1. Home
›
2. Fallen Flags
›
3. Delaware & Hudson
›
4. Diesel Roster

Delaware & Hudson Diesel Roster (All-Time)

Last revised: September 14, 2026

By: Adam Burns

The Delaware & Hudson dieselized with Alco sitting on the railroad. Schenectady was a station, not a catalog. The first S-2 switchers arrived in 1944. Steam was gone by about 1953. For the next twenty years almost every new road unit and yard goat was an Alco: S-2s and S-4s, twenty-six RS-2s, more than a hundred RS-3s, then RS-11s, RS-36s, C-420s, and eighteen C-628s. GE U-boats, three EMD SD45s, four secondhand PA-1s, and a pair of Baldwin RF-16s broke the monopoly. After Conrail’s start on April 1, 1976, Lehigh Valley GP38-2s and C-420s, Reading GP39-2s, and twenty new GP39-2s made the roster look like everyone else’s. The company story is the Delaware & Hudson. Steam is the steam roster. This page is the diesels.

A trio of Delaware & Hudson’s PA-1s (#18, #17, and #19) lead the “Susquehanna Valley Special” (Binghamton–Albany, New York) excursion near Afton, New York, on September 29, 1973. Aron Blum photo.

On this page: At a glance · The fleet · How to read it · Alco · Baldwin · EMD · GE · Related reading · Sources

At a glance

Unit identities follow builder records as compiled by Extra 2200 South, The Diesel Shop (Dick Will / R. Craig), the Bridge Line Historical Society, and Don’s Depot. Information compiled September 14, 2026.

The fleet

Yard work started with Alco S-2s (3000–3032) and S-4s (3033–3050). Road-switchers followed: RS-2s 4000–4025 (1946–49), two Montreal-built RS-2s lettered for subsidiary Napierville Junction (4050–4051), and RS-3s 4026–4129 (1950–53), the backbone of freight on the coal routes through New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. RS-11s 5000–5011 and RS-36s 5012–5023 kept the Alco 251 in the 1960s. Six of the RS-11s (5000–5005) had been built and painted as New York Central 8009–8014; the Central never accepted them, and the D&H took them in January 1961.

Heavier trains needed six motors. Alco delivered eighteen C-628s, 601–618, in 1964 and 1965—a large order for a railroad of this size, though not the biggest C-628 block (Norfolk & Western took thirty, Southern Pacific twenty-five plus the four demonstrators). The D&H sampled EMD in 1967 with three SD45 demonstrators, 801–803, its only new EMD road power until the 1970s. Those three went to Erie Lackawanna in March 1969 in trade for U33Cs 3301–3303, which became D&H 751–753; the trade reversed in December 1975, and the SD45s came home until they were sold to NdeM in 1978. GE had already entered with U30Cs 701–712 (1967) and new U33Cs 754–762 (1970). Sixteen U23Bs, first 301–316 then 2301–2316, handled four-axle road work; 312 wore 1776 for the Bicentennial.

The celebrated chapter is the four ex-Santa Fe PA-1s. Frederic C. Dumaine Jr. bought ATSF 59-L, 60-L, 62-L, and 66-L in December 1967 and numbered them 16–19. A fifth carbody, New Haven 0783, supplied parts. They wore blue, yellow, and silver on the Warbonnet outline—Lightning Stripe, not a gray passenger scheme. Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt them at Boise in 1975 as PA-4s with 2,400-horsepower 251F engines. They handled the Laurentian, then Amtrak’s Adirondack, then a short MBTA lease, and went to Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1978. All four carbodies survive: 18, restored as Nickel Plate 190, is operational on Genesee Valley Transportation’s Delaware-Lackawanna (debut July 11, 2025); 16 is under restoration at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas; 17 and 19 remain in Mexico.

