Lehigh Valley Diesel Roster: All-Time
Published: September 21, 2026
By: Adam Burns
The Lehigh Valley dieselized the way a railroad dieselizes when it has decided, late, to be done with steam. Four two-unit FTs arrived in January 1945 as helpers. Then, between 1948 and 1951, Sayre took delivery of F3s, F7s, FA-1s, FA-2s, fourteen PA-1s, Baldwin road-switchers and switchers, and a handful of Alco RS-2s and RS-3s. On September 14, 1951, Mikado 432 dropped her fire at Delano. The second generation was smaller and later: four RS-11s, twelve C-420s, seventeen C-628s, two GP9s, four GP18s, four GP38ACs, twelve GP38-2s, and twelve U23Bs. Several of those last units never wore a Conrail number. The Delaware & Hudson took the C-420s and the GP38-2s on the first day of Conrail.
The table is every diesel-electric the Valley owned or numbered, one row per builder order, with serial and order in their own columns. Gas-electric cars and Mack side-arm pushers are in the narrative.
GP38-2s #316 and #319 at Sayre, Pennsylvania, about 1974. Warren Calloway photo. Order 7386, November 1972. With the U23Bs of 1974, this was the last new power the Valley bought. Both went to the Delaware & Hudson on April 1, 1976, as 7316 and 7319.
On this page: At a glance · Boxcabs and the first switchers · FTs, then the 1948 flood · Alco cabs, then Centuries · Baldwin · GP38s, U23Bs, and the end · All-time roster
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mark LV. Company Lehigh Valley |
| This roster | All-time diesel-electrics. Serial and order are separate columns. One row per builder batch |
| First diesel-electrics | Alco boxcabs 99 and 100, January 1926. EMC 60-ton boxcabs 115–116 (later 75–76), June 1930 |
| First road freight | FT A-B sets 500–503 / 500B–503B, January 1945, orders E625A and E626B |
| Passenger | Fourteen PA-1s, 601–614, April–May 1948, order 20220. A PA was on the property for test as early as June 26, 1946. No PB units |
| Paint | Cornell Red. C-628s 625–632 delivered white and black; fans called them Snowbirds. Many were repainted red with a yellow stripe in the 1970s |
| Last steam | September 14, 1951. Mikado 432, Delano |
| Last new power | U23B 501–512, November 1974, GE serials 40098–40109. GP38-2s 314–325 had come in November 1972 |
| April 1, 1976 | C-420s 404–415 and GP38-2s 314–325 to the Delaware & Hudson. Most of the rest that still ran were conveyed to Conrail |
Unit identities follow EMD order records, The Diesel Shop’s Lehigh Valley list, and the Alco FA-2 production roster. Information compiled September 21, 2026.
Boxcabs, a 300-horsepower demonstrator, and the 44-tonners
The Valley’s first internal-combustion locomotives were not the FTs. Alco boxcab 100, construction number 65981, was completed in January 1926. Sister 99, Alco 66680, was the same month and had been Utah Copper 600. In June 1930 EMC delivered two 60-ton boxcabs, serials 463 and 464, numbered 115 and 116 and later 75 and 76. Two 300-horsepower Alco end-cab units, 102 and 103, arrived in 1931 with no catalog model name; they had been demonstrators 301 and 303. HH600 105, May 1932, was demonstrator 601. An HH660, September 1939, serial 69078, came off Alco’s own 1900 and took the number 116 after the boxcab had moved.
Brill and EMC gas-electric cars, numbered from the single digits into the 30s, and a few Mack side-arm pushers, worked branches, shop tracks, and light passenger jobs from the early 1920s. They were gasoline, not diesel-electric, and they are not in the table.
The three GE 44-tonners, 60–62, serials 15033–15035, order 281-3043, were completed in December 1941, February 1942, and August 1942. They were the wartime small-power exception on a railroad that otherwise waited out the war with steam and a yard full of NW1s, S-2s, and Baldwin VO-1000s.
Yard diesels before the war were conventional. EMC SW switchers 106–111 came in 1937–38. NW1s 120–130 followed in 1937–38. SW1s started with 112 in April 1939. Alco S-2s 150–165 were a wartime and immediate postwar group, sixteen engines, 1942–49, and two S-4s, 166 and 167, closed Alco yard buying in May 1951. Baldwin VO-1000s 135–141 were 1944 engines. The DS-4-4-1000s and S-12s came at the end of steam.
