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Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Steam Roster: Post-1900

Last revised: September 17, 2026

By: Adam Burns

Coal was cheap on the Chesapeake & Ohio, so steam lasted. Lima’s 2-6-6-6 Alleghenies of 1941–48 and Baldwin’s last 2-6-6-2s of 1949 were still new when Electro-Motive GP7s took the branches. Main-line steam was finished in 1956. H-6 1308’s last run was February 29 that year, Peach Creek to Russell.

The tables below are the post-1900 class grid from the live roster, including Hocking Valley (merged 1930) and Pere Marquette (merged June 6, 1947) power that took C&O numbers.

Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-6 H-8 1642 leading empty coal hoppers into the yard at Handley West Virginia circa 1955

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 #1642 leads empty coal hoppers into the yard at Handley, West Virginia, circa 1955. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection. Class H-8, Lima, 1941–48—sixty Alleghenies, nearly new when steam ended.

On this page: At a glance · Coal and a late diesel · Consolidations and Mikados · Mallets, H-7s, Alleghenies · T-1s and Kanawhas · Pacifics, Mountains, Greenbriers, Hudsons · 1956 · Roster: switchers and Shays · Roster: freight · Roster: passenger

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadChesapeake & Ohio Railway. Mark CO. Pere Marquette merged June 6, 1947; Hocking Valley 1930
This rosterClasses built since 1900, including HV, PM, C&O of Indiana, and other absorbed power that took C&O numbers
FuelBituminous coal. Cheap on-line fuel is why steam lasted into 1956, as on the Norfolk & Western
Articulateds2-6-6-2s from 1910 through Baldwin H-6 1300–1309 of 1949 (last Baldwin steam for a U.S. railroad). 2-8-8-2 H-7/H-7-A. 2-6-6-6 H-8, 60 engines, Lima 1941–48
Super PowerForty T-1 2-10-4s, Lima 1930, Russell–Toledo coal. Ninety K-4 Kanawhas, 1943–47
PassengerF-class Pacifics, J Mountains, twelve Greenbriers (J-3/J-3-A), L-2 and L-2-A Hudsons, five L-1 4-6-4s rebuilt from F-19 Pacifics
TurbinesThree M-1 steam-turbine-electrics, 500–502, 1947–48, for the never-launched Chessie. Scrapped 1950
Last steam1956. H-6 1308 last run February 29, 1956. GP7s and GP9s took the work
ShopsHuntington, W.Va. (heavy repair). Clifton Forge, Russell, Handley, Richmond
Survivors (notable)H-8 1601 and 1604; H-6 1308 and 1309; J-3-A 614; L-1 490; a dozen K-4s including 2716

Alvin Staufer, C&O Power, is the standard steam book. Information compiled September 17, 2026.

Cheap coal, and a railroad that ordered steam in 1949

C&O’s twentieth-century freight engine was a coal engine. Consolidations filled the branches; compound 2-6-6-2s worked the hollows; simple 2-8-8-2s and then 2-6-6-6s took Alleghany grade between Hinton and Clifton Forge; 2-10-4s hauled 160-car trains Russell to Toledo. Passenger trains used Pacifics, then Mountains, then Greenbriers and Hudsons. Huntington Shops could rebuild almost anything. That culture, and a fuel that came out of C&O sidings, kept new steam coming after most Class Is had stopped: Kanawhas through 1947, fifteen more Alleghenies in 1948, five poppet-valve Hudsons in 1948, ten Baldwin H-6 Mallets in 1949, even thirty new 0-8-0s in 1948 that the railroad sold to the Norfolk & Western almost unused.

Diesels won anyway. Parts and the auxiliary steam market disappeared. GP7s arrived in 1950. By 1956 the steam roster was stored or cut up. Some G-7 and G-9 Consolidations sat until the torch in 1961. That is a scrap date, not a last run.

G-class Consolidations, then Mikados

The backbone before the Mallets was the 2-8-0. Class G-6, Richmond 1899–1901, 351–425, still shows in a post-1900 table because the last of the order is 1901. G-7, 790–994, more than two hundred engines from Richmond and Baldwin 1903–07, and G-9 1010–1059 of 1909, were the standard mine-run and local freight power for a generation. Smaller lots came with the Hocking Valley, the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville, Abingdon Coal & Iron, and the Pere Marquette. Number 1060 was used twice: G-11 2-8-0s from the CC&L, then K-5 Mikados from the Pere Marquette after those Consolidations were gone.

