Central Vermont Diesel Locomotives: History, Roster & Photos
Published: September 17, 2026
By: Adam Burns
Central Vermont dieselized last among the New England railroads. Alco S-2s arrived in January 1942. Road switchers and Electro-Motive GP9s finished steam in the spring of 1957. The last steam run was April 4: 4-8-2 no. 602 on a freight. The CV in the diesel era is best remembered for its green and yellow livery, whether in CN's original livery or the later, simplified scheme.
Central Vermont GP9 #4925 has southbound train #76 stopped at Essex Junction, Vermont, on February 11, 1961. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection. Class GR-17k, Electro-Motive, March 1957.
On this page: At a glance · Alco switchers and RS units · GP9s, 1956–57 · GP18s and GP38ACs · Grand Trunk Corporation to 1995 · All-time roster
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | Central Vermont Railway. Mark CV. Parent Canadian National from January 20, 1923 |
| First diesels | Alco S-2 7918–7919, class MS-10a, January 1942. Later 8094–8095; to Grand Trunk Western October 1967 |
| Last steam run | April 4, 1957, 4-8-2 no. 602, freight |
| Builders | Alco (S-2, S-4, RS-3, RS-11). Electro-Motive (SW1200, GP9, GP18, GP38AC) |
| Road switchers | Four RS-3s, 1954. Fifteen RS-11s, 1956, all ex-Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific |
| GP9s | The CV freight engine of the diesel years. Built 1956–57, some ex-GTW. Many rebuilt GP9R 1989–92. See GP9. Photo: #4925 Essex Junction |
| Second generation | Two GP18s, ex-Rock Island. Twelve GP38ACs 5800–5811, ex-GTW, December 1971 |
| Paint | Green and yellow. GP9 4924 wore a U.S. Coast Guard livery 1979–80 |
| Successor power | New England Central from February 1995. Ex-GM&O GP38s in yellow and blue, later Genesee & Wyoming paint |
Serials and dates follow the live Central Vermont roster, builder records, and the Electro-Motive GP9 production list. Information compiled September 17, 2026.
Alco first: S-2s, then RS-3s and RS-11s
The first diesels on the property were a pair of Alco S-2s, 7918 and 7919, class MS-10a, Schenectady, January 1942. They were later 8094 and 8095 and went to Grand Trunk Western in October 1967. Four S-4s followed in the 1950s: 8015 and 8027 in 1951 and 1953, 8080 and 8081 in September 1955, class MS-10j. Yard work at St. Albans and the south-end terminals was theirs. Steam still owned the road.
Four RS-3s arrived in September 1954. 1859 and 1860, serials 80747 and 80748, carried steam generators. 3041 and 3042, serials 80745 and 80746, came off Grand Trunk Western as 1861 and 1862. Fifteen RS-11s, class MR-18a 3600–3614, followed in August and September 1956. Every one of them had been Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific 3600–3614. They were 1,800-horsepower 251-engine road switchers, the last Alcos the Central Vermont rostered as a fleet. The RS-11 numbers were later reused on two GP18s.
GP9s: the locomotive that dieselized the railroad
Electro-Motive GP9s did the work the 2-10-4s and Mountains had done. The first block, 4442–4450 and 4902–4906, was built in May and June 1956 as Grand Trunk Western power (serials 21449–21462) and lettered for Central Vermont. A larger CV order followed in March 1957: 4547–4557 (serials 22836–22846) and 4923–4927 (22829–22833), with GTW 4558–4559 coming over on serials 22834–22835. Two more, 4928 and 4929 (first), serials 23995 and 23996, arrived in December 1957. #4925 at Essex Junction in 1961 is that 1957 order four years on, green and yellow, train 76 headed south.
The GP9s stayed through the paper-company years. Many were rebuilt as GP9Rs between 1989 and 1992 and renumbered into the 4600s. 4924 wore a special U.S. Coast Guard livery in 1979–80 before that rebuild. The first 4929 was wrecked in October 1972 in a head-on collision with a Boston & Maine SW1 at Belchertown, Massachusetts. A second 4929 arrived in December 1973: ex-Northern Pacific 229, Burlington Northern 1855, serial 20316, built June 1955.
Three SW1200s, 1509–1511, class GR-12j, covered what the S-2s had covered: two in April 1957 (serials 22827–22828, ex-GTW 1269–1270) and 1511 in March 1960 (serial 25743).