January 1945, then everything at once
EMD’s first road freight sets were FT A-units 500–503, serials 2695–2698, order E625A, and B-units 500B–503B, serials 2699–2702, order E626B, all January 1945. Drury remembered them as helper engines, which is what four A-B pairs were on a railroad that still had Mountain Top and the Wilkes-Barre grades. Sayre later renumbered them into the 501–507 series so the freight-cab numbers could be reused. The as-built numbers are the ones in the table.
F7s led by #570 at South Plainfield, New Jersey, about 1960. Meyer Pearlman photo. American-Rails.com collection. 570 is from the January 1951 A-unit order 3065A, serials 12483–12486, numbered 568–574 even.
The freight cab flood of 1948 is order E1143. Ten F3As, 510–528 even, serials 8167–8176, and ten F3Bs, 511–529 odd, serials 8177–8186, October and November 1948. Sayre later brought a number of them up toward F7 standard. They were built as F3s, and that is how the table lists them. True F7s came in two batches: February 1950, four A-units 560–566 even and four B-units 561–567 odd, orders 6009A and 6009B; and January 1951, four A-units 568–574 even, order 3065A, and only two B-units, 569 and 571, order 3055B. There was no 573.
Passenger cabs were Alco’s. Fourteen PA-1s, 601–614, order 20220, April and May 1948: 601–606 are serials 75458–75463, and 607–614 are 75775–75782. The Valley tested a PA on June 26, 1946, before the production engines, and it did not buy a B-unit. Cornell Red on a PA, with the black pinstripe the diesel page’s older captions compared to a GG1’s whiskers, was the passenger face of the railroad from 1948 until the Maple Leaf ended on February 4, 1961.
PA-1 #604 at Bethlehem Union Station in the 1950s. American-Rails.com collection. Serial 75461, April 1948, the fourth of the first six.
Switchers filled the same years. NW2s 180–186 in 1949, SW7s 220–224 in 1950, SW8s 250–276 in 1950–52 (twenty-seven engines, the last two built at Cleveland), and SW9s 280–292 in May 1951. A second life for the prewar NW1s and SWs was the SW900 trade-in program: EMD rebuilt the old carbodies into SW900s and reused the serial with a “:2” suffix. Those are separate rows. A few SW900s, notably 121 and 123, were new serials rather than trade-ins. Two NW1s, 128 and 129, came back as SW8s in the fall of 1953, order 7509, instead of SW900s.
FA-2s, four RS-11s, and the Snowbirds
Alco’s freight cabs matched the F3s in timing and not in longevity. Ten FA-1s, 530–548 even, serials 76261–76270, and ten FB-1s, 531–549 odd, serials 76287–76296, October 1948. The FA-2s are a smaller group and an easy one to miscount. Five A-units, 580–588 even, serials 78276–78280, November and December 1950; 590, serial 78351, December 1950; and 592 and 594, serials 78624 and 78625, April 1951. That is eight A-units, which is what the production roster shows, not a solid 580–594. B-units were four: 581 and 583, serials 78283–78284, and 585 and 587, serials 78657–78658. FA-2 582 is serial 78277, November 1950. It was traded back to Alco in 1965–66 toward the C-628 order. It was not the last FA the builder produced. Louisville & Nashville was still taking FA-2s in 1956.
FA-2 #594 at Niagara Falls, New York, on August 22, 1964. Harry Juday photo. American-Rails.com collection. Serial 78625, April 1951, the last new FA the Valley bought.
Road-switchers were never the Valley’s first choice, and then they were the only choice. Original RS-2s were 210–211 (March 1949, serials 76655–76656, order 20373) and 212–214 (early 1950, serials 77919–77921, order 20480). RS-3s 215 and 216, serials 78367–78368, order 20557, followed in the fall of 1950. Two more RS-2s, 217 and 218, were Chesapeake & Ohio 5500 and 5501, serials 76826–76827, order 20430, built in June 1949. RS-3 219 was Tennessee Central 251, serial 78362. In the 1970s three ex-Pennsylvania RS-3s took the numbers 210, 211, and 212 after the original RS-2s had gone to Penn Central. Those second uses are their own rows. So are six ex-Pennsylvania RS-11s numbered in the 7640s, which wore LV numbers without ever having been Valley orders of 1957.