Mikados followed. C&O’s own K-1s, 1100–1155, Richmond 1911–14; then fifty K-2s and fifty K-3s in 1924 and fifty K-3-A in 1925–26, still Richmond, still 2-8-2s, the last large Mike orders. Hocking Valley and Pere Marquette Mikes took K, K-5, K-6, and K-8. After 1943 the dual-service 2-8-4 did the fast freight the Mikes had done on the Kanawha Subdivision.

2-6-6-2s, H-7s, and sixty Alleghenies

Alco Schenectady delivered H-1 1301 in 1910, the first C&O 2-6-6-2. H-2 1302–1325 followed from Richmond in 1911. Class H-4, 1325–1474, about 150 engines, 1912–18, was the fleet. USRA light Mallets became H-5 1520–1539. H-6 copies, 1475–1519, came in 1920–23. The type is the C&O 2-6-6-2 page. Hocking Valley 2-6-6-2s became H-3 1275–1299. In 1949 Baldwin built ten more H-6s, 1300–1309, on a number block freed by earlier retirements. They worked Peach Creek / Logan. 1309 was Baldwin’s last steam locomotive for a U.S. railroad. 1308 and 1309 survive.

Simple 2-8-8-2s, H-7 1540–1565 (Alco 1923–24) and H-7-A 1570–1589 (Baldwin 1926), were the mountain coal engines until the Alleghenies. Lima built sixty 2-6-6-6 H-8s, 1600–1659, in 1941–44 and 1948. They were among the heaviest steam locomotives ever built, designed for Alleghany summit, later used west of the Ohio as well. 1601 and 1604 are preserved. The class encyclopedia is Allegheny.

T-1 Texas and K-4 Kanawha

Lima’s forty T-1 2-10-4s, 3000–3039, 1930, were Super Power for the Russell, Kentucky–Toledo coal trains: 69-inch drivers, 93,350 pounds tractive effort plus booster, 13,500-ton trains with help only at the Sciotoville bridge and Powell Hill north of Columbus. They lasted into 1952–53, supplemented late by H-8s. The class is T-1.

The Kanawha, C&O’s name for a 2-8-4, was the dual-service engine of the last years. Ninety K-4s, 2700–2789, Alco and Lima, 1943–47, 69-inch drivers, 69,350 pounds tractive effort. They owned the Kanawha Subdivision, Handley to Russell, freight and, until the 1948 Greenbriers, passenger. Twelve were set aside for display; 2716 has had excursion careers. Pere Marquette Berkshires became C&O N-1, N-2, and N-3, 2650–2699. The C&O class is Kanawha.

Pacifics, Mountains, Greenbriers, Hudsons, turbines

F-15 through F-19 Pacifics, 1902–26, handled the F.F.V. and then the George Washington until larger power arrived. F-19 490–494 were rebuilt at Huntington in 1946–47 as streamlined L-1 4-6-4s; 490 is preserved. Baldwin L-2 and L-2-A Hudsons, 300–307 and 310–314, 1941–42 and 1948, were the last new passenger steam. The L-2-As had Franklin poppet valves. Class survey: F 4-6-2.

Three J-1 Mountains, 540–542, 1911–12, and seven J-2s, 543–549, 1918–23, took the mountain passenger trains. None survive. Lima Greenbriers—J-3 600–604 of 1935, 605–606 of 1942, J-3-A 610–614 of 1948—were 4-8-4s named for the Greenbrier River and the resort at White Sulphur. 614 is the survivor. Classes: J 4-8-2 and Greenbrier.

Three Baldwin–Westinghouse M-1 steam-turbine-electrics, 500–502, 1947–48, were meant to prove coal could still beat the diesel on The Chessie. They did not. Scrapped 1950. The locomotives are C&O’s M-1s.

Pere Marquette Pacifics and Hocking Valley Ten-Wheelers and Americans filled the F and A classes in the 300s and 400s after those mergers. RF&P Pacifics 325–328 became C&O F-20 486–489.

