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B&O Steam Locomotive Roster (Post 1900)

Last revised: September 18, 2026

By: Adam Burns

The Baltimore & Ohio was never a wealthy road. It climbed where the Pennsylvania and the New York Central did not, left New York from Jersey City, and still put passenger trains on the timetable as if the dining car mattered. George H. Drury, in Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, puts the twentieth-century fleet in that light: 414 E-27 Consolidations with the firebox over the rear drivers, Q-class Mikados that included the first USRA locomotive built, 2-10-2 “Big Sixes” that were fast for the type, and thirty Baldwin 2-8-8-4 EM-1s the railroad would rather have skipped for diesels. The company that ran them is the Baltimore & Ohio. Diesels are the diesel roster. This page is the steam after 1900.

Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore bought, built, and rebuilt long after most Class Is had stopped ordering steam. Last public steam was Q-4b Mikado 421 (ex-4434) on a farewell between Cleveland and Holloway, Ohio, May 17, 1958. A few engines were still on the books at the start of 1960. The tables below follow Drury’s post-1900 class grid, including Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, Buffalo & Susquehanna, Coal & Coke, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western, and Morgantown & Kingwood power that took B&O numbers.

Baltimore and Ohio 4-6-2 5309 with a short train at North Ogden Avenue Chicago January 9 1956

Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 #5309 has a short train at North Ogden Avenue in Chicago on January 9, 1956. The Great Northern Chair Company is in the background. American-Rails.com collection. Class P-7, Baldwin, 1927—one of the President Pacifics, two years from the end of steam.

On this page: At a glance · A mountain road · Consolidations, Mikados, Big Sixes · Old Maude to the EM-1s · Pacifics, Presidents, experiments · May 17, 1958 · Roster: switchers · Roster: freight · Roster: articulateds · Roster: passenger

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadBaltimore & Ohio. Mark BO. Company Baltimore & Ohio
This rosterClasses built since 1900, after Drury, pages 73–77, including absorbed BR&P, B&S, CH&D, CI&W, Coal & Coke, and M&K power
ShopsMount Clare, Baltimore. Also Cumberland, Grafton, Willard
Freight backbone197 E-24 Consolidations (Pennsy H6 copies, 1902–04); 414 E-27s, 1905–10; Q-class Mikados from 1911, including USRA Q-3 4500
Big Sixes31 class S 2-10-2s, 1914; 125 S-1s, Baldwin and Lima, 1923–26, 64-inch drivers
ArticulatedsFirst U.S. Mallet: 0-6-6-0 Old Maude, Alco 1904. Then 0-8-8-0s, 2-8-8-0s, BR&P 2-6-6-2s, SAL 2-6-6-4s, thirty EM-1 2-8-8-4s
PassengerP-class Pacifics, twenty P-7 Presidents of 1927, USRA light P-5s. Hudsons and the 4-4-4-4 Emerson were experiments
Last public steamMay 17, 1958. Q-4b 421, Cleveland–Holloway. Remnants on the roster into 1960
Survivors (notable)Q-3 4500 and P-7 5300 President Washington at the B&O Railroad Museum. No EM-1. No Big Six

Roster follows Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives (revised edition), pages 73–77, with Q-1c 4220–4329 added from the Mikado class page. Brooks, Schenectady, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Rhode Island, and Cooke in the builder column are Alco works. Information compiled September 18, 2026.

A mountain road that still ordered steam

By 1900 the main ran from Philadelphia through Baltimore and Washington to Cumberland. There it split: one route to Chicago via Pittsburgh and Akron, the other to St. Louis via Cincinnati. The original line, Grafton to the St. Louis main through Wheeling and Newark, Ohio, met the Chicago line at Chicago Junction, later Willard. Leonor F. Loree took control in 1901 and spent money on double track and easier grades. Pennsylvania control ended in 1906. Daniel Willard became president in 1910. In the next two decades the map filled out: Coal & Coke, Elkins to Charleston; pieces of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western; the Chicago & Alton; the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and the Buffalo & Susquehanna on January 1, 1932.