As Alco parts thinned, Colonie and contractors kept the fleet alive. Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt eight RS-3s as RS-3ms (TE-56-4A), 501–508, in 1975–76; 506 was delivered as Bicentennial 1976. Two Baldwin RF-16s, 1205 and 1216, arrived in 1974 from the Monongahela; that pair has its own page. Conrail’s start on April 1, 1976, dumped directed equipment on a railroad that had stayed out of the merger: Lehigh Valley C-420s 404–415, Lehigh Valley GP38-2s 314–325 as D&H 7314–7325, and Reading GP39-2s 3401–3420 as 7401–7420, plus twenty new GP39-2s, 7601–7620, from La Grange. Long Island C-420s 200–211 were leased in 1977, still in MTA paint with a D&H shield, and left that December. GE at Hornell rebuilt nine secondhand C-424s as C-424ms 451–456 and 461–463 in 1980. Guilford closed on January 4, 1984. Most remaining Alcos were retired or sold by the June 20, 1988, bankruptcy. Canadian Pacific bought the railroad in January 1991. The Conrail-rights years also put foreign-line power on D&H trains; the tables below are units the railroad owned or lettered, plus that 1977 Long Island lease.

How to read this roster

Numbers were reused. RS-3 4123 (1st) and RS-2 4123 (2nd) are different locomotives. RS-3s 4075 and 4082 each had a second carbody. U23Bs 301–316 became 2301–2316; 315 was scrapped before the renumber. GP38-2s later wore 220-series and 7300-series numbers under Guilford and CP. GP39-2s 7401–7420 later wore Guilford 370-series numbers. U33Cs 758, 759, 761, and 762 became 658, 659, 661, and 662 in 1985. Completion dates are builder months. Retirement columns mix sold, scrapped, and last-on-roster dates as the surviving shop records give them.

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

PA-1 / PA-4 (Class P-20)

PA-1 / PA-4 data

C-420 (Class ARS-20)

200–211 were leased from the Long Island in 1977, still in MTA paint, and left in December 1977. 404–415 came from the Lehigh Valley on April 1, 1976. 401 is a later purchase: Lehigh & Hudson River 29 via Conrail 2077, on the roster about 1980, later Guilford 420.

C-424m (Class ARS-24m)

Former Erie Lackawanna and Reading C-424s. Rebuilt by GE at Hornell, New York, in 1980. Guilford later used 70, 74, and 75 on some of these carbodies.

C-628 (Class ARF-27)

Eighteen units in two orders, 601–609 in 1964 and 610–618 in May 1965. All sold in December 1978 to Diesel Supply International and subsequently leased to Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. The type encyclopedia is Alco C-628.

S-2 (Class DES)

3000–3017 were not MU-equipped; 3018–3032 were.

S-4 (Class DES)

RS-2 (Class ARS-15)

* Steam generator equipped for passenger service.
** Built by Montreal Locomotive Works, lettered for subsidiary Napierville Junction.
4123 (2nd) was previously Erie / Erie Lackawanna 908. 4019 and 4020 later went to the Long Island. 4024 and 4025 were wrecked beyond repair on train 9 at Ballston.

RS-3 (Class ARSP-16)

* Steam generator equipped for passenger service. Several late survivors (4106, 4107, 4112, 4113, 4115, 4119, 4122, 4128) became Morrison-Knudsen RS-3ms 501–508, listed below; the March 1988 dates on those RS-3 rows are the rebuilds leaving the roster as RS-3s.

RS-11 (Class ARS-18)

RS-36 (Class ARS-18)

5015 later wore a simplified blue-and-yellow scheme.

RS-3m / TE-56-4A (Class ARS-20m)

Morrison-Knudsen rebuilds of D&H RS-3s, 1975–76, typically a 2,000-horsepower 12-251C.

Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton

RF-16

The last two Baldwin RF-16s. The pair encyclopedia is D&H RF-16s 1205 & 1216. The type is Baldwin RF-16.

Electro-Motive (EMD)

SD45 (Class ERS-36)

Three former EMD demonstrators, the railroad’s only new EMD road power until the GP38-2s. Traded to Erie Lackawanna in March 1969 for U33Cs 3301–3303 (D&H 751–753); returned April 1976; sold to NdeM in 1978.

