then six GP35s and fifteen GP40s, 915–929, the GP40s in November and December 1966. Six-motor Electro-Motive units ran from SD35 1000, a former demonstrator, through SD45 1024–1033. The single SDP35, built as 550 and later 1099, shares serial neighborhood 30531 with that SD35 block. Alco C628s and three C630s, 2000–2013, twenty-one General Electric U25Cs, 3000–3020, and four U30Cs, 3021–3024, handled the same heavy trains. Four U30Bs, 975–978, in February 1967, were the last locomotives delivered before the merger.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersSerialOrderBuiltNotes
GP30900–9071300–130727989–2799676371/1963
GP3090813082799776471/1963
GP35909–9121400–140328535–28538767710/1963
GP35913–9141404–140528539–28540767810/1963
GP40915–9281500–151332350–32363792911–12/1966
GP40929151432364571712/1966
U30B975–9781700–170336144–3614715462/1967Last new power before the merger
SD35100019002903577156/1964Ex-EMD demonstrator 7715
SD351001–10031901–190329036–2903877156/1964
SD351004–10061904–190629594–29596775212/1964
SD351007, 10091907, 190929597, 29599775212/1964
SD351008, 10101908, 191029598, 29600775212/1964
SD35101119113051878159/1965
SD351012–10181912–191830519–3052578159/1965
SD351019–10201919–192030526–3052778159/1965
SD351021–10221921–192230528–3052978159/1965
SD35102319233053078159/1965
SD451024–10331924–193331840–31849570312/1966Sold to VMV Enterprises 8900–8909
SDP35550, later 10991099; 6003053178169/1965The compilation lists SCL 1099 against 550 and SCL 600 against 1099. E8A 550 is a different locomotive
C6282000–20032200–220384899–84902—12/1963
C6282004–20102204–2210—3393-01–3393-0712/1964
C6302011–20132211–2213—3408-01–3408-037, 12/1965
U25C3000–30032100–210334969–34972181012/1963
U25C3004–30102104–211035064–35070184511/1964
U25C3011–30202111–212035609–35618187510–11/19653011–3013 later uprated to 2,800 hp
U30C3021–30242121–212436140–36143190411–12/1966First U30Cs built

ACWR Aberdeen, Carolina & Western. C&WC Charleston & Western Carolina. CN&L Columbia, Newberry & Laurens. INRD Indiana Rail Road. LIRC Louisville & Indiana. L&N Louisville & Nashville. MKT Missouri-Kansas-Texas. N&W Norfolk & Western. RF&P Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. VMV VMV Enterprises. A span of road numbers is the locomotives in that row. Where the SCL column is shorter, the note names the unit that stayed off the 1967 list. F7A 404–418 are the exception: the compilation repeats one 300-series group on both rows, so the note says only that the 1967 numbers were in the 300s. FP7 430–444 are 15 locomotives, serials 14844–14858. The SCL cell is 316–331, the span the compilation prints.

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Sources

  • Martin Baumann, Atlantic Coast Line diesel roster, thedieselshop.us/ACL.HTML, revised July 15, 2018. Road numbers, builder serials, SCL numbers, renumberings, wrecks, and dispositions. Original upload November 6, 2006
  • Andre Kristopans, Electro-Motive serial and order lists, utahrails.net. Switchers, road switchers, freight cabs, passenger units, the 40-series, and repair jobs. The index was last updated June 28, 2026
  • Model pages on this site for the SW7, SW9, VO-1000, U25C, U30B, U30C, and C628, where the serial on that page is the serial in this table
  • George H. Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition, Atlantic Coast Line chapter. Twenty-four two-unit FT sets and twelve two-unit F2s by 1946. Ninety-nine percent diesel by 1952
  • Mike Schafer, Classic American Railroads, Volume III: last steam locomotive retired June 30, 1955
  • F3A serials 5683–5694: the May 30, 2026 roster on this site, twelve numbers for 336–347. Baumann’s compilation leaves that cell blank. F3B serials 5908–5919 are the shop’s “5908-5 919”
  • E3A 501 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum: the company page. Baumann’s note on the 1943 wreck says the unit was apparently rebuilt by Electro-Motive as an E6A
  • Larry Goolsby, Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service: The Postwar Years, and the company page, for the 1957 black, yellow, and silver scheme under W. Thomas Rice

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    Heritage Park in Calgary unveiled a cosmetic restoration of Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 No. 5931 on October 27, 2026. One of two surviving Selkirks. It stays on display.

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  14. Gettysburg Railway to Host Steam for Lincoln

    Oct 30, 26 01:18 PM

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    Northern Central Railway of York No. 17 will recreate Lincoln's arrival at Gettysburg on November 18, 2026, with public steam trips November 19-21.

