Missouri Pacific Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Last revised: November 7, 2026
By: Adam Burns
The diesel locomotives below are the Missouri Pacific's all time roster. While the railroad operated models from every builder except Fairbanks-Morse, it relied increasingly on EMD products in later years following a rather sizeable first-generation Alco fleet that ranged from PAs to RS3s. It also operated several Baldwin switchers.
Missouri Pacific SD40-2 3117 leads a long freight through western Kansas in the winter of 1974. No. 3117 carries a number outside the as-built spans in the table. American-Rails.com collection.
On this page: At a glance · What the list counts · Alco · Baldwin · Electro-Motive · General Electric
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | Missouri Pacific. Mark MP. Company Missouri Pacific |
| This list | 2,404 locomotives, 61 rows |
| Alco | 271 |
| Baldwin | 110 |
| Electro-Motive | 1,742 |
| General Electric | 281 |
| Owned in 1963 | 724 diesel units, with 44,923 freight cars and 533 passenger cars |
| Texas & Pacific | 246 locomotives on that roster |
| Steam since 1900 | 1,407 frames. Quantity column 1,439 |
What the list counts
The International-Great Northern counted 88 diesel locomotives when it ceased to be a separate company on March 1, 1956. Units that already carry Missouri Pacific numbers in the tables below are the same frames. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois diesel roster is that railroad’s own list. After the merger, Missouri Pacific GP15-1s 1570–1574 and SD40-2s 3150–3163 were sublettered Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Those numbers sit inside the spans here and are counted once.
A few road numbers were used more than once. F7A 577 and GP38 577 are two locomotives that shared a number, years apart. Some RS3s were later re-engined with Electro-Motive prime movers. The railroad called the result a “GP12.” No. 1080, photographed at Sedalia in June 1972, is one of them, and the frame is already inside the RS3 count. The Alco PA cabs are 8 PA-1s and 28 PA-2s, with no boosters. Nos. 8011 and 8012 were delivered to the International-Great Northern and sit in 8009–8036.
Alco
The last new Alcos were RS11s 4601–4612, delivered in October and November 1959. The passenger cabs are the PA-1s and PA-2s. FA-2s 1374 and 1386, photographed after trade-in at McCook, Illinois, in June 1962, carried later numbers. The trucks and traction motors from those two units went into new GP18s.
| Model | Road numbers | Date built | Qty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 3–4, 9007–9008, 9013–9015 | 1940–1947 | 7 | |
| S2 | 11–14, 9107–9116, 9128–9132 | 1941–1949 | 19 | |
| RS2 | 21–23, 61 | 1948–1949 | 4 | |
| RS3 | 19–20, 24, 62–74, 4501–4526 | 1951–1955 | 42 | Re-engined examples were called “GP12.” No. 1080 is one of them |
| FA-1 | 301–330 | 1948–1950 | 30 | |
| FB-1 | 301B–310B, 321B–325B | 1948–1950 | 15 | |
| FA-2 | 331–360, 374–386 | 1951–1954 | 43 | |
| FB-2 | 331B–356B, 370B–386B | 1951–1954 | 43 | |
| FPA-2 | 361–373, 387–392 | 1952–1954 | 19 | |
| RS11 | 4601–4612 | 1959 | 12 | Last new Alcos, October–November 1959 |
| PA-1 | 8001–8008 | 1949 | 8 | |
| PA-2 | 8009–8036 | 1950–1952 | 28 | Nos. 8011 and 8012 were delivered to the International-Great Northern |
| HH-1000 | 9102 | 1939 | 1 |
Baldwin
The road units are the Babyface DR-4-4-1500 cabs and boosters, the DRS-4-4-1500 road switchers, and the AS16s. The switchers run from the VO-660 through the S12. Inside S12s 9200–9239, Nos. 9220–9226 and 9230–9232 are the International-Great Northern units of that model, the same frames.
| Model | Road numbers | Date built | Qty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4-4-1500 | 201A–208A | 1948 | 8 | Babyface cab |
| DR-4-4-1500B | 201B–204B | 1948 | 4 | |
| DRS-4-4-1500 | 4112–4115 | 1949 | 4 | |
| AS16 | 4195–4196, 4326–4331 | 1951–1954 | 8 | |
| VO-660 | 9009–9010, 9012, 9022, 9090–9091, 9206 | 1940–1941 | 7 | |
| VO-1000 | 9103, 9117–9119, 9150–9155, 9160–9161, 9198–9199 | 1939–1949 | 14 | |
| DS-4-4-1000 | 9120–9127, 9133–9141, 9148–9149, 9162–9167 | 1948–1950 | 25 | |
| S12 | 9200–9239 | 1951–1953 | 40 | Includes International-Great Northern 9220–9226 and 9230–9232 |
Electro-Motive
Switchers arrived in 1937. The early Electro-Motive units are NC 4100–4101 and SC 9000–9003, both of 1937, and NW4 4102–4103 of 1938. E3A 7001 came in 1939. The FT freight units, 501–512 and the matching boosters, came in 1943–1945. The later road fleet is dominated by GP7s, GP9s, GP15s, GP38-2s, and the six-axle SD40 and SD40-2. GP35s on this page are 615–639, the series that includes 620 at Dupo in the company-page photograph. SD40-2s 3150–3163, inside 3139–3321, are the units sublettered Chicago & Eastern Illinois. The specification page for the model is the SD40 and SD40-2 article.