1956

GP7s from 1950 and GP9s from 1954 ate the mine runs, then the mains, then the varnish. Kanawhas, Greenbriers, and Alleghenies were stored still young. The last steam was the Logan 2-6-6-2s. 1308 tied up February 29, 1956. The diesels that replaced this fleet—E7s on the Pere Marquette streamliners, then Geeps by the hundred, F7s, and the second-generation GP30s and SD40s—are the diesel roster.

Switchers and Shays

C&O class C covered 0-6-0s, 0-8-0s, 0-10-0s, fireless 0-6-0s, and, on a separate number series, Lima Shays for logging branches. Class letters C-8, C-9, and C-10 were used more than once. Numbers 35–37 were an 0-6-0 in 1906 and Porter fireless engines in 1949. The 1948 Baldwin 0-8-0s 255–284 went to the N&W in 1950 as class S-1a; Lima C-16-A 240–254 went to the Virginian the same year.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
0-6-0C-3151Baldwin19001951
0-6-0TC-5131Brooks19051934Ex-Hocking Valley 119
0-6-0C-725–3410Richmond1905–061930–1952Covington & Cincinnati Elevated / Transfer & Bridge
0-6-0FC-835–373Porter1949—Fireless. Numbers reused after C-13 35
0-6-0C-13351Brooks19061929Ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron
0-8-0C-940–4910Pittsburgh1918—Ex-PM 1300–1309
0-8-0C-1050–5910Baldwin1921—Ex-PM 1330–1339
0-8-0C-1460–6910Lima19251949–1952Formerly 100–109
0-8-0C-1470–7910Lima19261950–1953Ex-HV 100–109
0-8-0C-880–823Richmond1903–19111929–1931Same class letter as the 1949 fireless engines
0-8-0C-14901Baldwin1910—
0-8-0C-15110–12415Baldwin19291952–1953Formerly C-15A
0-6-0C-6125–1295Brooks19071934, 1951Ex-HV 125–129.
0-10-0C-12130–14415Richmond1919–19231956
0-8-0C-16175–23965Alco19301954–1957
0-8-0C-16-A240–25415Lima1942–43—Sold to Virginian, 1950
0-8-0C-16255–28430Baldwin1948—Sold to N&W, 1950, class S-1a
0-8-0C-13340–35920Cooke1923—Ex-PM 1310–1329
0-8-0C-11360–36910Lima1920—Ex-PM 1401–1410
0-8-0C-16380–39415Alco19301953Ex-PM 240–254
Shay 4-truckC-91–15, 2016Lima1903–1923—Logging. Class letter also used on 0-8-0s
Shay 3-truckC-10161Lima1911—

Freight (including absorbed roads)