GP38-2 (Class ERS-20)

Twelve Lehigh Valley units, LV 314–325, directed to the D&H on April 1, 1976, as 7314–7325. Several later wore 220-series numbers and, under Guilford and CP, 7303–7312.

GP39-2 (Class ERS-23)

Two groups. 7401–7420 were Reading 3401–3420, directed to the D&H on April 1, 1976; several later wore Guilford 370-series numbers and most became CSX 4300-series after the 1991 sale. 7601–7620 were bought new from EMD in 1976, delivered in Lightning Stripe; Guilford sold most of that block about 1984, and many later ran for Boston & Maine, Union Pacific, and Watco (WAMX).

Ex-Reading 7401–7420

New 7601–7620

General Electric

U33C 650–656 (Class GRF-33)

Seven former Penn Central / Conrail U33Cs, acquired in 1985. Retired with the 1988 bankruptcy.

U30C (Class GRF-30)

U33C 751–762 (Class GRF-33)

751–753 were the 1969–75 Erie Lackawanna trade against SD45s 801–803. 754–762 were bought new. Guilford renumbered 758, 759, 761, and 762 as 658, 659, 661, and 662 in 1985.

U23B (Class GRF-23)

Delivered as 301–316; renumbered 2301–2316. 315 was scrapped in 1971 before the new number stuck.

Related reading on American-Rails.com

• Delaware & Hudson Railway · D&H steam roster
• RF-16s 1205 & 1216 · Laurentian · D&H 4-6-6-4s
• Alco C-628 · Alco Century series · Diesel locomotives
• Baldwin RF-16 · Lehigh Valley · Lehigh & Hudson River
• Conrail · Erie Lackawanna · Canadian Pacific

Sources

• Shaughnessy, Jim. Delaware & Hudson. Berkeley, Calif.: Howell-North, 1967; later reprints. Company context; Colonie; Alco on-line
• Cook, Preston. Before Guilford. Old Line Graphics, 1988. Pre-Guilford D&H diesel blocks
• Kirkland, John F. The Diesel Builders, Volume Two: American Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works. Pasadena: Interurban Press. RS-11 NYC 8009–8014 verbal order and return; Century production
• Will, Dick, and R. Craig. Delaware & Hudson all-time diesel roster. The Diesel Shop. Extra 2200 South, November/December 1972 and April/May/June 1976, as cited there
• Bridge Line Historical Society model notes: C-420, C-628, RS-11, U33C, GP39-2. LIRR C-420 lease 1977; L&HR 29 as D&H 401; U33C 650–656 ex-Conrail 1985
• Conrail Cyclopedia U33C roster (crcyc.railfan.net): PC/CR identities for D&H 650–654 and 656
• Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco C-628 original owners; EMD GP38-2 original owners (LV 314–325 to D&H 7314–7325)
• Don’s Depot (donsdepot.irm.org). D&H RS-11 serials 5006–5011 as 83685–83690
• Railroad Picture Archives D&H locomotive lists: RS-2 4020 serial 77571; GP38-2 7314–7325 serials and later numbers; GP39-2 7401–7420 and 7601–7620
• Canadian Pacific diesel roster archive (trainweb.us/cprdieselroster). GP38-2 7308 / 7312 heritage notes
• Trains / Railfan & Railroad, 2025: Genesee Valley Transportation PA-4 (Nickel Plate 190, ex-D&H 18) operational debut July 11, 2025; Museum of the American Railroad restoration of ex-D&H 16
• American-Rails.com D&H company, RF-16 pair, C-628, and Laurentian pages as linked above

FacebookXPinterestTumblrRedditWhatsAppMessenger

Recent Articles

• 
• 
• 

1. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad: "The Bessemer Road"

   Sep 15, 26 05:20 PM

   
   Bessemer & Lake Erie—Bear Creek 1865, Carnegie 1897, U.S. Steel 1901. Ore south from Conneaut, coal north. 2-10-4s, Missabe sister road. CN May 10, 2004. Complete corporate history.