RS-3 #215 and RS-2 #213 cross the Chenango River at Binghamton, New York, in February 1971, on a bridge over the Erie Lackawanna. Photographer not listed. Author’s collection.
The Century units were the Alco the Valley is remembered for. Four RS-11s, 400–403, serials 83537–83540, order 21128, March 1960, were the modest start. Twelve C-420s, 404–415, serials 3385-01 through 3385-12, order 21217, October–December 1964, were the useful ones. Conrail did not keep them. They went to the Delaware & Hudson on April 1, 1976, still numbered 404–415.
C-628s came in three groups. Seven, 625–631, serials 3427-01 through 3427-07, order 21241, November 1965, were delivered in white and black. One more, 632, serial 3476-01, order 21283, followed in January 1967 and was painted the same way. Nine ex-Monon C-628s, 633–641, serials 84903–84911, order 21292, had been built in March 1964 as Monon 400–408 and joined the Valley in December 1967. The white engines were the Snowbirds. A number of them, and most of the ex-Monon units, were later repainted Cornell Red with a yellow stripe. Conrail assigned 6721–6728 to 625–632. The ex-Monon engines were assigned 6729–6737; 633 and 636 were retired before those numbers were applied.
C-628s #635, #633, and #641 westbound at East Penn Junction, Allentown, in April 1973. Richard Wallin photo. 635 and 633 are ex-Monon 402 and 400, built in March 1964. 641 is ex-Monon 408.
Snowbird C-628s and a Delaware & Hudson C-628 pass the depot leaving the yard at Binghamton, New York, in March 1973. Tom Trencansky photo. White and black was the as-delivered paint on 625–632.
One road Baldwin, and a yard full of them
Baldwin’s only road locomotive was DRS-4-4-1500 200, serial 73651, November 1948. It spent its life as the odd unit in a fleet of Alcos and EMDs and was still around to be traded in when the GP38s were ordered. The yard Baldwins were more numerous. Five VO-1000s, 135–139, serials 70843–70847, and two more, 140 and 141, serials 74234–74235, all April 1944. DS-4-4-1000s 142 and 143, serials 74598–74599, June 1949, and 144–148, serials 74627–74631, January and February 1950. Fourteen S-12s, 230–243, in the fall of 1950, serials scattered through 74952–74965 and not in road-number order: 240–243 are the lower serials 74956–74959. Engine 148 was later renumbered 142, and 236 was later 242.
Two GP9s, twelve GP38-2s, twelve U23Bs
EMD’s second generation on the Valley was a short list with high serials. GP9s 300 and 301, serials 25434 and 25435, order 7577, October 1959. GP18s 302–305, four units, not two, serials 25890–25893, order 7587, May and June 1960, high short hoods. They became Conrail 7476–7477 and 7496–7499.
The late road power was bought because the F units were worn out and the railroad was already in, or about to be in, bankruptcy. GP38ACs 310–313, serials 7368-1 through 7368-4, order 7368, December 1971, became Conrail 7656–7659 and later Norfolk Southern. GP38-2s 314–325, serials 7386-1 through 7386-12, order 7386, November 1972, did not. They went to the Delaware & Hudson as 7314–7325. Two of them, 316 and 321, were later scrapped after wrecks on the D&H. Several of the others ran for decades under Guilford, Delaware & Hudson, and Canadian Pacific numbers.
GP38AC #310 brings the Delaware & Hudson’s two RF-16s and their train into Sayre in August 1975. The freight had come off the Erie Lackawanna at the west end of the yard and had to run around, which is why the caboose is on the head end. Jerry Custer photo.
The sharks’ own story is the D&H 1205 and 1216 page.
General Electric’s only road order was twelve U23Bs, 501–512, serials 40098–40109, November 1974. They were delivered to a railroad eighteen months from Conrail and became Conrail 2777–2788. They were the last new locomotives lettered LV.
Taken together, the diesel roster is a yard full of EMD and Alco switchers, two generations of four-motor freight cabs, the C-628s as the only six-motor road power, and a short, late list of road-switchers.
All-time roster
Owned and lettered Lehigh Valley diesel-electrics, including secondhand units that took LV numbers. One row per builder order. Later numbers, Conrail and Delaware & Hudson identities, and trade-in rebuilds are in the notes. Where a builder did not use a separate order code, that column is a dash. EMD trade-in rebuilds keep the “:2” serial.