GP18s and twelve GP38ACs
Two GP18s filled holes in the 3600 series after the RS-11s left: 3602, serial 26934, October 1961, ex-Rock Island 1345; and 3614, serial 25451, January 1960, ex-Rock Island 1334. Second-generation road power was a dozen GP38ACs, 5800–5811, serials 37929–37940, December 1971, all ex-Grand Trunk Western. They were the last new diesels the Central Vermont lettered as its own. After 1971 the Grand Trunk Corporation treated the railroad as a paper company. Locomotives still wore CV, in the parent’s script.
February 1995
RailTex took the property in February 1995 as New England Central. The Geeps and GP38ACs that were still on the line went with the sale or back into the CN family. New England Central’s own roster—ex-Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP38s in yellow and blue, later Genesee & Wyoming paint—is the NECR page. This table stops at the CV lettering.
All-time roster
This is an owned-and-lettered Central Vermont diesel roster. Alco and Electro-Motive are listed separately. The Alco dates are builder completion, not retirement. GP9 rebuilds to GP9R are in the notes. Grand Trunk Western and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific engines that only passed through keep their home-road stories on those pages.
By model
| Model | Numbers | Qty | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alco S-2 | 7918–7919 (later 8094–8095) | 2 | 1/1942 | Class MS-10a. To GTW 10/1967 |
| Alco S-4 | 8015, 8027, 8080–8081 | 4 | 1951–55 | Class MS-10j |
| Alco RS-3 | 1859–1860, 3041–3042 | 4 | 9/1954 | 1859–1860 steam-generator equipped. 3041–3042 ex-GTW 1861–1862 |
| Alco RS-11 | 3600–3614 | 15 | 8–9/1956 | Class MR-18a. All ex-DW&P 3600–3614 |
| EMD SW1200 | 1509–1511 | 3 | 4/1957, 3/1960 | Class GR-12j. 1509–1510 ex-GTW 1269–1270 |
| EMD GP9 | 4442–4450, 4547–4559, 4902–4906, 4923–4929 | see unit table | 1956–57 | Some ex-GTW. Many to GP9R 4600s, 1989–92. Photo: #4925 |
| EMD GP18 | 3602, 3614 | 2 | 1960–61 | Ex-Rock Island 1345, 1334. Reused RS-11 numbers |
| EMD GP38AC | 5800–5811 | 12 | 12/1971 | Ex-GTW 5800–5811 |
American Locomotive Company (unit roster)
| Model | Numbers | Class | Serial | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS-3 | 1859–1860 | — | 80747, 80748 | 9/1954 | Steam-generator equipped |
| RS-3 | 3041–3042 | — | 80745–80746 | 9/1954 | Ex-GTW 1861–1862 |
| RS-11 | 3600 | MR-18a | 81934 | 8/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3600 |
| RS-11 | 3601 | MR-18a | 81935 | 8/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3601 |
| RS-11 | 3602 | MR-18a | 81936 | 8/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3602 |
| RS-11 | 3603 | MR-18a | 81937 | 1956 | Ex-DW&P 3603 |
| RS-11 | 3604 | MR-18a | 81938 | 8/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3604 |
| RS-11 | 3605 | MR-18a | 81939 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3605 |
| RS-11 | 3606 | MR-18a | 81940 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3606 |
| RS-11 | 3607 | MR-18a | 81941 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3607 |
| RS-11 | 3608 | MR-18a | 81942 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3608 |
| RS-11 | 3609 | MR-18a | 82026 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3609 |
| RS-11 | 3610 | MR-18a | 82027 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3610 |
| RS-11 | 3611 | MR-18a | 82028 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3611 |
| RS-11 | 3612 | MR-18a | 82029 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3612 |
| RS-11 | 3613 | MR-18a | 82030 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3613 |
| RS-11 | 3614 | MR-18a | 82031 | 9/1956 | Ex-DW&P 3614 |
| S-2 | 7918–7919 | MS-10a | 69653–69654 | 1/1942 | Renumbered 8094–8095. To GTW 10/1967 |
| S-4 | 8015, 8027 | MS-10j | 79227, 80467 | 10/1951, 5/1953 | |
| S-4 | 8080–8081 | MS-10j | 81400–81401 | 9/1955 |
Electro-Motive Division (unit roster)
| Model | Number | Class | Serial | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW1200 | 1509–1511 | GR-12j | 22827–22828, 25743 | 4/1957, 3/1960 | Ex-GTW 1269–1270; 1511 |