Coal was the largest commodity. It was never the coal volume of the Chesapeake & Ohio or the Norfolk & Western. Helpers were standard over Sand Patch between Cumberland and Connellsville, and over the grades west of Cumberland toward Grafton and Parkersburg. Mount Clare could take a Mikado or a Pacific boiler and make a Mountain. That culture, and a fuel that came off B&O sidings, kept steam in the shops after the FTs of 1942–43. The recession of the late 1950s did what policy had not: traffic fell, and the diesels could move what was left.

E-24s, 414 E-27s, then Mikados and Big Sixes

Freight outgrew the Mogul before 1900. Two late batches of ten 2-6-0s each, 1911 and 1917, were Chicago switchers that looked like close-coupled 0-6-0s with a lead truck. First Consolidations had come in 1873; the last new ones in 1910. Compounds were in vogue at the turn of the century: 39 E-18s and 111 Camelback E-19s from Baldwin. Under Pennsylvania influence, 1902–04, came 197 class E-24s, duplicates of Pennsy H6s. Then the fleet: 414 class E-27s, Schenectady and Richmond, 1905–10. Number 2500 was the first. The firebox sat over the rear pair of drivers. Many later became L-class 0-8-0s at Mount Clare. The class survey is B&O 2-8-0s.

Baldwin turned two E-27s into 2-8-2s in 1911–12, Q-odd 4160 and 4161, in service until 1949. At the same time it built 220 Mikes from scratch, Q-1 and subclasses, 24×32 cylinders, 205 pounds. Class Q-1c, 4220–4329 of 1913, is on the Mikado page and missing from some printed grids; those engines were gone by 1941. Q-2 was assigned to eight Lima Mikes from the CI&W. Next were 100 USRA light Mikados, Q-3 4500–4599. Number 4500 was the first USRA locomotive built. It survives at the B&O Railroad Museum. Baldwin then built 135 Q-4s, 1920–23, 26×32 cylinders, 220 pounds, about 327,000 pounds on the engine. All three large classes had 64-inch drivers. In 1941–42 Mount Clare rebuilt four Q-4s with 70-inch drivers as Q-4d 4635–4637. Rather than build more of those, the railroad built Mountains. The Mikados are class Q.

Heavy grades asked for more than a 2-8-2. Class S 2-10-2s, 6000–6030, Baldwin 1914, had 58-inch drivers and worked drag. Then 125 S-1s, 6100–6224, Baldwin and Lima, 1923–26: same 30×32 cylinders, 220 pounds instead of 205, and 64-inch drivers. Most 2-10-2s were slow. The S-1s were not. Crews called them Big Sixes after the 6000 number series. They lasted into 1959 on the Toledo, Akron, and Chicago divisions after diesels took Sand Patch. None were saved. The class is Big Six.

During the war the railroad needed Pittsburgh–Chicago freight faster than the Mikes could do it. The four Q-4ds were a test. Mount Clare then built forty T-3 4-8-2s, 5555–5594, 1943–48, 70-inch drivers, cast-steel beds, boilers lengthened from old Mikados and Pacifics. Some had Vanderbilt tenders, some rectangular. In 1947 thirteen Boston & Maine Mountains became T-4 5650–5662, 73-inch drivers. The Mountains are class T.

Old Maude, 2-8-8-0s, and thirty Yellowstones

In 1904 John E. Muhlfeld, superintendent of motive power, had Alco Schenectady build America’s first Mallet, an 0-6-6-0 numbered 2400, later 7000, class DD-1. Two engines under one boiler: 20×32 high-pressure cylinders at the rear, 32×32 low-pressure at the front, 71,500 pounds tractive effort—almost twice an E-27. It went to the St. Louis World’s Fair, then to Sand Patch as a pusher, then to the hump at Willard. Long before the torch in 1938 it was Old Maude. The 0-8-8-0s that followed are class LL-1.