Boxcabs and early Alco yard units
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Boxcab | Alco | 66680 | — | 1/1926 | Nee Utah Copper 600 (GE electrical 10028) |
| 100 | Boxcab | Alco | 65981 | — | 1/1926 | |
| 102, 103 | 300 hp end-cab | Alco | 68593, 68602 | — | 7/1931, 12/1931 | No catalog model. Ex-demonstrators 301 and 303 |
| 105 | HH600 | Alco | 68607 | — | 5/1932 | Ex-demonstrator 601 |
| 116 (2nd) | HH660 | Alco | 69078 | — | 9/1939 | Ex-Alco 1900. Number freed when boxcab 116 became 76 |
| 117 | S-1 | Alco | 77998 | — | 6/1950 | |
| 150–154 | S-2 | Alco | 69952–69956 | — | 9/1942–10/1942 | |
| 155–159 | S-2 | Alco | 69878–69882 | — | 11/1943 | |
| 160, 161 | S-2 | Alco | 70067, 70068 | — | 11/1943 | |
| 162–164 | S-2 | Alco | 70069–70071 | — | 3/1944–5/1944 | |
| 165 | S-2 | Alco | 76764 | — | 5/1949 | |
| 166, 167 | S-4 | Alco | 78725, — | — | 5/1951 | To Steelton & Highspire 66 and 67. Second construction number not confirmed in the compiled list |
| 115, 116 | 60-ton boxcab | EMC | 463, 464 | — | 6/1930 | Later 75, 76 |
EMD switchers
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106, 107 | SW | EMC | 695, 696 | E179 | 8/1937 | 106 later to Westinghouse 76 |
| 108 | SW | EMC | 748 | E207 | 7/1938 | |
| 109, 110 | SW | EMC | 752, 753 | E215 | 11/1938 | |
| 111 | SW | EMC | 754 | E223 | 12/1938 | |
| 112 | SW1 | EMC | 874 | E237 | 4/1939 | |
| 113–115 | SW1 | EMC | 1020–1022 | E295 | 2/1940 | 115 to CR 8419 |
| 118, 119 | SW1 | EMD | 12212, 12213 | 4067 | 12/1950 | 118 to CR 8422 |
| 120, 121 | NW1 | EMC | 773, 774 | E180 | 12/1937 | Rebuilt as SW900s; see below |
| 122, 123 | NW1 | EMC | 785, 786 | E180 | 4/1938 | Rebuilt as SW900s |
| 124, 125 | NW1 | EMC | 783, 784 | E197 | 1938 | Rebuilt as SW900s |
| 126, 127 | NW1 | EMC | 781, 782 | E198 | 1938 | Rebuilt as SW900s |
| 128 | NW1 | EMC | 787 | E208 | 1938 | Rebuilt as SW8 128 (2nd) |
| 129, 130 | NW1 | EMC | 830, 831 | E211 | 8/1938–9/1938 | 129 rebuilt as SW8; 130 as SW900 |
| 106 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 695:2 | — | 10/1956 | Trade-in rebuild of SW 106 |
| 107 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 24482 | — | 3/1958 | New serial, not a :2 trade |
| 110 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 23540 | — | 3/1957 | Later Kaiser Steel 1028 |
| 120 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 773:2 | 7523 | 9/1955 | Trade-in of NW1 120 |
| 121 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 25917 | 7590 | 6/1960 | New serial. To CR 8648 |
| 122 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 785:2 | 7531 | 9/1956 | To CR 8649 |
| 123 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 24484 | 7564 | 6/1958 | To CR 8650 |
| 124 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 783:2 | 7523 | 10/1955 | To CR 8651 |
| 125 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 23539 | 7545 | 8/1957 | To CR 8652 |
| 126 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 781:2 | 7531 | 7/1956 | To CR 8653 |
| 127 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 782:2 | 7531 | 5/1956 | To CR 8654 |
