Nickel Plate Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)
Published: October 28, 2026
By: Adam Burns
The New York, Chicago & St. Louis adopted the New York Central’s class letters and then spent forty years buying the freight engine that suited a railroad whose whole reputation was speed. The letter S meant a Berkshire. The letter L meant a Hudson. The quantity column on the post-1900 list is 786, across 75 rows. That figure counts each frame once, including the Lake Erie & Western, the Clover Leaf, and the Wheeling & Lake Erie engines that took Nickel Plate numbers. A few road numbers were used again after the first engine was gone, and both engines are in the total.
S-2 No. 762, apparently at Chicago, circa 1950, with an NW2 in the background. Richard Wallin photo. American-Rails.com collection.
On this page: At a glance · Switchers · Consolidations and Mikados · Berkshires · Passenger locomotives · Lake Erie & Western and the Clover Leaf · Wheeling & Lake Erie · Roster
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | New York, Chicago & St. Louis, the Nickel Plate Road. Company history |
| This table | Steam locomotives built since 1900, in Nickel Plate numbers |
| The parent road | 469. Switchers, Consolidations, Mikados, 80 Berkshires, and the passenger classes |
| Lake Erie & Western | 87, in the numbers they carried after 1923 |
| Clover Leaf | 94. The Toledo, St. Louis & Western |
| Wheeling & Lake Erie | 136 engines that took a Nickel Plate number after the lease of December 1, 1949 |
| Berkshires, classes S through S-3 | 80. The 32 former Wheeling engines, class S-4, are separate |
| Hudsons | 8. Class L, four from Brooks and four from Lima |
| Quantity column | 786 |
| Last new steam | S-3 Berkshires, Lima, 1949. No. 779 was Lima-Hamilton’s last steam locomotive |
| Last mainline run | Berkshire 746, Bellevue to Conneaut, July 2, 1958 |
Switchers
The parent road’s six-wheel switchers built after 1900 come to 76 engines, and the eight-wheel switchers come to 30. Class M is the odd row. Brooks, Manchester, and Schenectady delivered those engines between 1900 and 1909. The series was broken, and the railroad renumbered them more than once. The quantity on that row is 40. In the early 1920s the shops also rebuilt 30 Consolidations, the N and N-1 classes, into 0-6-0s. Those are the same 30 engines already on the Consolidation rows. They are not added again.
The B-10s, B-11as, B-11bs, and B-11cs were the road’s own later six-wheel switchers, Brooks and Lima, 1910 through 1918. The eight-wheel switchers began with five U-2s from Lima in 1918, numbers 200–204, copies of a New York Central design with 57-inch drivers. Lima returned in 1924 and 1925 for twenty more, the U-3b and U-3c. The last of the type were five C-17s in July 1934, numbers 300–304. They were heavier than the United States Railroad Administration 0-8-0, with 200 pounds of pressure and a Type E superheater, and they took the Advisory Mechanical Committee’s letter C. Numbers 300 and 301 had already been used on two Lake Erie & Western Americans. Both pairs are counted.
0-8-0 No. 286, class C-1a, a former Wheeling & Lake Erie switcher, between assignments at Brewster, Ohio, in September 1955. Homer Newlon, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.
Consolidations and Mikados
The parent Consolidations are 75 engines. One of them, No. 718, was built at Frankfort Shops in 1923 and is the first engine to carry that number. The second 718 is an S-1 Berkshire. The N class of 1902 and the N-1 class of 1903 and 1904 are the 30 engines later rebuilt as six-wheel switchers. The T class, 460–474, came from the New York Central. They had been Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 855–869, and then New York Central 5855–5869.
The Mikados are the railroad’s signature freight engine before the Berkshire. Lima built the ten H-5as in 1917. Brooks built the 25 H-5bs the same year, numbers 510–534. No. 525 was renumbered 966 in December 1955, retired in April 1958, and sold to Canton Iron & Steel in April 1963. It is the same engine, not a second class. Ten United States Railroad Administration light Mikados, class H-6a, came from Schenectady in 1918, numbers 601–610. Then Lima built 61 more between 1920 and 1924, classes H-6b through H-6f, printed here as one row, numbers 611–671. No. 616 was Lima’s first engine with a trailing-truck booster. Later Mikados had boosters. Nos. 624 and 639 are inside that row, and both survive. Nos. 664, 666, 670, and 671 were sold to the Nacional de México in 1946, which is why 671 could be used again.