Baldwin in 1911 added a front engine to an E-24 and made a 2-6-8-0. It lasted six years and went back to a Consolidation. That experiment is the 2-6-8-0 page. Schenectady then built thirty 0-8-8-0s, LL-1 7020–7049, 1911–13: 26- and 41-inch cylinders, 56-inch drivers, 105,000 pounds tractive effort. Slow and complicated. Baldwin 2-8-8-0s followed, EL-1 and EL-2 in 1916, EL-3 in 1917, EL-5 in 1919–20. Between 1927 and 1944 the railroad converted 64 of 86 2-8-8-0s to simple articulateds. Eleven LL-1s were rebuilt as 2-8-8-0s, class EL-4. Sixteen Seaboard 2-8-8-2s became EL-6 2-8-8-0s with 63-inch drivers.

BR&P brought fifty-five 2-6-6-2s that became KK-4 7500–7554, and nine 2-8-8-2s that became EE-2 7316–7324. In 1947 ten Seaboard 2-6-6-4s, 69-inch drivers, became KB-1 7700–7709. Crews liked them. The last new articulateds were thirty simple 2-8-8-4 EM-1s, Baldwin, 1944–45, 7600–7629, later 650–679 in the 1950s renumber. Drury’s verdict is the one the photographs remember: they were modern, and they were not what the B&O wanted. The War Production Board was still rationing diesels. None survive. The class is EM-1; the type is Yellowstone.

Pacifics, twenty Presidents, and the experiments

Last new Ten-Wheelers were 1901: nine B-17 and thirty-five B-19 Vauclain compounds from Baldwin, thirty-five B-18 cross-compounds from Rhode Island. All three classes were simplified within a few years. Atlantics replaced Americans on the easier grades. Six A-class Vauclain compounds of 1900 became simple A-1s in 1904. Twenty A-2s from Schenectady in 1903 copied Pennsylvania E3as. Twenty-five A-3s came from Baldwin in 1910. Three Buffalo & Susquehanna Atlantics lasted; two of them ran until 1948 on a piece of line the 1942 floods had cut off from the rest of the railroad.

The Pacific was the B&O passenger engine. Hudsons and the first Mountains were experiments; later Mountains were fast freight. First Pacifics, class P, thirty-five from Schenectady in 1906, 74-inch drivers, inboard piston valves, Stephenson gear, numbered 2100–2134, then 5000–5034, then some into the 5150s. Baldwin P-1s of 1911 were the mainstay; classification through P-1a, P-1aa, and P-1ba, and conversions from Mikados, is a tangle best left on the class page. CH&D Pacifics became P-2. Then the Teens batches: thirty P-3s, ten P-4s with Vanderbilt tenders, thirty USRA light P-5s, fifteen P-6s. In 1927 Baldwin delivered twenty P-7s, 5300–5319, for Washington–New York after Reading power had handled the trains east of Philadelphia. Olive green, red and gold, named for the first twenty-one presidents (one engine stood for both Adamses). They were USRA heavy Pacifics in all but the lettering. 5300 President Washington is at the museum. Four later wore Otto Kuhler streamlining for the Cincinnatian. The Pacifics are class P.

Mount Clare’s experimental streak is the rest of the passenger column. J-1 4-4-4 Lady Baltimore, 1934, and V-2 4-6-4 Lord Baltimore, 1935, were lightweight steam for the restyled Royal Blue. They lost to Electro-Motive boxcab 50. V-1, V-3, and V-4 were one-off Hudsons. T 5500–5501 of 1925–26 were the first Mountains, 5500 carrying the Lord Baltimore name until the Hudson took it. T-1 5510 (watertube firebox) and T-2 5550 (conventional) were Baldwin 1930 tests for George Emerson. In 1937 Mount Clare built 4-4-4-4 N-1 5600, the George H. Emerson, first duplex in the country. Cylinders under the firebox overheated. Scrapped 1950. The type is duplex drive.