Brooks, Richmond, Schenectady, and Pittsburgh in the builder column are Alco works. Number blocks were reused after the Hocking Valley (1930) and Pere Marquette (1947) mergers; a 1060 or a 1300 in 1910 is not the same engine as a 1060 or 1300 in 1949.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
2-8-0G-3150–15910Brooks19101934–1949Ex-HV 150–159
2-8-0G-4160–16910Brooks19101935–1951Ex-HV 160–169
2-8-0G-5170–17910Richmond19111935
4-4-0A-8210–2112Manchester19001926–1929Ex-CC&L. Listed on live freight table
4-4-0A-5230–2323Baldwin1903–041925–1929Ex-CC&L
2-8-0G-122991Richmond19071924Ex-White Oak Railway 99
2-8-0G-6351–42575Richmond1899–19011935Order straddles 1900
2-6-0E-6425–4262Richmond1907, 19081930Ex-Island Creek Coal. 425 reused after G-6
2-6-0E-5427–4282Baldwin19081935, 1946Ex-Virginia Air Line
2-8-0G-10680–68910Baldwin19001930Ex-HV 212–224 (block as lettered)
2-8-0G-8710, 7112Richmond19071952
2-8-0G-1725–74925Brooks19111951Ex-PM 901–925.
2-8-0G-2750–77425Richmond, Brooks1910, 19111949–1951Ex-PM 601–625
2-8-0G-14785, 7862Brooks19071930Ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron 15–16
2-8-0G-7790–994205Richmond, Baldwin1903–07by 1961Scrap of stored engines; last steam ops 1956
2-8-0G-7996–10016Pittsburgh1916—
2-8-0G-91010–105950Richmond1909by 1961Same scrap note as G-7
2-8-0G-111060–108122Baldwin1903–09to 1934Ex-CC&L 201–222. 1060 later reused on K-5
2-8-2K-51060–106910Schenectady19271952Ex-PM 1041–1050
2-8-2K-61070–10745Baldwin, Alco1911–131949Ex-PM 1095–1099
2-8-0G-121080–10823Baldwin1906–071935Ex-HV 280–282
2-8-0G-1510851Pittsburgh19161951Ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron 17
2-8-2K1089–109911Richmond1912–131935–1952Ex-HV 180–190
2-8-0G-171095–10984——1929–1935Ex-Sandy Valley & Elkhorn; originally B&O
2-8-2K-11100–115556Richmond1911–141935–1953
2-8-2K-21160–120950Richmond1924—
2-8-2K-31210–125950Richmond1924—
2-6-6-2H-31275–129925Schenectady, Richmond1917–181935–1952Ex-HV 200–224
2-6-6-2H-313001Brooks1910—Ex-Chicago & Alton. Number later on 1949 H-6
2-6-6-2H-61300–130910Baldwin19491956–1957Last Baldwin U.S. railroad steam. 1308, 1309 preserved
2-6-6-2H-113011Schenectady19101930First C&O 2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2H-21302–132524Richmond191119351325 also listed as first H-4
2-6-6-2H-41325–1474150Richmond, Schenectady1912–181930–1955Fleet backbone
2-6-6-2H-61475–151945Richmond, Schenectady1920–231952–1957Post-USRA compounds
2-6-6-2H-51520–153920Schenectady, Baldwin19191952USRA Light Mallet
2-8-8-2H-71540–156526Alco1923–2419521540–1565
2-8-8-2H-7-A1570–158920Baldwin19261952
2-6-6-6H-81600–165960Lima1941–481952–1956Allegheny. 1601, 1604 preserved. Photo: 1642 Handley
2-10-2B-22000–20056Baldwin19181951Ex-C&EI 2000–2005
2-8-2K-3-A2300–234950Richmond1925–26—
2-8-2K-82350–237930Lima, Schenectady1918–191949–1951Ex-PM 1011–1040
2-8-4N-12650–266112Lima1941—Ex-PM 1216–1227
2-8-4N-22670–268112Lima1944—Ex-PM 1228–1239
2-8-4N-32685–269915Lima1937—Ex-PM 1201–1215
2-8-4K-42700–278990Alco, Lima1943–471956Kanawha. Twelve preserved
2-10-2B-12950–295910Baldwin1919—Ex-HV 130–139; built as LV 4060–4069
2-10-2B-12960, 29612Baldwin19191952Ex-PM 1198–1199; ex-HV 141, 143; built LV 4071, 4073
2-10-2B-42975–298915Brooks19181949–1952Ex-PM 1101–1115
2-10-4T-13000–303940Lima19301952–1953Russell–Toledo coal
2-10-2B-34000, 40012Alco19171949Ex-C&EI; built as Wabash 2513, 2509

Passenger

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
4-4-0A-14831Brooks19051935Ex-HV 83
4-4-0A-1584–852Brooks19071935Ex-HV 84–85
4-6-0F-1286–883Brooks19101935Ex-HV. Class letter later used on PM Pacifics
4-6-0F-1389–924Brooks, Richmond1912, 19131931–1949Ex-HV 89–92
4-4-2A-16275–29420Alco1902–19161936–1949
4-6-4L-2300–3078Baldwin1941–421955
4-6-4L-2-A310–3145Baldwin19481955Franklin poppet valves. Last new C&O passenger steam
4-6-0F-7370, 3712Manchester19001926–1929Ex-CC&L 101–102
4-6-0F-11375–38713Baldwin1902–041925–1952Ex-CC&L 103–115
4-6-2F-12405–4095Baldwin19141948–1949Ex-PM 725–729. HV F-12s already retired
4-6-2F-14410–42112Brooks19201949Ex-PM 711–722
4-6-2F-15430–45627Alco1902–19111936–1952
4-6-2F-16460–4678Baldwin19131951–1952
4-6-2F-17470–4756Richmond19141951–1952
4-6-2F-18480–4856Richmond19231952
4-6-2F-20486–4894Baldwin19271952Ex-RF&P 325–328
4-6-2F-19490–4945Richmond1926—Rebuilt 1946–47 as L-1 4-6-4s
4-6-4L-1490–4945C&O Huntington1946–471953–1955Streamlined. 490 preserved
TurbineM-1500–5023Baldwin1947–4819502-C1+2-C1-B, not 4-8-0/4-8-4. For The Chessie
4-8-2J-1540–5423Richmond1911–121951–1952None preserved
4-8-2J-2543–5497Alco, Baldwin1918–231951–1952
4-8-4J-3600–6067Lima1935, 19421953Greenbrier. 600–604 (1935), 605–606 (1942)
4-8-4J-3-A610–6145Lima19481955–1956614 preserved