H-5b No. 966 at Bellevue, Ohio, circa 1956. Brooks built it as No. 525 in August 1917. It was renumbered in December 1955, retired in April 1958, and sold to Canton Iron & Steel in April 1963. Fred Byerly photo. American-Rails.com collection.
H-5b No. 521 between assignments at Dillonvale, Ohio, on September 5, 1955. Homer Newlon, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.
Berkshires
Eighty Berkshires were built for the Nickel Plate itself. The first S class, 700–714, came from Schenectady in 1934. They had 69-inch drivers, 25-by-34-inch cylinders, a 90-square-foot grate, 245 pounds of boiler pressure, and 64,100 pounds of tractive effort, and they cost $226,000 apiece. Bridges east of Bellevue were strengthened so the type could run the whole railroad. Lima built the 25 S-1s in 1942 and 1943, numbers 715–739, including the second 718. The 30 S-2s of 1944 are 740–769. The retired cell on that row is the class span. It is not a scrap date for the engines that were kept.
Class S No. 701, one of the 1934 Schenectady Berkshires, at the Brewster terminal on September 20, 1955. Homer Newlon, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.
S-1 No. 727 at WV Tower in Hammond, Indiana, circa 1955. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.
S-1 No. 739 on the turntable at Brewster, Ohio, circa 1955. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 743 in service near Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1955. Ed Olsen photo. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 742 in freight service in February 1958. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 744, circa 1955. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 747 at Bellevue, Ohio, on July 10, 1955. Homer Newlon, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 752 at Chicago, circa 1955. Nos. 755, 757, 759, and 765 were kept. Fred Byerly photo. American-Rails.com collection.
S-2 No. 758 in service, circa 1955. Location and photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.
In 1948 the railroad tested an Electro-Motive F3 set. The next steam order was ten more Berkshires, the S-3s, Lima’s last. An order for four BL1s had been canceled in July 1947. No F unit was purchased. The builder cell on the S-3 row says Lima. The firm by then was Lima-Hamilton, and No. 779 was its last steam locomotive. The last mainline steam run was Berkshire 746, from Bellevue to Conneaut, on July 2, 1958. A few 0-8-0s were still switching the Conneaut ore dock in the spring of 1959. Branch steam lasted into 1959, and the roster was clear in 1960. Nos. 755, 757, 759, and 765 were kept. Nos. 759 and 765 became the excursion engines.
Passenger locomotives
The parent road’s passenger locomotives on this list are 100 engines. Six Americans, class O, came from Brooks in 1904 and were gone by 1924. The Ten-Wheelers are classes P, P-1, P-2, and P-3, plus nine engines of class R. Many of the P class, 40–54, went to the Akron, Canton & Youngstown in 1920. No. 44 survives. It later carried AC&Y 304. The six Baldwin engines, 182–187, were passenger Ten-Wheelers, later 150–155, and three of them lasted until November 1948. Three more, 156–158, came from Brooks in August 1913 and were retired in 1948.
The Pacifics are ten engines, and only ten. Lima built the four K-1as in 1922, numbers 160–163. Brooks built the six K-1bs in 1923, numbers 164–169. The Hudsons are class L, not the letter other railroads used for a 4-6-4. Brooks built 170–173 in 1927. Lima built 174–177 in 1929. They had 73-inch drivers, later 74-inch tires, and they were among the lightest Hudsons anywhere. No. 170 is at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis.
Lake Erie & Western and the Clover Leaf
The Lake Erie & Western rows are the engines that came into the Nickel Plate with the consolidation of April 11, 1923, and that were built in this century. The count is 87. Older power stays in the story and off the table: Americans of the 1890s, six-wheel switchers and Moguls of 1889, and ten Consolidations, 400–409, built in 1889. The six-wheel switchers that do count are the B-11ds, the B-54s, and five B-55s whose former numbers were 4377, 4384, 4390, 4392, and 4393. Three Lima 0-8-0s, class U-3a, arrived in January 1920. Two Baldwin Americans, 300 and 301, are class C-49. Fifteen United States Railroad Administration light Mikados, class H-6o, were Baldwin engines of 1918, former Lake Erie & Western 5540–5554. No. 587, built as 5541, survives. Eleven of the class were sold to the Nacional de México in 1945 and 1946.