May 17, 1958

One of the first Alco-GE-Ingersoll-Rand boxcab switchers went to work in 1925. EMC 50 arrived in 1935. Ten two-unit passenger diesels followed in 1937–40. Six four-unit FTs came in 1942–43. Steam still came out of Mount Clare: T-3s through 1948, EM-1s the railroad had not asked for. GP7s and F7s then ate the West End, the Big Sixes, the Presidents. The 1950s renumbering shoved remaining steam into low numbers to free the 4000s and 5000s for diesels. Q-4b 4434 became 421 and pulled the last public steam train, Cleveland to Holloway, May 17, 1958. Drury notes engines still on the roster at the beginning of 1960. That is a paper date. Fire had gone out in 1958. The diesels that replaced this fleet—EA 51 on the Capitol Limited, FTs, F3s, F7s, Geeps, and the second-generation GP30s after C&O control—are the diesel roster.

Switchers

L-1 and L-2 0-8-0s were Mount Clare rebuilds from E-24 and E-27 Consolidations. D-44 390–394 are five ex-BR&P F3 0-6-0s; one of that BR&P class is displayed at Bellevue, Ohio. USRA 0-6-0s, D-30, lasted into 1956.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
0-4-0C-1376, 772Baldwin19021948
0-4-0TC-1696–994Baldwin19121944–1951
0-6-0D-2991–944Pittsburgh1900–011930Ex-CH&D
0-6-0D-35330–3323Cooke19021928Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-36333–3353Brooks19051934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-37336–3383Brooks19011934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-38339–3435Lima19161934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-30350–36920Baldwin19191956USRA
0-6-0D-30370–38920Alco19191956USRA
0-6-0D-44390–3945Brooks19041954Ex-BR&P F3 152–156
0-8-0L-2 through L-2c600–714115B&O1924–19411959Rebuilt from E-27 2-8-0s
0-8-0L-4, L-4a772–78918Brooks1918, 19231956–1958Ex-BR&P F4 520–537
0-10-0U950, 9512B&O1926–271953
0-8-0L-1, L-1a1000–108586B&O1923–19291959Rebuilt from E-24 2-8-0s
0-6-0D-71137–117640Richmond, Baldwin1901, 19031948
0-6-0D-231180–11845Baldwin19061947Camelback
0-6-0D-1211971Richmond19251953

Freight (rigid)

Number blocks were reused after the 1932 BR&P and B&S takeovers. A 3100 in 1904 is not a 3100 after those Consolidations left. Q-1c 4220–4329 is from the Mikado encyclopedia; Drury’s printed grid jumps from Q-1b to Q-3.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
2-8-0E-374131Baldwin19061936Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-384141Baldwin19181939Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-39415, 4162Baldwin19031947Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-40417–4226Baldwin1907, 19091938Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-41425–43410Baldwin19161950Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-434361Baldwin19001929Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-44437, 4382Alco19011929Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-454391Alco19051934Ex-CI&W
2-6-0K-16901–91010Baldwin19111949Chicago transfer
2-8-0E-291706–172116Brooks19051937Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-301722–173615Baldwin19051954Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-321737–17404Baldwin1904–051929Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-191771–1779, 1800–1899109Baldwin1900–011935Camelback compound
2-8-0E-181900–193839Baldwin19001936Compound
2-8-0E-191939, 19402Baldwin19001935Compound
2-8-0E-231955–19584Schenectady19021925
2-8-0E-19aa1959–19657Baldwin19031935Simple
2-8-0E-242200–2397197Richmond, Pittsburgh, Rogers1902–041956Pennsy H6 copies
2-6-0K-172441–245010Lima19171954Chicago transfer
2-8-0E-272500–2913414Schenectady, Richmond1905–101959Many rebuilt to L-2 0-8-0s
2-8-0E-312914–293320Brooks19101957Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-332934–294512Baldwin1903–061950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-342946–29494Baldwin1912–131950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-352950, 29512Baldwin19141950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-362952, 29532Baldwin19161950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-52 through E-583010–309683Baldwin, Brooks1901–091950Ex-BR&P
2-8-0E-60, E-60a3100–314242Brooks, Pittsburgh1904–121957Ex-B&S
2-8-2Q-14000–4159160Baldwin19111956
2-8-2Q-odd4160, 41612Baldwin1911–121949Rebuilt from 2-8-0s
2-8-2Q-24162–41698Lima19161950Ex-CI&W
2-8-2Q-1b4170–421950Baldwin19121956
2-8-2Q-1c4220–4329110Baldwin19131941From the Mikado class page; omitted on some printed grids
2-8-2Q-4, Q-4a, Q-4b4400–4499, 4600–4634135Baldwin1920–231959Last public steam was Q-4b 421, ex-4434
2-8-2Q-34500–4599100Baldwin19181959USRA light. 4500 first USRA locomotive; preserved
2-8-2Q-4d4635–46373B&O1941–42195570-inch drivers, rebuilt from Q-4s
2-8-2Q-104700–474748Brooks1912–171959Ex-BR&P Z 400–447
2-10-2S6000–603031Baldwin1914195358-inch drivers
2-10-2S-16100–6224125Baldwin, Lima1923–261959Big Sixes. 64-inch drivers
2-10-0Y6500–65078Brooks1907, 19091951Ex-BR&P