Related reading on American-Rails.com

Sources

  • Live American-Rails post-1900 C&O steam tables (March 16, 2025), retained as the class grid and corrected as listed above
  • Staufer, Alvin. C&O Power. The standard C&O steam book (also cited by The Diesel Shop for the diesel companion)
  • Dixon, Thomas W., Jr. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway: A Concise History And Fact Book. Clifton Forge, Va.: C&O Historical Society, 2012. Late steam, M-1, dieselization
  • Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. Company history; last steam 1956
  • American-Rails class pages: Allegheny; 2-6-6-2; Kanawha; T-1; Greenbrier; F 4-6-2; J 4-8-2; M-1; 1308 (last run February 29, 1956)

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    WisDOT opened the draft 2027 State Freight Plan for comment through December 1, 2026. The plan covers freight rail with highways, harbors, aviation, and intermodal links. Completion is expected in sum…

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  28. U.S. Rail Traffic Rose 3.5 Percent in the Week Ending October 31

    Nov 05, 26 08:52 AM

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    U.S. railroads moved 514,080 carloads and intermodal units in the week ending October 31, 2026, up 3.5 percent from a year earlier, the Association of American Railroads said on November 4.

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  29. Muni and Bay Area Transit Measures Pass

    Nov 05, 26 08:49 AM

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    San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said on November 4, 2026 that Proposition H and a regional transit measure passed. Proposition H is about 160 million dollars a year for Muni. The regiona…

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  30. Ground Rules Set for Responsive Applications

    Nov 05, 26 08:47 AM

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    Decision No. 46, served November 4, 2026, denies a request to add Walsenburg to the Union Pacific interchange list and sets what CPKC and CN must include in responsive applications. Four CPKC proposal…

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  31. Video of the Vena Address Must Be Released

    Nov 05, 26 08:42 AM

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    The Surface Transportation Board on November 4, 2026 denied the Union Pacific appeal and ordered the March 17 shipper-conference recording released to the parties by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on November 5. C…

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  32. Chicago & North Western Iron Ore C628s

    Nov 04, 26 11:47 PM

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    Chicago and North Western C628s 6701-6730, the ex-Norfolk and Western high-hoods, in Upper Peninsula iron-ore service from the mid-1970s until December 21, 1986, and what happened to each unit.

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  33. Warrenton Railroad: Serving Warrenton, NC (1884-1985)

    Nov 04, 26 10:33 PM

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    The three-mile Warrenton Railroad, from Warren Plains to the North Carolina county seat. Chartered January 28, 1871. First train November 8, 1884. Closed in 1985.

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  34. Rio Grande Steam Locomotives (Since 1900)

    Nov 04, 26 11:40 AM

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    Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotives built since 1900. Standard gauge quantity 435 and narrow gauge 48. Challengers, 2-8-8-2s, Mountains, Northerns, and the K-27, K-28, K-36, and K-37.

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  35. Rio Grande Diesel Locomotives (All-Time)

    Nov 04, 26 11:39 AM

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    Denver & Rio Grande Western diesel locomotives, each frame once. 554 units, from the 1941 NW2 through the 1990 GP60s. FT, F3, F7, and F9 sets are not counted again under their 1950 numbers.