| 130 (2nd) | SW900 | EMD | 23538 | 7545 | 5/1957 | To CR 8657 |
| 128 (2nd), 129 (2nd) | SW8 | EMD | 787:2, 830:2 | 7509 | 10/1953–11/1953 | Trade-in rebuilds of NW1s 128 and 129. To CR 8655, 8656 |
| 180, 181 | NW2 | EMD | 8710, 8711 | E1210 | 6/1949 | To CR 9242, 9243 |
| 182, 183 | NW2 | EMD | 8708, 8709 | E1210 | 6/1949 | To CR 9244, 9245 |
| 184–186 | NW2 | EMD | 9142–9144 | E1252 | 9/1949 | 184 and 185 to CR 9246, 9247 |
| 220 | SW7 | EMD | 11185 | 6076 | 1/1950 | To CR 8875 |
| 221–224 | SW7 | EMD | 12467–12470 | 4068 | 12/1950 | To CR 8876–8879 |
| 250–255 | SW8 | EMD | 13151–13156 | 6185 | 12/1950 | To CR 8670–8675 |
| 256–261 | SW8 | EMD | 14027–14032 | 4092 | 8/1951–9/1951 | To CR 8664–8669 |
| 262, 263 | SW8 | EMD | 14056, 14057 | 4104 | 6/1951, 9/1951 | To CR 8676, 8677 |
| 264–273 | SW8 | EMD | 14489–14498 | 4104 | 9/1951 | To CR 8678–8687 |
| 274 | SW8 | EMD | 16974 | 6430 | 12/1952 | To CR 8688 |
| 275, 276 | SW8 | EMD | 16972, 16973 | 6409 | 12/1952 | Built at Cleveland. To CR 8689, 8690 |
| 280–285 | SW9 | EMD | 14043–14048 | 4103 | 5/1951 | To CR 8931–8936 |
| 286–292 | SW9 | EMD | 14499–14505 | 4120 | 5/1951 | 286 and 287 to CR 8937, 8938 |
EMD road units
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500–503 | FTA | EMD | 2695–2698 | E625A | 1/1945 | Helpers, as bought. Later renumbered into 501–507 |
| 500B–503B | FTB | EMD | 2699–2702 | E626B | 1/1945 | Later renumbered; 500B became 501 (2nd) |
| 510–528 even | F3A | EMD | 8167–8176 | E1143A | 10/1948–11/1948 | Later shopped toward F7 standard. Built as F3A |
| 511–529 odd | F3B | EMD | 8177–8186 | E1143B | 10/1948–11/1948 | Same shopping program. Built as F3B |
| 560–566 even | F7A | EMD | 9434–9437 | 6009A | 2/1950 | |
| 561–567 odd | F7B | EMD | 9438–9441 | 6009B | 2/1950 | |
| 568–574 even | F7A | EMD | 12483–12486 | 3065A | 1/1951 | Photo: 570 at South Plainfield |
| 569, 571 | F7B | EMD | 12487, 12488 | 3055B | 1/1951 | No 573 |
| 300, 301 | GP9 | EMD | 25434, 25435 | 7577 | 10/1959 | To CR 7476, 7477 |
| 302–305 | GP18 | EMD | 25890–25893 | 7587 | 5/1960–6/1960 | Four units, high short hood. To CR 7496–7499 |
| 310–313 | GP38AC | EMD | 7368-1 to 7368-4 | 7368 | 12/1971 | To CR 7656–7659, later Norfolk Southern. Photo: 310 at Sayre with D&H sharks, August 1975 |
| 314–325 | GP38-2 | EMD | 7386-1 to 7386-12 | 7386 | 11/1972 | To D&H 7314–7325 on April 1, 1976, not kept as Conrail. 316 and 321 later scrapped after D&H wrecks. Photo: 316 and 319 at Sayre |
Alco road-switchers, cabs, and Centuries
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210, 211 | RS-2 | Alco | 76655, 76656 | 20373 | 3/1949 | To PC 5461 (2nd) and 5569 (2nd) |
| 212–214 | RS-2 | Alco | 77919–77921 | 20480 | 2/1950–3/1950 | 212 to PC 5401 (2nd). 213 and 214 to CR 5200, 5201 |
| 215, 216 | RS-3 | Alco | 78367, 78368 | 20557 | 9/1950–11/1950 | To CR 5489, 5490 |
| 217, 218 | RS-2 | Alco | 76826, 76827 | 20430 | 6/1949 | Ex-C&O 5500, 5501. To CR 5202, 5203 |
| 219 | RS-3 | Alco | 78362 | 20563 | 10/1950 | Ex-Tennessee Central 251. To CR 5491 |
| 210 (2nd) | RS-3 | Alco | — | — | — | Ex-PC 5461. Assigned CR 5486 and retired before the number was applied |