Articulateds

Old Maude was 2400 at the 1904 fair and at the Fair of the Iron Horse in 1927; the later system number is 7000. EL-4s were LL-1 0-8-8-0s given a lead truck. KK-2 7450 is a Baldwin 1930 one-off kept from the live table; Drury’s printed grid lists KK-1 and KK-4 only.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
0-6-6-0DD-12400 / 70001Schenectady19041938Old Maude. First U.S. Mallet
0-8-8-0LL-17020–704930Schenectady1911–131950
2-8-8-0EL-47020–704911B&O1919–231950Rebuilt from LL-1
2-8-8-0EL-17100–711415Baldwin19161954
2-8-8-0EL-37115–714430Baldwin19171952
2-8-8-0EL-57145–717026Baldwin1919–201954
2-8-8-0EL-27200–721415Baldwin19161952
2-8-8-0EL-67300–731516Richmond1917–211954Ex-SAL 2-8-8-2s; simplified 1922
2-8-8-2EE-2, EE-2a7316–73249Brooks1918, 19231950–51Ex-BR&P XX 800–808
2-6-6-2KK-174001Baldwin19301953Watertube firebox
2-6-6-2KK-274501Baldwin19301953
2-6-6-2KK-47500–755455Schenectady, Brooks1914–231951–53Ex-BR&P LL 700–754
2-8-8-4EM-17600–762930Baldwin1944–451960Later 650–679. None preserved
2-6-6-4KB-17700–770910Baldwin1935, 19371953Ex-SAL

Passenger

P-7 5320, class P-9, was President Cleveland with Caprotti gear and a watertube boiler, rebuilt in 1945 to a standard P-7. V-2 2 / 5340 took the Lord Baltimore name from Mountain 5500 in 1935.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
4-4-4J-11 / 53301B&O19341949Lady Baltimore
4-6-4V-22 / 53401B&O19351949Lord Baltimore
4-6-0B-551631Baldwin19061947Ex-M&K
4-6-0B-561641Baldwin19091946Ex-M&K
4-6-0B-57165–1706Schenectady19161938Ex-CI&W
4-6-0B-58171–18010Baldwin19161953Ex-CI&W
4-4-0G-186301Baldwin19031936Ex-M&K
4-4-0H-12717, 7182Baldwin19051929Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-3862, 8632Baldwin19061936Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-48641Baldwin19121924Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-5865–8673Brooks19041930Ex-CI&W
4-4-0M-6, M-6a868, 8692Alco1904, 19061929–30Ex-CI&W
4-6-0B-171328–13369Baldwin19011935Vauclain compound
4-4-2A-31424–144925Baldwin19101944
4-4-2A, A-11450–14556Baldwin1900–011929Vauclain compound; simplified as A-1
4-4-2A-21456–147520Schenectady19031923, 1947Pennsy E3a copies
4-4-2A-91484, 14852Schenectady19041948Ex-B&S. Isolated after 1942 floods
4-4-2A-1014861Brooks19061936Ex-B&S
4-4-2A-61487, 14882Brooks19011937Ex-BR&P
4-4-2A-71489–14913Brooks19011936Ex-BR&P
4-4-2A-8, A-8a1492–14965Brooks1906, 19091937Ex-BR&P
4-6-0B-182000–203435Rhode Island19011950sCross-compound, later simple
4-6-0B-192035–206935Baldwin19011934Vauclain compound
4-6-2P5000–503435Schenectady19061950First B&O Pacifics
4-6-4V-150471B&O19331950
4-6-2P-25095–50995Schenectady19101948Ex-CH&D
4-6-2P-35100–512930Baldwin19131950
4-6-2P-45130–513910Baldwin19171952Vanderbilt tenders
4-6-2P-175140–51489Brooks1912–131953Ex-BR&P
4-6-2P-185185–51928Brooks19181953Ex-BR&P
4-6-2P-85196–51994Alco19241952Ex-CI&W
4-6-2P-55200–521920Baldwin19191953USRA light
4-6-2P-55220–522910Schenectady19191956USRA light
4-6-2P-65230–524415Baldwin19221949Vanderbilt tenders
4-6-2P-195260–52645Brooks19231953Ex-BR&P WW-2
4-6-2P-75300–531920Baldwin19271958Presidents. 5300 preserved
4-6-2P-953201B&O19281956President Cleveland. Caprotti, watertube; rebuilt 1945 to P-7
4-6-4V-353501B&O19351950
4-6-4V-453601B&O19361950
4-8-2T5500, 55012B&O1925, 192619535500 first named Lord Baltimore
4-8-2T-155101Baldwin19301951Watertube firebox
4-8-2T-255501Baldwin19301952
4-8-2T-35555–559440B&O1943–481960Boilers from old Mikes and Pacifics
4-4-4-4N-156001B&O19371950George H. Emerson. First duplex
4-8-2T-45650–566213Baldwin1935–401958Ex-Boston & Maine