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  36. Rio Grande Railroad: Map, Logo, History, Rosters

    Nov 04, 26 11:34 AM

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    Denver & Rio Grande Western history, from William Jackson Palmer and the October 27, 1870 charter through the Royal Gorge, the Moffat route, the California Zephyr, and Union Pacific common control…

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  37. Lindblom Gift Expands the Fort Wayne Restoration Shop

    Nov 04, 26 11:14 AM

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    Art Lindblom gave the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society more than $1.4 million, its largest single gift, to expand the New Haven shop. The addition is planned for late 2026 and early 2027. A sepa…

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  38. Design Contract Awarded for the Forest Park Branch

    Nov 04, 26 11:09 AM

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    The Chicago Transit Board approved a design contract for about 13 miles of Blue Line track from the Illinois Medical District to the I-290 Bridge. The release summary calls it a $17 million contract…

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  39. Kanawha River Railroad: The Norfolk Southern Lease Is Renewed

    Nov 04, 26 10:51 AM

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    Kanawha River Railroad filed to keep leasing 309.45 miles from Norfolk Southern in West Virginia and Ohio. The second amendment is dated August 17, 2026. The Board has not set the date the exemption t…

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  40. Short Line Center Awarded a $5.625 Million Grant

    Nov 04, 26 10:35 AM

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    The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association received a $5.625 million CRISI grant on October 20, 2026, for the Short Line Training Center. A 25 percent match brings the project to $7.5 m…

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  41. Palestine and Rusk Track Rebuild Finishes Its First Phase

    Nov 04, 26 09:13 AM

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    The Texas & Eastern Railroad has finished the first phase of a roughly $30 million track project between Palestine and Rusk. Phase I used a $13.4 million CRISI grant. Phase II, at $8.54 million, adds…

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  42. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx Get Subway Power Design

    Nov 04, 26 09:12 AM

    STV said on November 2, 2026, that MTA Construction and Development selected the firm to manage design of 10 subway substations and 12 circuit breaker houses in four New York boroughs. No contract pri…

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  43. Chicago's Regional Transit Budget Goes Out for Comment

    Nov 04, 26 09:07 AM

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    The Northern Illinois Transit Authority opened its first regional budget for comment through December 4, 2026. The proposal is $5.04 billion for 2027 operations and $9.73 billion in capital work throu…

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  44. VIA Rail Finishes the Toronto Maintenance Centre

    Nov 04, 26 09:05 AM

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    VIA Rail completed a four-year modernization of its Toronto Maintenance Centre on November 2, 2026. The Government of Canada invested $310 million. The shop supports 32 Corridor trainsets and will sus…

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  45. Brightline Suspends Orlando Service for High Water

    Nov 04, 26 09:02 AM

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    Brightline suspended trains between Orlando and West Palm Beach on November 2, 2026, because of high water in Brevard County. A later post the same day kept the suspension until 2:00 p.m. on November…

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  46. Hiawatha West Draws Federal Funding Toward Madison

    Nov 04, 26 08:58 AM

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    Amtrak welcomed a CRISI selection for Hiawatha West, extending Chicago-Milwaukee service toward Madison, Watertown, and Pewaukee. Wisconsin said on October 16 that the award is over $218 million.

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  47. Seattle's Train Maintenance Facility Opens for Airo Trains

    Nov 04, 26 08:56 AM

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    Amtrak cut the ribbon October 23, 2026, on a $250 million Seattle shop for Airo trains on the Cascades route. The building came in on time and $50 million under budget and opens in phases through the…

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  48. Aberdeen Carolina and Western Wins a $19.9 Million Grant

    Nov 04, 26 08:46 AM

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    The Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway won a $19.9 million CRISI grant for about 30 miles of welded rail in Montgomery and Stanly counties. The railroad and NCDOT are putting up a 52 percent match…

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  49. Alco "C628" Locomotives: Roster, Data Sheet, Specs

    Nov 03, 26 07:57 PM

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    Alco Century C628: 2,750 hp C-C road switcher, 186 built from December 1963 to December 1968. Production roster, specs, and where the high-hood Norfolk and Western units went.

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  50. Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF): Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Nov 03, 26 12:54 PM

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    Santa Fe diesel locomotives, each new frame once, with construction numbers and order numbers. The counted total is 3,964, from the 1935 boxcabs through the SD75Ms.

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