   Read More

2. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad: "Serving Northern Maine"

   Sep 15, 26 05:05 PM

   
   Bangor & Aroostook—chartered February 13, 1891, first trains January 1, 1894. Potatoes, paper, Searsport, State of Maine reefers. MM&A 2003, Lac-Mégantic 2013, CP 2020, CPKC today. Complete co…

   Read More

3. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad: Map and History

   Sep 15, 26 03:11 PM

   
   B&OCT—formed January 6, 1910 to buy Chicago Terminal Transfer. Grand Central, Barr Yard, 78 route-miles. Assigned B&O steam. Complete diesel roster. CSX paper subsidiary, mark BOCT.

   Read More

4. The "Alphabet Route" (Railroad): Photos and History

   Sep 15, 26 02:53 PM

   
   Alphabet Route—eight railroads, not one company. P&WV to Connellsville February 11, 1931. Alpha Jets Chicago/St. Louis–New York/Boston. NKP, W&LE, P&WV, WM, Reading, CNJ, L&HR, New Hav…

   Read More

5. Milwaukee Road Livestock Operations: Cattle, Dakotas & Montana

   Sep 15, 26 02:36 PM

   
   Milwaukee Road livestock traffic—Dakota and Montana cattle, Iowa hogs, Chicago markets, 28-hour law, head-end stock cars. By 1974 mostly Montana. Rick Burn’s Helena speech. Operations history, not the…

   Read More

6. Spirit of Jasper Ride & Dine (2026): Season Pause

   Sep 15, 26 02:29 PM

   
   Spirit of Jasper Ride & Dine in Jasper, Indiana—seated meal on board. Operator: not running public trains for 2026. Depot remains open as a rental. Confirm on spiritofjaspertrain.com.

   Read More

7. South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company: Map and History

   Sep 15, 26 01:59 PM

   
   South Carolina Canal & Rail Road—chartered December 19, 1827. Best Friend of Charleston, 136 miles Charleston–Hamburg October 1833, Aiken inclined plane. South Carolina Railroad 1844, Southern 189…

   Read More

8. The Practice of Double-Heading: The Steam Era

   Sep 15, 26 01:43 PM

   
   Doubleheading—two locomotives on the point, each with its own steam crew. Not a rear helper, not diesel MU. How it worked, PRR 1877, mountain grades, and what MU ended.

   Read More

9. Mohawk and Hudson Railroad: Map, Pictures, Locomotives

   Sep 15, 26 01:20 PM

   
   Mohawk & Hudson Railroad—New York’s first railroad, chartered April 17, 1826. DeWitt Clinton, inclined planes, Albany & Schenectady 1847, first New York Central May 17, 1853. Complete corporat…

   Read More

10. Essex Clipper Dinner Train (2026): Dates, Tickets & What to Expect

    Sep 15, 26 01:09 PM

    
    2026 Essex Clipper Dinner Train in Essex, CT—2.5 hours, four-course meal $129.99, 18+. Fall dates through Oct. 25. Confirm on essexsteamtrain.com.

    Read More

11. Camden & Amboy Railroad: Map, History, Photos

    Sep 15, 26 12:53 PM

    
    Camden & Amboy Railroad—chartered February 4, 1830. Joint Companies monopoly with the Delaware & Raritan Canal, John Bull, T-rail. United New Jersey 1872, PRR 999-year lease 1871. Complete corpora…

    Read More

12. Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train (2026): Dates, Tickets & What to Expect

    Sep 15, 26 12:47 PM

    
    2026 Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train in North Woodstock, NH—2 hours, 20 miles, five-course meal from $125. May–October. Confirm on nhdinnertrain.com.

    Read More

13. Christmas Train Ride Locations (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 15, 26 10:47 AM

    
    2026 Christmas train rides by state—Santa, North Pole Express, and holiday trains. Not Polar Express. State guides and product pages. Confirm dates on each railroad.