Related reading on American-Rails.com

Sources

  • Drury, George H. Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition. Waukesha: Kalmbach Books, 2015. Pages 73–77, B&O post-1900 class grid and narrative
  • Edson, William D. Steam Locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio: An All-Time Roster. Potomac: William D. Edson, 1992
  • Mainey, David. Baltimore & Ohio Steam in Color. Scotch Plains: Morning Sun Books, 2001
  • Reynolds, Kirk, and David Oroszi. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Osceola: MBI Publishing, 2000
  • Staufer, Alvin F., and Lawrence W. Sagle. Baltimore & Ohio Steam and Electric Locomotives
  • American-Rails class pages: Q Mikados (Q-1c 4220–4329; Q-10 into 1959; 4500 preserved); P Pacifics (5300); Big Sixes; EM-1; LL-1 / Old Maude; Emerson; T Mountains; E Consolidations
  • Leonard, Richard. B&O Q-4 4434 / 421, last steam passenger May 17, 1958, Cleveland–Holloway
  • Live American-Rails post-1900 B&O steam tables (March 13, 2025), retained as the starting grid and corrected as listed above

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    Nov 02, 26 01:13 PM

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    Reading and Northern expects to begin operating about 59.65 miles of Luzerne County rail line on November 23, 2026. The package is $7 million in cash plus $3 million in track work.

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  12. Second Daily Pennsylvanian Begins November 18

    Nov 02, 26 12:19 PM

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    A second daily Pennsylvanian round trip between New York and Pittsburgh begins November 18, 2026, after 46 years with one round trip. Each city gets a morning departure and an afternoon departure.

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  13. MBTA Sets November Meetings on Regional Rail

    Nov 02, 26 12:10 PM

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    The MBTA will hold virtual meetings on November 4 and November 17, 2026, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., on a plan to turn Commuter Rail into Regional Rail with more frequent servic

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  14. Wisconsin Central Diesel Roster (Soo Line Years)

    Nov 01, 26 11:31 PM

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    Diesels built new for the Wisconsin Central in the Soo Line years. 97 locomotives, Alco 24 and Electro-Motive 73. These 97 are already inside the Soo Line roster of 786.

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  15. Wisconsin Central Ltd. Diesel Roster

    Nov 01, 26 11:22 PM

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    Wisconsin Central Ltd. diesels, 1987 to 2001. Thirty locomotives with a number fixed by another roster on this site or by a photograph. The fleet stood at 244 units. More than 100 were SD45s.