| 211 (2nd) | RS-3 | Alco | 80580 | 20899 | 12/1953 | Nee PRR 8445, ex-PC 5569. To CR 9920, later Delaware-Lackawanna 211 |
| 212 (2nd) | RS-3 | Alco | 81802 | 20989 | 12/1955 | Nee PRR 8601, ex-PC 5401. To CR 5488 |
| 400–403 | RS-11 | Alco | 83537–83540 | 21128 | 3/1960 | To CR 7609–7612 |
| 404–415 | C-420 | Alco | 3385-01 to 3385-12 | 21217 | 10/1964–12/1964 | To D&H 404–415 on April 1, 1976 |
| 530–548 even | FA-1 | Alco | 76261–76270 | — | 10/1948 | Ten A-units |
| 531–549 odd | FB-1 | Alco | 76287–76296 | — | 10/1948 | Ten B-units. Built as FB-1, not FB-2 |
| 580–588 even | FA-2 | Alco | 78276–78280 | — | 11/1950–12/1950 | Five A-units. 582 is serial 78277, traded to Alco 1965–66 |
| 590 | FA-2 | Alco | 78351 | — | 12/1950 | |
| 592, 594 | FA-2 | Alco | 78624, 78625 | — | 4/1951 | Photo: 594 at Niagara Falls, August 22, 1964 |
| 581, 583 | FB-2 | Alco | 78283, 78284 | — | 11/1950–12/1950 | |
| 585, 587 | FB-2 | Alco | 78657, 78658 | — | 1951 | |
| 601–606 | PA-1 | Alco | 75458–75463 | 20220 | 4/1948 | No PB units. Photo: 604 at Bethlehem |
| 607–614 | PA-1 | Alco | 75775–75782 | 20220 | 4/1948–5/1948 | |
| 625–631 | C-628 | Alco | 3427-01 to 3427-07 | 21241 | 11/1965 | Delivered white and black (Snowbirds). To CR 6721–6727 |
| 632 | C-628 | Alco | 3476-01 | 21283 | 1/1967 | Snowbird. To CR 6728 |
| 633–641 | C-628 | Alco | 84903–84911 | 21292 | 3/1964 | Ex-Monon 400–408, to LV 12/1967. Assigned CR 6729–6737; 633 and 636 retired before renumbering. Photo: 635, 633, 641 at Allentown, April 1973 |
| 7640, 7641 | RS-11 | Alco | 82646, 82647 | — | 11/1957 | Nee PRR 8640, 8641. To CR 1023 and 1016 |
| 7642–7644 | RS-11 | Alco | 82817–82819 | — | 11/1957 | Nee PRR 8642–8644 |
| 7648 | RS-11 | Alco | — | — | 11/1957 | Nee PRR 8648. To CR 1013. Serial conflicts in the compiled lists and is not printed |
Baldwin
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | DRS-4-4-1500 | Baldwin | 73651 | — | 11/1948 | Only Baldwin road unit. Later traded in |
| 135–139 | VO-1000 | Baldwin | 70843–70847 | — | 4/1944 | |
| 140, 141 | VO-1000 | Baldwin | 74234, 74235 | — | 4/1944 | |
| 142, 143 | DS-4-4-1000 | Baldwin | 74598, 74599 | — | 6/1949 | |
| 144–148 | DS-4-4-1000 | Baldwin | 74627–74631 | — | 1/1950–2/1950 | 148 later renumbered 142 (2nd) |
| 230–233 | S-12 | Baldwin | 74952–74955 | — | 9/1950 | |
| 234–239 | S-12 | Baldwin | 74960–74965 | — | 9/1950–10/1950 | 236 later renumbered 242 (2nd) |
| 240–243 | S-12 | Baldwin | 74956–74959 | — | 10/1950 | Serials are below 234–239 |
General Electric
| Numbers | Model | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60–62 | 44-ton | GE | 15033–15035 | 281-3043 | 12/1941, 2/1942, 8/1942 | One each date, in number order |
| 501–512 | U23B | GE | 40098–40109 | — | 11/1974 | Last new LV locomotives. To CR 2777–2788 |
Related reading
- Lehigh Valley · Steam roster
- FA series · GP38, GP38AC, GP38-2 · 44-tonner · RS-2 · S-2
- Black Diamond · D&H sharks on the Valley · Conrail diesel roster
Sources
- EMD order list for the Lehigh Valley, trainweb.us/emdloco/lv.htm, and the order page for 7386 (GP38-2 314–325, serials 7386-1 through 7386-12, November 1972).