| Model | Road numbers | Date built | Qty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP18 | 400–499, 534–550, 4801–4829 | 1960–1963 | 146 | Trucks and traction motors from traded-in FA-2s 1374 and 1386 went into new GP18s |
| FTA | 501–512 | 1943–1945 | 12 | |
| FTB | 501B–512B | 1943–1945 | 12 | |
| F3A | 513–571, 576 | 1947–1948 | 60 | |
| F3B | 513B–518B, 525B–526B, 553B–556B, 561B–570B | 1947–1948 | 22 | |
| GP38 | 572–577 | 1966–1967 | 6 | No. 577 reused a number from the F7A series |
| F7A | 577–626 | 1949–1951 | 50 | |
| F7B | 587B–596B, 629B–630B | 1949–1951 | 12 | |
| GP35 | 615–639 | 1963–1965 | 25 | No. 620 is in the Dupo photograph on the company page |
| SD40 | 700–789 | 1967–1971 | 90 | |
| SD40-2 | 790–814, 816–839, 3139–3321, 6020–6073 | 1973–1980 | 286 | Nos. 3150–3163, inside 3139–3321, were sublettered Chicago & Eastern Illinois. No. 3117, in the photograph, is outside these spans |
| GP38-2 | 858–959, 2111–2237, 2290–2334 | 1972–1981 | 274 | |
| NW2 | 9104–9106 | 1939–1949 | 3 | |
| SW7 | 9142–9146 | 1950 | 5 | |
| SW9 | 9170–9191 | 1951 | 22 | |
| SW1200 | 1100–1166, 1175–1201, 1255–1259, 1263–1279, 1280–1289 | 1963–1966 | 126 | |
| GP7 | 4116–4194, 4197–4325 | 1950–1954 | 208 | No. 4149 is in the Pueblo photograph on the company page |
| GP9 | 4332–4371 | 1955–1959 | 40 | |
| MP15DC | 1356–1392, 1530–1554 | 1974–1975 | 62 | |
| SW1500 | 1518–1521 | 1972 | 4 | |
| GP15-1 | 1555–1714 | 1976–1982 | 160 | Nos. 1570–1574 were sublettered Chicago & Eastern Illinois |
| GP15AC | 1715–1744 | 1982 | 30 | |
| E7A | 7004–7017 | 1947–1948 | 14 | No. 7006 is in the Colorado Eagle photograph on the company page |
| E8A | 7018–7021 | 1950–1951 | 4 | No. 40 was built as 7020 |
| GP50 | 3500–3529 | 1980–1981 | 30 | |
| NC | 4100–4101 | 1937 | 2 | |
| NW4 | 4102–4103 | 1938 | 2 | |
| BL2 | 4104–4111 | 1948 | 8 | |
| E3A | 7001 | 1939 | 1 | |
| E6A | 7002–7003 | 1941 | 2 | |
| E6B | 7002B–7003B | 1941 | 2 | |
| E7B | 7004B, 7010B–7012B, 7014B–7017B | 1945–1948 | 8 | |
| SC | 9000–9003 | 1937 | 4 | |
| SW1 | 9004–9006, 9011, 9200–9205 | 1939–1941 | 10 |
General Electric
The General Electric road fleet is the U30C, the U23B, the B23-7, the B30-7A, and the C36-7. The small switchers are seven 44-tonners, 800–801 and 811–815. No. 812 is the International-Great Northern unit of that model, the same frame. U30Cs 970–973 sit inside 960–983, and 3329–3334 are the last six of the model on this railroad.
| Model | Road numbers | Date built | Qty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U30C | 25–29, 960–983, 3329–3334 | 1968–1973 | 35 | |
| U23B | 668–674, 2257–2288 | 1973–1977 | 39 | |
| 44-ton | 800–801, 811–815 | 1941–1942 | 7 | No. 812 is the International-Great Northern unit |
| B23-7 | 2289–2358, 4670–4684 | 1978–1981 | 85 | |
| B30-7A | 4800–4854 | 1982 | 55 | |
| C36-7 | 9000–9059 | 1985 | 60 |
Related reading
- Missouri Pacific Railroad: Map, Locomotives, Logo, History
- Missouri Pacific Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)
- Texas and Pacific Diesel Roster (All-Time)
- Alco “PA” Locomotives: Restoration, Specs, Engine, Rosters
- EMD “SD40” and “SD40-2” Locomotives: Data, Rosters, Specs
- Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: Map, Rosters, History
- International-Great Northern Railroad: Map, History, Timetables
Sources
- Missouri Pacific diesel roster as carried on the company page, with Texas & Pacific locomotives left on the Texas & Pacific diesel roster of this site, 246 units.
- George H. Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition, Missouri Pacific chapter, for the 1937 switchers, the FT deliveries, and the end of steam.
- The Alco PA article on this site, for the 8 PA-1 and 28 PA-2 cabs, including 8011 and 8012 delivered to the International-Great Northern.
- The Chicago & Eastern Illinois article on this site, for GP15-1s 1570–1574 and SD40-2s 3150–3163 as post-merger Missouri Pacific locomotives sublettered Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
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