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  16. Wisconsin Central Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Nov 01, 26 11:20 PM

    Wisconsin Central steam locomotives built since 1900. The quantity column is 156. Consolidations, Mikados, Atlantics, Ten-Wheelers, Pacifics, and Mountains. The Soo 4-8-4s stay on the Soo roster.

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  17. Wisconsin Central Railway: Map, History, Logo, Roster

    Nov 01, 26 11:15 PM

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    Two railroads kept the Wisconsin Central name. The 1871 line was leased to the Soo on April 1, 1909 and merged January 1, 1961. Wisconsin Central Ltd. ran from October 11, 1987 until Canadian National…

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  18. Watchmen Talks Extended at Los Angeles and Long Beach

    Nov 01, 26 10:41 PM

    Suggested meta description: The Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU Local 26 extended their contract through 5 p.m. Pacific Time on November 4, 2026, moving a November 1 deadline at the ports of Los…

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  19. LIRR September Ridership Tops the 2019 Mark

    Nov 01, 26 10:39 PM

    The Long Island Rail Road carried 102 percent of its September 2019 ridership in September 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul said on October 28. Metro-North carried 323,423 riders on October 24 and 25.

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  20. North Carolina Awards the Rogers Road Bridge in Wake Forest

    Nov 01, 26 10:22 PM

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    NCDOT on October 28, 2026 awarded a contract to Blythe Construction for a bridge over the CSX S-Line on Rogers Road in Wake Forest. Work can start as early as November 30, with opening aimed at fall 2…

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  21. Trinity Books 2,190 Railcar Orders in the Third Quarter

    Nov 01, 26 10:17 PM

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    Trinity Industries on October 29, 2026 reported 2,190 new railcar orders and 2,030 deliveries in the third quarter. The company expects industry deliveries below 25,000 railcars in 2026.

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  22. New York Central's Jade Green E Units

    Nov 01, 26 09:25 PM

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    In 1961 the New York Central tried Century Green, called Jade Green, on E8As 4053 and 4083 and E7B 4107. Dark gray became the passenger scheme. The green stayed on freight cars.

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  23. FRA Awards $1.24 Billion for Grade-Crossing Work in 37 States

    Nov 01, 26 12:48 PM

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    The Federal Railroad Administration on October 30, 2026, awarded $1.24 billion for 91 grade-crossing projects in 37 states under the Railroad Crossing Elimination program.

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  24. PATH Director Clarelle DeGraffe Will Retire at the End of 2026

    Nov 01, 26 12:43 PM

    Clarelle DeGraffe will retire at the end of 2026 after 37 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. James Sincaglia will succeed her as PATH director.

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  25. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway Suspends Trains After a Rockslide

    Nov 01, 26 12:30 PM

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    The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway has suspended all trains indefinitely after a rockslide near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2026. Tickets through November 15 will be refunded.

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  26. Georgia Marks the Opening of the Gainesville Inland Port

    Nov 01, 26 12:06 PM

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    Norfolk Southern and Georgia Ports marked the Gainesville Inland Port on October 29, 2026. The terminal opened May 4 and can handle 200,000 containers a year at full build-out.

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  27. BLET Members Ratify Five-Year Deal on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern

    Nov 01, 26 11:48 AM

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    Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members have ratified a five-year agreement with CPKC covering Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern lines. Engineers' hourly pay rises 41.42 percent over the…

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  28. Canada Lists Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as a Project of National Interest

    Nov 01, 26 11:03 AM

    On October 30, 2026, Canada listed the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 container project at the Port of Vancouver as a project of national interest. The listing includes a widened causeway for rail.

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  29. Amtrak Finishes the First Street Tunnel Work South of Union Station

    Nov 01, 26 09:59 AM

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    Amtrak on October 26, 2026 finished nine days of work at A Interlocking in the First Street Tunnel south of Washington Union Station. Trains south of the station are back.

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  30. CPKC Asks the STB to End the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Review

    Nov 01, 26 12:23 AM

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    CPKC on October 30, 2026 asked the Surface Transportation Board to end its review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, citing remarks by the Union Pacific chief executive.