    Read More

14. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: Linking 13 Great States With The Nation

    Sep 15, 26 10:22 AM

    
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad—first U.S. common carrier, chartered February 28, 1827. Wheeling 1853, Chicago 1874, C&O control 1963, Chessie 1973, into CSX April 30, 1987. Complete corporate history.

    Read More

15. Delaware & Hudson Railway: The Bridge Line

    Sep 15, 26 09:59 AM

    
    Delaware & Hudson Railway—Wurts brothers canal 1823, gravity railroad 1829, Stourbridge Lion, Bridge Line to Montreal. Guilford 1984, CP 1991, NS south line 2015, CPKC north.

    Read More

16. Delaware & Hudson Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Sep 15, 26 12:17 AM

    
    All-time Delaware & Hudson diesel roster—Alco S-2s through C-628s and PA-4s, GE U-boats, Baldwin RF-16s, EMD SD45s and GP38-2/GP39-2s. Serials, dates, dispositions.

    Read More

17. Granite Railway, Our Country's First Railroad

    Sep 14, 26 11:28 PM

    
    Granite Railway of Quincy, Massachusetts—chartered March 4, 1826, opened October 7, 1826. Gridley Bryant, 5-foot gauge, horses, Bunker Hill Monument stone. First commercial U.S. railroad.

    Read More

18. Milwaukee Road Skytop Lounges: History, Specs & Floor Plans

    Sep 14, 26 11:09 PM

    
    Milwaukee Road Skytop observation cars—Brooks Stevens, 1948. Four Rapids parlor-lounges from Milwaukee Shops, six Creek sleeper-lounges from Pullman-Standard. Floor plans, roster, preservation.

    Read More

19. West Virginia Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 14, 26 11:02 PM

    
    2026 West Virginia Christmas trains—Potomac Eagle North Pole Express in Romney and Christmas at Cass. Not Polar Express. Elkins Polar is not listed for 2026.

    Read More

20. Railroads Of Today: Class I Map, PSR & the 2026 Industry

    Sep 14, 26 10:30 PM

    
    U.S. freight rail in 2026—six Class I railroads on a nearly 140,000-mile network. PSR as everyday practice, how the STB works, traffic mix, short lines and regionals.

    Read More

21. Railroad History (USA): Timeline, Facts & How the Network Was Built

    Sep 14, 26 10:03 PM

    
    Full U.S. railroad history hub—origins and inventors, Golden Age peak mileage, Civil War and transcontinental, streamliners, ICC regulation, Penn Central and Conrail, Staggers Act, PSR, and today’s Cl…

    Read More

22. Railroads In The 2020s: CPKC, East Palestine & the UP–NS Case

    Sep 14, 26 09:51 PM

    
    U.S. railroads 2020–2026—Class I mileage 91,773 in 2020. COVID traffic drop, CPKC April 14 2023, East Palestine Feb. 3 2023, UP–NS $85 billion case still before the STB.

    Read More

23. Railroads In The 2010s: PSR, Coal’s Decline & Positive Train Control

    Sep 14, 26 03:51 PM

    
    U.S. railroads 2010–2020—Class I mileage 95,573 to 91,773. Buffett closed BNSF Feb. 12 2010, Harrison at CP June 29 2012 and CSX 2017, PTC deadline Dec. 31 2018.

    Read More

24. Virginia Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 14, 26 03:46 PM

    
    2026 Virginia Christmas trains—Virginia Scenic Railway Santa Express from Staunton, about 60 minutes. Confirm dates. Not Polar Express.

    Read More

25. MARC Train: Maryland Commuter Rail History, Lines & Roster

    Sep 14, 26 01:16 PM

    
    MARC Train history—Maryland Rail Commuter 1984, B&O and PRR corridors, Penn/Camden/Brunswick lines, Silver Spring 1996, all-time locomotive roster.

    Read More

26. Railroads In The 2000s: Merger Freeze, Wisconsin Central & Buffett

    Sep 13, 26 07:57 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 2000–2010—Class I mileage 99,250 to 95,573. STB merger freeze March 17 2000, CN–WC Oct. 9 2001, BNSF Railway Jan. 24 2005, Buffett Nov. 3 2009.