The Clover Leaf rows are 94 engines, again in the Nickel Plate numbers. An 0-6-0 of 1893, later 704, and two Americans of 1887, later 731 and 733, stay off the list. The six-wheel switchers that remain include 716 and 717, which were renumbered 316 and 317 in 1942 so the new Berkshires could have the 700s. Those are the same two engines. Several Clover Leaf numbers were used again: 715 on an S-1, 740–745 on S-2s, and a run of 800s on the Wheeling Berkshires. The thirty G-10 Consolidations, 860–889, came from Brooks in 1905. The ten G-9s have a gap. There was no 913, and no former 213. Superstition left the number out. No. 836, the single G-4, is dated February 1908.
Wheeling & Lake Erie
The Wheeling & Lake Erie block is only the engines that took a Nickel Plate number after the lease. The count is 136. It is not that railroad’s all-time roster. Thirty-six 0-6-0s, class B-5, were built in the Wheeling’s own shops from 1929 through 1944. The first thirty followed a United States Railroad Administration six-wheel switcher. The six of 1944 were Alco. No. 360 was Wheeling 3960. No. 384 was Wheeling 3984. The 0-8-0s are classes C-1 and C-1a, and 286, in the photograph above, sits inside the C-1a span.
Eight Consolidations took Nickel Plate numbers in the 920s: 920, 921–927, and 928. No. 928 was Wheeling 6053, from a Schenectady class of twenty built in 1913. Most of that class were scrapped, sold, or wrecked before the lease and never received a Nickel Plate number. Twenty United States Railroad Administration heavy Mikados, class M-1, are 671–690, former 6001–6020. No. 671 is the second engine to carry the number. The Lima Mikado that had it went to Mexico in 1946.
S-4 No. 817, formerly Wheeling & Lake Erie 6417, takes water at Dillonvale, Ohio, on June 16, 1955. Bob Collins photo.
S-4 No. 831, a former Wheeling & Lake Erie Berkshire, leads an eastbound freight near Scio, Ohio, on September 5, 1955. The line is abandoned. Homer Newlon, Jr. photo. American-Rails.com collection.
The Wheeling’s own Berkshires are 32 engines, 801–832, former 6401–6432, built by Schenectady from 1937 through 1942. They were class K-1 on the Wheeling and class S-4 on the Nickel Plate. They are not part of the 80. The renumbering into the 800s came about 1952. They had kept their 6400 numbers at first. Four 2-6-6-2s, class I-3, took 940–943. They were Baldwin engines of 1919, former 8001, 8002, 8003, and 8009. The other six of that class were scrapped before the lease. Ten 4-8-2s, 841–850, were former Wheeling 6801–6810. The Norfolk & Western had built them in 1926. They had come to the Wheeling from the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. They are Mountains.
Roster
| Type | Class | Numbers | Qty | Builder | Built | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, Chicago & St. Louis | |||||||
| 0-6-0 | B-10 | 94–99 | 6 | Brooks | 1913 | 1948, 1949 | |
| 0-6-0 | B-11a | 50–59 | 10 | Brooks | 1910 | 1948–1951 | |
| 0-6-0 | B-11b | 60–69 | 10 | Lima | 1917 | 1948–1953 | |
| 0-6-0 | B-11c | 70–79 | 10 | Lima | 1918 | 1948–1953 | |
| 0-6-0 | M | Broken series | 40 | Brooks, Manchester, Schenectady | 1900–1909 | 1920–1933 | The series was broken, and the engines were renumbered more than once |