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  15. NC&StL No. 576 to Steam for the Public in Nashville

    Oct 30, 26 01:00 PM

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    Nashville Steam will fire NC&StL 4-8-4 No. 576 for the public on November 7, 2026, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 220 Willow Street. Admission is free.

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  16. Pennsylvania Railroad E8s Join the T1 Trust

    Oct 30, 26 12:38 PM

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    The T1 Trust has acquired former Pennsylvania Railroad E8A diesels 5702A and 5761A from the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. They are bound for Cumberland.

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  17. Ligonier Valley Railroad: History, Roster, Timetable

    Oct 30, 26 12:03 PM

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    The Ligonier Valley Railroad ran 10.5 miles from Latrobe to Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Opened December 1, 1877. Last day August 31, 1952.

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  18. Toledo, Peoria & Western Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 30, 26 10:25 AM

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    Toledo, Peoria & Western diesel locomotives, each frame once. Thirteen Alcos, three Lima-Hamilton switchers, and 26 Electro-Motive units.

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  19. Toledo, Peoria & Western Steam Roster

    Oct 30, 26 09:14 AM

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    Toledo, Peoria & Western steam locomotives from the Rogers Consolidations of 1895 through the 4-8-4s of 1937

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  20. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway: Map, Roster, History

    Oct 29, 26 11:12 PM

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    History of the Toledo, Peoria & Western. The Peoria & Oquawka, George P. McNear, the Santa Fe and Pennsylvania years, and the railroad that came back in 1989.

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  21. Cotton Belt Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 29, 26 07:58 PM

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    St. Louis Southwestern diesel locomotives, each frame once. Baldwin switchers, F units, and new Cotton Belt-lettered power through the GP60s of May 1990.

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  22. Cotton Belt Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 29, 26 06:52 PM

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    St. Louis Southwestern steam locomotives built since 1900. Consolidations, Ten-Wheelers, and twenty class L-1 4-8-4s. The quantity column is 297.

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  23. Cotton Belt Railroad: Map, Logo, History, Rosters

    Oct 29, 26 10:56 AM

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    History of the St. Louis Southwestern, the Cotton Belt Route. The Tyler Tap, Paramore's silver spike, the Thebes Bridge, the Blue Streak, and Southern Pacific control. Steam and diesel rosters are sep…

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  24. Pere Marquette Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 28, 26 11:54 PM

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    Pere Marquette steam locomotives built since 1900. Consolidations, Mikados, Pacifics, and 39 Berkshires. The quantity column is 503.

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  25. Pere Marquette Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 28, 26 11:48 PM

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    Pere Marquette diesel locomotives, each frame once. Two SW1s, 14 NW2s, three GE 70-tonners, eight E7As, and six BL2s delivered lettered Chesapeake and Ohio. The quantity column is 33.

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  26. Pere Marquette Railway: Map, Logo, Rosters, History

    Oct 28, 26 11:44 PM

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    History of the Pere Marquette Railway. Timber roads, the Prince years, the Van Sweringens, the Ludington car ferries, and the Chesapeake and Ohio merger of June 6, 1947.

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  27. Nickel Plate Road (Railroad): Map, History, Rosters

    Oct 28, 26 10:51 PM

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    History of the Nickel Plate Road, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis. The Seney syndicate, the Van Sweringens, the Berkshires, and the Norfolk and Western absorption at 12:01 a.m. on October 16, 1964…

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  28. Nickel Plate Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 28, 26 10:48 PM

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    Nickel Plate diesel locomotives, each frame once. Alco switchers and PAs, GP7s and GP9s, and the GP30s. The quantity column is 440. The 1950 fleet was 117.

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  29. Nickel Plate Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 28, 26 10:43 PM

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    Nickel Plate steam locomotives built since 1900, including the Lake Erie and Western, the Clover Leaf, and the Wheeling engines that took Nickel Plate numbers. The quantity column is 786.

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  30. EMD "E9" Locomotives: Specs, Roster, History

    Oct 28, 26 10:37 PM

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    EMD E9 cab units and boosters, 2,400 horsepower, built April 1954 through January 1964. Gear ratios, specifications, and the production roster by owner, serial, and order.

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  31. NYC 4-6-4 #5344, "Commodore Vanderbilt"

    Oct 28, 26 04:31 PM

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    NYC J-1e Hudson 5344, the Commodore Vanderbilt. Alco, November 1931. Carl Kantola’s shroud, December 1934, then a Dreyfuss bullet nose in 1939. Scrapped at Collinwood in 1954.

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  32. New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad: A South Bend Shortline

    Oct 28, 26 11:05 AM

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    The New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois, the Jersey Line, ran from South Bend to Pine. Singer built it in 1905. Wabash stock control came in 1926. Two diesels, and the steam the record names.