    Read More

27. Railroads In The 1990s: Mega-Mergers, Conrail’s Split & the STB

    Sep 13, 26 12:13 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 1990–2000—Class I mileage 119,758 to 99,250. BNSF Sept. 22 1995, UP–SP Sept. 11 1996, Conrail split June 1 1999, ICC Termination Dec. 29 1995.

    Read More

28. Railroads In The 1980s: Staggers, Mega-Mergers & Conrail’s IPO

    Sep 12, 26 11:12 PM

    
    U.S. railroads 1980–1990—Class I mileage 164,822 to 119,758. Staggers Oct. 14 1980, CSX and Norfolk Southern, UP–Missouri Pacific–Western Pacific, Conrail IPO March 26 1987.

    Read More

29. Wabash Class O-1 4-8-4s: History, Roster & Specifications

    Sep 12, 26 11:01 PM

    
    Wabash Class O-1 4-8-4s—Baldwin 1930–31, twenty-five engines 2900–2924. Fast freight, complete roster, specifications. None preserved.

    Read More

30. Staggers Rail Act of 1980: Statute, Contract Rates & the ICC

    Sep 10, 26 11:23 PM

    
    Staggers Rail Act, Pub. L. 96-448, signed October 14, 1980. Harley Staggers, S.1946, contract rates, 180% variable-cost test, abandonments, short lines.

    Read More

31. Rock Island E8A 652: Bicentennial Independence Paint & History

    Sep 10, 26 10:42 PM

    
    Rock Island E8A 652—EMD March 1952, serial 15199. 20th Century Railroad Club Independence bicentennial scheme, Peoria and Quad Cities Rockets, Midland Railway, Manly Junction Museum.

    Read More

32. Vermont Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 10, 26 10:37 PM

    
    2026 Vermont Christmas trains—Okemo Valley Holiday Express from Chester Depot Dec. 19–20. Polar is Burlington Dec. 5–6 only.

    Read More

33. Railroads In The 1970s: Penn Central, Amtrak & Conrail

    Sep 10, 26 10:18 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 1970–1980—196,479 miles at the decade’s start. Penn Central bankruptcy June 21 1970, Amtrak May 1 1971, 3R/4R Acts, Conrail April 1 1976, Rock Island 1975, Milwaukee 1977.

    Read More

34. Railroads In The 1960s: Mergers, Passenger Collapse & Penn Central

    Sep 10, 26 10:03 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 1960–1970—207,334 to 196,479 miles. Erie Lackawanna 1960, C&O–B&O 1963, N&W–Nickel Plate 1964, SCL 1967, Penn Central Feb. 1 1968.

    Read More

35. South Carolina Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 10, 26 08:36 AM

    
    2026 South Carolina Christmas trains—South Carolina Railroad Museum Santa Train in Winnsboro. Confirm December dates. Not Polar Express. Drop light-festival padding.

    Read More

36. Steam Locomotive Feedwater Heaters: Elesco, Coffin & Worthington

    Sep 10, 26 08:29 AM

    
    Steam locomotive feedwater heaters—open Worthington vs closed Elesco and Coffin. How they work, how to identify them on a smokebox, and why not every engine had one.

    Read More

37. Oregon Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 10, 26 08:22 AM

    
    2026 Oregon Christmas trains—Portland Holiday Express, Garibaldi Candy Cane Express, Sumpter Valley Christmas Trains Dec. 11–13. Polar is Mount Hood.

    Read More

38. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern: Map, History, Timetables

    Sep 10, 26 08:12 AM

    
    Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway—Erie & Kalamazoo 1833, Michigan Southern to Chicago 1852, LS&MS April 6 1869, Vanderbilt, Ashtabula 1876, NYC merger Dec. 22 1914. 1910 map and Official Guide.