| GP18 | 3602 | — | 26934 | 10/1961 | Ex-Rock Island 1345 |
| GP18 | 3614 | — | 25451 | 1/1960 | Ex-Rock Island 1334 |
| GP9 | 4442 | GR-17d | 21449 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1768 |
| GP9 | 4443 | GR-17d | 21450 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1769 |
| GP9 | 4444 | GR-17d | 21451 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1770 |
| GP9 | 4445 | GR-17d | 21452 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1771 |
| GP9 | 4446 | GR-17d | 21453 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1772 |
| GP9 | 4447 | GR-17d | 21454 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1773 |
| GP9 | 4448 | GR-17d | 21455 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1774 |
| GP9 | 4449 | GR-17d | 21456 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1775 |
| GP9 | 4450 | GR-17d | 21457 | 5/1956 | Ex-GTW 1776 |
| GP9 | 4547 | GR-17j | 22836 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4602, 1989 |
| GP9 | 4548 | GR-17j | 22837 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4549 | GR-17j | 22838 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4623, 1991 |
| GP9 | 4550 | GR-17j | 22839 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4607, 1989 |
| GP9 | 4551 | GR-17j | 22840 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4605, 1989 |
| GP9 | 4552 | GR-17j | 22841 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4553 | GR-17j | 22842 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4554 | GR-17j | 22843 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4555 | GR-17j | 22844 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4556 | GR-17j | 22845 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4557 | GR-17j | 22846 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4558 | GR-17j | 22834 | 3/1957 | Ex-GTW 4558; rebuilt as GP9R 4613, 1990 |
| GP9 | 4559 | GR-17j | 22835 | 3/1957 | Ex-GTW 4559 |
| GP9 | 4902 | GR-17e | 21458 | 6/1956 | Ex-GTW 4902; rebuilt as GP9R 4633, 1992 |
| GP9 | 4903 | GR-17e | 21459 | 6/1956 | Ex-GTW 4903; rebuilt as GP9R 4629, 1992 |
| GP9 | 4904 | GR-17e | 21460 | 6/1956 | Ex-GTW 4904; rebuilt as GP9R 4610, 1992 |
| GP9 | 4905 | GR-17e | 21461 | 6/1956 | Ex-GTW 4905; rebuilt as GP9R 4616, 1992 |
| GP9 | 4906 | GR-17e | 21462 | 6/1956 | Ex-GTW 4906; rebuilt as GP9R 4627, 1992 |
| GP9 | 4923 | GR-17k | 22829 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4612, 1990 |
| GP9 | 4924 | GR-17k | 22830 | 3/1957 | U.S. Coast Guard livery 1979–80. Rebuilt as GP9R 4617, 1990 |
| GP9 | 4925 | GR-17k | 22831 | 3/1957 | Photo: Essex Junction, Feb. 11, 1961. Rebuilt as GP9R 4609, 1990 |
| GP9 | 4926 | GR-17k | 22832 | 3/1957 | |
| GP9 | 4927 | GR-17k | 22833 | 3/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4618, 1991 |
| GP9 | 4928 | GR-17s | 23995 | 12/1957 | Rebuilt as GP9R 4620, 1991 |
| GP9 | 4929 (1st) | GR-17s | 23996 | 12/1957 | Wrecked October 1972, head-on with a Boston & Maine SW1 at Belchertown, Massachusetts |
| GP9 | 4929 (2nd) | GR-17s | 20316 | 6/1955 | Ex-Northern Pacific 229 / Burlington Northern 1855. Acquired December 1973 |
| GP38AC | 5800–5811 | — | 37929–37940 | 12/1971 | Ex-GTW 5800–5811 |
Related reading on American-Rails.com
- Central Vermont Railway · Central Vermont steam roster · New England Central
- Canadian National diesel · Grand Trunk Western · Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific
- EMD GP9 · Alco RS-3 · American Locomotive Company
Sources
- Drury, George H. Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition, p. 103. Last steam April 4, 1957; last New England railroad to dieselize
- Electro-Motive GP9 production roster. CV 4923–4927 serials 22829–22833, March 1957; 4928–4929 serials 23995–23996, December 1957; GTW 4442–4450 / 4902–4906 serials 21449–21462
- Hofsommer, Don L. Grand Trunk Corporation: Canadian National Railways in the United States, 1971–1992. GP38AC era; paper company
- American-Rails.com: Central Vermont company; New England Central; GP9 type; RS-3 type; Canadian National diesel
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