- The Diesel Shop, Lehigh Valley diesel locomotives, revised September 6, 2024. Data from Andre Kristopans and Bob Van Derveer; sources cited there include Extra 2200 South (September/October 1969 and July–September 1982) and Robert J. Yanosey.
- The Diesel Shop Alco FA-2/FB-2 production roster (John Komanesky): LV 580–588 even, 590, 592 and 594.
- The Diesel Shop GE 44-ton production roster: LV 60–62, serials 15033–15035, order 281-3043.
- George H. Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition, on the 1945 FTs and dieselization by September 14, 1951.
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Lehigh Valley diesel—boxcabs 1926, FTs 1945, F3/F7, FA/PA, C628 Snowbirds, GP38-2s, U23Bs. All-time roster with serials and orders. Last steam September 14, 1951. -
Lehigh Valley Railroad: Map, Roster, Logo, History
Sep 21, 26 01:09 PM
Lehigh Valley—DLS&S 1847, named January 7 1853, Mauch Chunk–Easton September 12 1855. Route of the Black Diamond. Jersey City–Buffalo. Conrail April 1 1976. -
Wisconsin Great Northern Dinner Train (2026)
Sep 21, 26 12:47 PM
2026 Wisconsin Great Northern dinner train—Trego, $105, Namekagon River. January 8–31 and May 5–December 17. Confirm on spoonertrainride.com. -
Lehigh and New England Railroad: Map, Rosters, History
Sep 21, 26 12:33 AM
Lehigh & New England—South Mountain & Boston 1873, named April 2 1895. Anthracite, cement, Maybrook. Last Camelbacks, Alco FAs. Voluntary shutdown October 31 1961. -
TVRM Chattanooga Dinner Train (2026): Dates, Tickets & What to Expect
Sep 21, 26 12:20 AM
2026 TVRM Chattanooga Dinner Train Experience—Grand Junction, select Fri/Sat March 6–October 24, three-course, 2–3 hours, from $110. Confirm on tvrail.com. -
Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad: Map, Rosters, History
Sep 20, 26 11:55 PM
Lehigh & Hudson River—Warwick Valley 1860, Railway April 1 1882. Easton–Maybrook bridge road, Alphabet Route, Alco RS-3s and C420s. Conrail April 1 1976. -
Royal Gorge First Class Dinner Train (2026)
Sep 20, 26 11:47 PM
2026 Royal Gorge Route First Class Lunch & Dinner—Cañon City, about 2 hours, from $199+, 12+. Confirm on royalgorgeroute.com. -
GE "44-Tonner" Locomotives: Roster, Specs, History
Sep 20, 26 11:09 PM
GE 44-ton switcher—90,000-pound rule, Caterpillar D17000 center-cab, Sept 4 1940 CB&Q 9103 through Oct 1956 Dansville & Mount Morris 1. Phases, serial roster, PRR 46. -
Strasburg Rail Road Dining (2026): Dinner on the Rails & Elegant Expre
Sep 20, 26 11:00 PM
2026 Strasburg Rail Road seated meals—Dinner on the Rails, Elegant Express, Valentine dinner. Lee E. Brenner diner. Confirm on strasburgrailroad.com. -
International-Great Northern Railroad: Map, History, Timetables
Sep 20, 26 10:43 PM
International–Great Northern—Houston & Great Northern 1866, International Railroad 1870, merged Sept 30 1873. Palestine, Longview–Laredo, Gould, Missouri Pacific March 1 1956. -
Nevada Northern Taste of Italy Dinner Train (2026)
Sep 20, 26 03:25 PM
2026 Nevada Northern Taste of Italy—adults-only multi-course Italian dinner, steam when healthy, East Ely. Sep. 19 gala listed. Confirm on nnry.com. -
Cape Cod Dinner Train (2026): Dates, Tickets & What to Expect
Sep 20, 26 02:53 PM
Cape Cod Central Dinner Train—Hyannis, Buzzards Bay, and Falmouth. Four-course, 3–3½ hours, from $99.99. Confirm on capetrain.com. -
Erie Steam Locomotives: History, Roster & Photos
Sep 20, 26 11:55 AM