    Read More

39. Big Four Route (CCC&StL): Map, History

    Sep 10, 26 12:19 AM

    
    Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway—Bee Line 1868, Ingalls’s first Big Four 1880, CCC&StL June 30, 1889, NYC lease Feb. 1, 1930. 1910 and 1930 maps, what still runs.

    Read More

40. Railroads In The 1950s: Diesel, the Interstate & Passenger Collapse

    Sep 10, 26 12:15 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 1950–1960—223,779 to 211,459 miles. Interstate June 29, 1956, dieselization, passenger collapse, TOFC, 1957–58 recession, NYO&W 1957, N&W–Virginian 1959.

    Read More

41. New Jersey Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 10, 26 12:06 AM

    
    2026 New Jersey Christmas trains—Black River & Western Santa Express from Flemington and Pine Creek Christmas trains in Wall Township. Polar is Whippany and Phillipsburg.

    Read More

42. New Mexico Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 09, 26 11:57 PM

    
    2026 New Mexico Christmas trains—Cumbres & Toltec Santa’s Holiday Express from Chama Dec. 5–6 (and Antonito, Colo., Dec. 12–13). Coach $25/$15. Not Polar Express.

    Read More

43. Grand Trunk Railway: Map, History, Timetables

    Sep 09, 26 11:47 PM

    
    Grand Trunk Railway of Canada—charter Nov. 10, 1852, Montreal–Toronto 1856, Portland, Sarnia, Victoria Bridge, St. Clair Tunnel 1891, Great Western 1882, GTPR, CN Jan. 20, 1923. 1893 map and Official…

    Read More

44. Troop Trains In World War II: Sleepers, Kitchen Cars & Movements

    Sep 09, 26 11:42 PM

    
    WWII U.S. troop trains—almost 44 million armed-services passengers, Pullman troop sleepers, ACF kitchen cars, hospital trains, monthly movement tables 1942–45. Not the Military Railway Service. ODT an…

    Read More

45. Railroads In The 1940s: War Traffic, Last Steam & the Diesel Flood

    Sep 09, 26 11:37 PM

    
    U.S. railroads 1940–1950—233,670 to 223,779 miles. World War II as the decade’s center, last new steam, diesel flood after V-J Day, 1945 car orders, California Zephyr 1949.

    Read More

46. Railroads In World War II: ODT, Record Traffic & Private Operation

    Sep 09, 26 03:00 PM

    
    U.S. railroads in World War II—Lend-Lease freight, Pearl Harbor, Office of Defense Transportation, 1944 peak ~740 billion ton-miles, Dec. 1943–Jan. 1944 seizure. Private operation, not a USRA sequel.

    Read More

47. Montana Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 09, 26 02:54 PM

    
    2026 Montana Christmas trains—Charlie Russell Chew Choo North Pole Adventure from Hanover/Lewistown, Nov. 27–Dec. 19, $71, about 1.5 hours. Not Polar Express.

    Read More

48. Railroads In The 1930s: Depression, Streamliners & the FT

    Sep 09, 26 09:32 AM

    
    U.S. railroads 1930–1940—249,052 to 233,670 miles. Section 77, Eastman, Motor Carrier Act, M-10000 and Pioneer Zephyr 1934, EMC FT 1939. Decade frame, not the streamliner encyclopedia.

    Read More

49. Sugar Cane Train (Lahaina): LK&P History, Roster & 2026 End

    Sep 09, 26 08:19 AM

    
    Lahaina, Kaanapali & Pacific Sugar Cane Train—3-foot tourist line 1970–2014. Anaka, Myrtle, 2023 and 2025 fires, September 2026 scrapping. Roster, Hahakea trestle, Pioneer Mill corridor.

    Read More

50. Massachusetts Christmas Train Rides (2026): A Complete Guide

    Sep 09, 26 08:16 AM

    
    2026 Massachusetts Christmas trains—Shelburne Falls Moonlight Magic Friday Nov. 27; Edaville Festival of Lights in Carver. Polar is Cape Cod Central in Buzzards Bay.

    Read More