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  31. U.S. Rail Traffic Rose 7.8 Percent in the Week Ending October 24

    Nov 01, 26 12:13 AM

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    U.S. railroads moved 538,503 carloads and intermodal units in the week ending October 24, 2026, up 7.8 percent from a year earlier, the Association of American Railroads said.

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  32. Schneider Will Shift Its Eastern Intermodal Freight to NS

    Nov 01, 26 12:06 AM

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    Schneider said October 29, 2026 that Norfolk Southern will be its primary eastern railroad. The move from CSX begins next month, with official implementation on January 1.

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  33. Union Pacific Dispatchers Will Vote on ATDA Representation

    Nov 01, 26 12:00 AM

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    The National Mediation Board has authorized a representation election for Union Pacific train dispatchers. The American Train Dispatchers Association announced the decision on October 29, 2026.

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  34. Wabash Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 31, 26 12:35 AM

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    Wabash diesel locomotives, each frame once, through the lease at 12:01 a.m. on October 16, 1964.

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  35. Wabash Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)

    Oct 31, 26 12:30 AM

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    Wabash steam locomotives built since 1900. Moguls, Mikados, Mountains, and the O-1 Northerns.

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  36. Wabash Railroad: Map, Rosters, History, Logo

    Oct 31, 26 12:28 AM

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    History of the Wabash Railroad, from the Northern Cross of 1838 to the Norfolk & Western lease at 12:01 a.m. on October 16, 1964. Follow the Flag. Steam and diesel rosters are separate pages.

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  37. Court Clears $257.7 Million in Notes for Brightline Florida

    Oct 31, 26 12:18 AM

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    A New Jersey bankruptcy court on October 29, 2026 authorized $257.7 million in notes for Brightline Trains Florida. The operating company is not one of the 17 debtor holding companies.

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  38. Brightline West Still Waiting on a $6 Billion Federal Loan

    Oct 31, 26 12:11 AM

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    Brightline West said October 27, 2026 that it is still working through a $6 billion federal loan and still talks about opening in 2029. The Florida restructuring is a separate company.

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  39. BNSF Reopens the Gallup Subdivision After New Mexico Flooding

    Oct 31, 26 12:06 AM

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    BNSF said October 28, 2026 that both Gallup Subdivision main tracks are back after flooding near Laguna, New Mexico. The El Paso Subdivision was still out of service.

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  40. CSX Says Interchange Is Moving Again After a Technology Outage

    Oct 31, 26 12:01 AM

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    CSX said October 29, 2026 that interchange with other Class I railroads is moving again after a technology outage that began October 27. Dispatching and positive train control stayed up.

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  41. Baldwin "Baby Face" Locomotives: Specs, Photos, Roster

    Oct 30, 26 11:01 PM

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    Baldwin's Babyface cab on the early road diesels: 50 short-cab units, 1946-1948, plus the related Centipede. Construction numbers, specs, and the sharknose that followed.

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  42. California High-Speed Rail Chief Resigns

    Oct 30, 26 08:36 PM

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    Ian Choudri resigned October 28, 2026 as chief executive of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The board named Joe Stephenshaw interim chief executive.

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  43. The 1910 Portal Bridge Is Handed Over for Demolition

    Oct 30, 26 04:03 PM

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    Amtrak handed the 1910 Portal Bridge over for demolition on October 29, 2026, during the final cutover to Portal North. Regular NJ Transit and Amtrak schedules are expected November 15.

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  44. Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Review Runs to 2027

    Oct 30, 26 03:59 PM

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    Union Pacific says the Surface Transportation Board's review of the Norfolk Southern merger gathers information through May 28, 2027. A closing still depends on board approval.

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  45. Amtrak Board Will Hear Restructuring Comments on November 10

    Oct 30, 26 03:41 PM

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    Amtrak's board will hear public comments on its restructuring on November 10, 2026, from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern. Written comments were due October 30. A proposal goes to the board in December.

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  46. Canadian Pacific Selkirk 5931 Restored in Calgary

    Oct 30, 26 01:36 PM

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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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. 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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  50. 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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