Erie Railroad steam—Camelback 2-8-0s, 155 N-1 Mikados, 105 Berkshires, K-class Pacifics, Triplexes. Post-1900 roster after Drury. Last steam March 17, 1954. -
Erie Railroad Diesel Roster: All-Time
Sep 20, 26 11:47 AM
Erie Railroad diesel—boxcabs 1926, FTs 1944, F3/F7, FA/PA, GP7/GP9, Baldwins, Limas. All-time roster with serials, orders, classes. Last steam March 17 1954. EL October 17 1960. -
Erie Railroad: Map, Passenger Trains, Logo, History
Sep 20, 26 11:44 AM
Erie Railroad—New York & Erie 1832, Piermont–Dunkirk May 14 1851, six-foot then standard June 1880, Chicago 1883. High-and-wide fourth way. Erie Lackawanna October 17 1960. -
Colebrookdale Railroad Dining (2026): Secret Valley Dinner Train
Sep 20, 26 11:36 AM
2026 Colebrookdale Railroad dinner in Boyertown—Secret Valley Dining Class, about 2 hours. Saturday evenings. Confirm on colebrookdalerailroad.com. -
Boone & Scenic Valley Wolf Dinner Train (2026)
Sep 19, 26 08:15 PM
2026 Boone & Scenic Valley Wolf Dinner Train—Des Moines River valley, Bass Point Creek High Bridge, Union Pacific dining cars. Confirm on bsvrr.com. -
C&NW 4-6-2s 1617 & 1620: Minnesota 400 Yellow Jackets
Sep 19, 26 11:28 AM
C&NW Class E Pacifics 1617 and 1620—Alco Schenectady 1917, yellow-and-green E-4-style shrouds 1941 for the Minnesota 400. Crews called them Yellow Jackets. Renumbered 617/620. Scrapped 1956. -
Erie Lackawanna Diesel Roster: All-Time
Sep 19, 26 10:13 AM
Erie Lackawanna diesel—Erie and DL&W inheritance, GP35s, U25Bs, SD45/SDP45/SD45-2, U34CH. All-time roster with serials and orders. Conrail April 1 1976. -
Erie Lackawanna Railway: Map, History, Logo
Sep 19, 26 10:06 AM
Erie Lackawanna Railway—Erie and DL&W, October 17 1960–March 31 1976. Von Willer, White revival, Dereco, Agnes, Conrail. High-and-wide Chicago main. Map, logo, what remains. -
"Empire State Express" (1941 Train): Timetables, Route, Consist
Sep 18, 26 10:59 PM
NYC Empire State Express—George Daniels 1891 day train, 999’s 112.5 mph claim, Budd stainless streamliner December 7 1941, Cleveland and Detroit sections, diesels, 1967 name drop. Timetables, consist… -
New York Central 4-6-4s 5426 & 5429: Empire State Express Hudsons
Sep 18, 26 10:32 PM
NYC J-3a Hudsons 5426 and 5429—Alco 1937, Budd stainless shrouds 1941 for the Empire State Express. Pearl Harbor inaugural. Shrouds off by 1950. Neither preserved. -
"Stourbridge Lion" Locomotive: Facts, History, Photos
Sep 18, 26 10:27 PM
Stourbridge Lion—Foster, Rastrick 0-4-0, first steam locomotive in the United States. Horatio Allen, Honesdale, August 8, 1829. Too heavy for D&H gravity track. Boiler in Baltimore; Colonie replic… -
Delaware & Hudson Steam Roster (Post 1900)
Sep 18, 26 10:01 PM
Delaware & Hudson steam—Camelback 2-8-0s, Loree high-pressure compounds, Class K 4-8-4s, forty Challengers. Post-1900 class roster after Drury. Last steam July 21, 1953. -
Boston & Maine Steam Roster (Post 1900)
Sep 18, 26 02:57 PM
Boston & Maine steam—B-15 Moguls, K-8 Consolidations, P-4 Lima Pacifics, T-1 Limas, R-1 Mountains. Post-1900 class roster after Drury. Last steam July 23, 1956. -
Boston & Maine Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Sep 18, 26 01:25 PM
Boston & Maine diesel—boxcab 1100 1935, Flying Yankee 6000, FTs, E7s, BL2s, GP7/GP9, GP38-2s and GP40-2s. All-time roster. Last steam July 23, 1956. -
Mid-Continent Railway Museum Dining (2026)
Sep 18, 26 01:21 PM
2026 Mid-Continent dining in North Freedom—select-date seated meals in luxury cars, reservations required. Pizza Limited June 28. Confirm on midcontinent.org.