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  33. Monon Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 28, 26 10:13 AM

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    Monon diesel locomotives, each frame once. F3s, nine BL2s, the C420s, and eight U23Bs. The quantity column is 96. The 1951 fleet was 57.

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  34. Monon Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 28, 26 10:09 AM

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    Monon steam locomotives built since 1900. Twelve-Wheelers, Mikados, light Pacifics, and thirteen six-wheel switchers. The quantity column is 148.

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  35. Monon Railroad: Map, Photos, History, Logo

    Oct 28, 26 09:55 AM

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    History of the Monon, the Hoosier Line. The New Albany & Salem, the X at Monon, Barriger's streamliners, and the Louisville & Nashville merger of July 31, 1971.

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  36. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 28, 26 09:48 AM

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    All-time diesel roster of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. 406 locomotives, each frame once. Baldwin switchers, Alco cab units, F units, Geeps, and the SD40-2s.

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  37. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 28, 26 09:43 AM

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    Missouri-Kansas-Texas steam locomotives built since 1900. Moguls, Mikados, Pacifics, and the narrow-gauge shop tanks. The quantity column is 715.

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  38. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy): Map, History, Rosters

    Oct 27, 26 11:02 PM

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    History of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, the Katy. The race into Indian Territory, Gould, the 1923 railroad, the Texas Special, and the 1988 sale. Steam and diesel rosters are linked.

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  39. Soo Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 27, 26 10:55 PM

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    All-time diesel roster of the Soo Line and the Wisconsin Central. 786 locomotives, each frame once. Cab units, Geeps, the Milwaukee Road engines, and the SD60s. The South Shore's 24 stay on that page.

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  40. Soo Line Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 27, 26 10:49 PM

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    Soo Line and Wisconsin Central steam locomotives built since 1900. Consolidations, Mikados, Pacifics, 21 Mountains, and four Lima 4-8-4s.

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  41. Soo Line Railroad: Map, Logo, History, Rosters

    Oct 27, 26 10:24 PM

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    The Soo Line, from the flour millers' railroad around Chicago to the Sault, the Wisconsin Central, and the Milwaukee Road. Steam quantity 422. Diesels 786. Canadian Pacific took full control in 1990.

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  42. Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway: Map, History, Rosters

    Oct 27, 26 10:32 AM

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    The Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern, the Dan Patch Line that became a Twin Cities belt. Steam, gas-electric mules, motor cars, and the 22 diesels, through the Soo Line.

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  43. Minneapolis & St. Louis Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 27, 26 10:27 AM

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    All-time diesel roster of the Minneapolis & St. Louis. 97 locomotives, each frame once. Switchers from 1938, 35 RS-1s, the FT and F-unit cabs, two SD7s, and 23 GP9s. Builder numbers included.

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  44. Minneapolis & St. Louis Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 27, 26 10:25 AM

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    Minneapolis & St. Louis steam locomotives built since 1900. Moguls, Consolidations, 35 Mikados, and five Pacifics.

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  45. Minneapolis and St Louis Railway: "The Peoria Gateway"

    Oct 27, 26 09:52 AM

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    The Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Tootin' Louie, from the 1870 charter to the Peoria Gateway and the Chicago & North Western sale on November 1, 1960.

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  46. Alco "PA" Locomotives: Restoration, Specs, Engine, Rosters

    Oct 27, 26 12:12 AM

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    Alco's PA passenger cab, 297 locomotives built from 1946 to 1953. The 244 engine, the production roster, the Delaware & Hudson PA-4s, and Nickel Plate Road 190.

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  47. Milwaukee Road Diesel Roster: (All Time)

    Oct 26, 26 01:44 PM

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    All-time diesel roster of the Milwaukee Road. 1,208 locomotives, each frame once. Alco, Baldwin, Davenport, EMD, Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric, and Whitcomb, with builder numbers.

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  48. Milwaukee Road Steam Roster (All-Time): Post-1900

    Oct 26, 26 01:38 PM

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    Milwaukee Road steam locomotives built since 1900. Prairies, Mikados, the N-class articulateds, the S-class 4-8-4s, and the Hiawatha Atlantics and Hudsons. Quantity column 1,974. Unique frames 1,951.

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  49. Milwaukee Road: Map, Electrification, Logo, History

    Oct 26, 26 01:20 PM

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    The Milwaukee Road, from the Milwaukee & Mississippi of 1850 to the Pacific Coast Extension, the Hiawathas, and the Soo Line sale. Why Lines West should have stayed.

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  50. Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad: Map, Roster, History

    Oct 25, 26 11:38 PM

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    Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, reporting mark LSI, from the Marquette Range to the Presque Isle ore dock. The 1954 steam list and the diesels the railroad owned.

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