| 0-8-0 | C-17 | 300–304 | 5 | Lima | 1934 | 1953, 1955 | 300 and 301 reused the numbers of Lake Erie & Western C-49 |
| 0-8-0 | U-2 | 200–204 | 5 | Lima | 1918 | 1953, 1955 | |
| 0-8-0 | U-3b | 210–219 | 10 | Lima | 1924 | 1951–1962 | |
| 0-8-0 | U-3c | 220–229 | 10 | Lima | 1925 | 1952–1962 | |
| 2-6-0 | F-7 | 826, 827 | 2 | Baldwin | 1907 | — | The numbers were used again on S-4s |
| 2-8-0 | G-10s | 718 (1st) | 1 | Frankfort Shops | 1923 | — | The second 718 is an S-1 |
| 2-8-0 | N | 119–128 | 10 | Brooks | 1902 | To 0-6-0 | Same engines after the rebuild |
| 2-8-0 | N-1 | 129–148 | 20 | Brooks | 1903, 1904 | To 0-6-0 | Same engines after the rebuild |
| 2-8-0 | N-2 | 149–158 | 10 | Brooks | 1906 | 1929–1945 | |
| 2-8-0 | N-3 | 159–161 | 3 | Baldwin | 1907 | 1933–1945 | |
| 2-8-0 | N-4 | 162–166 | 4 | Brooks | 1908 | 1933–1945 | |
| 2-8-0 | N-5 | 448–453 | 6 | Brooks | 1911 | 1933–1948 | |
| 2-8-0 | N-6 | 454–459 | 6 | Brooks | 1913 | 1934–1949 | |
| 2-8-0 | T | 460–474 | 15 | Brooks | 1903 | 1931–1934 | Ex-New York Central 5855–5869, built as Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 855–869 |
| 2-8-2 | H-5a | 500–509 | 10 | Lima | 1917 | 1955–1963 | |
| 2-8-2 | H-5b | 510–534 | 25 | Brooks | 1917 | 1953–1963 | 525 became 966 in December 1955. Same engine |
| 2-8-2 | H-6a | 601–610 | 10 | Schenectady | 1918 | 1944–1956 | USRA light Mikados |
| 2-8-2 | H-6b–f | 611–671 | 61 | Lima | 1920–1924 | 1945–1962 | 624 and 639 survive. 664, 666, 670, and 671 sold to Mexico in 1946 |
| 2-8-4 | S | 700–714 | 15 | Schenectady | 1934 | 1957–1963 | 701 is this class |
| 2-8-4 | S-1 | 715–739 | 25 | Lima | 1942, 1943 | 1957–1964 | Includes the second 718. 715 reused a Clover Leaf number |
| 2-8-4 | S-2 | 740–769 | 30 | Lima | 1944 | 1960–1964 | 755, 757, 759, and 765 were kept. 740–745 reused Clover Leaf numbers |
| 2-8-4 | S-3 | 770–779 | 10 | Lima | 1949 | 1961–1963 | Lima-Hamilton. 779 was the builder’s last steam locomotive |
| 4-4-0 | O | 176–181 | 6 | Brooks | 1904 | 1920–1924 | |
| 4-6-0 | P | 40–54 | 15 | Brooks | 1905, 1906 | 1920–1924 | Many sold to the Akron, Canton & Youngstown in 1920. 44 survives |
| 4-6-0 | P-1 | 30–39, 55–64 | 20 | Brooks | 1908, 1909 | 1923–1936 | |
| 4-6-0 | P-2 | 335–358 | 24 | Brooks | 1910, 1911 | 1923–1933 | |
| 4-6-0 | P-3 | 359–366 | 8 | Brooks | 1913 | 1933, 1936 | |
| 4-6-0 | R | 182–187 | 6 | Baldwin | 1907 | 1933, 1948 | Later 150–155. Three lasted until November 1948 |
| 4-6-0 | R | 156–158 | 3 | Brooks | 1913 | 1948 | August 1913 |
| 4-6-2 | K-1a | 160–163 | 4 | Lima | 1922 | 1933, 1948 | |
| 4-6-2 | K-1b | 164–169 | 6 | Brooks | 1923 | 1952, 1953 | |
| 4-6-4 | L-1a | 170–173 | 4 | Brooks | 1927 | 1956–1962 | 170 is preserved. 73-inch drivers, later 74-inch tires |
| 4-6-4 | L-1b | 174–177 | 4 | Lima | 1929 | 1953–1956 | |
| Lake Erie & Western, to the Nickel Plate in 1923 | |||||||
| 0-6-0 | B-11d | 80–82 | 3 | Schenectady | 1913 | 1949–1951 | Ex-4275–4277 |
| 0-6-0 | B-55 | 42–46 | 5 | Brooks | 1902 | 1933–1934 | Former 4377, 4384, 4390, 4392, and 4393 |
| 0-6-0 | B-54 | 32–41 | 10 | Pittsburgh | 1902 | 1933–1934 | Ex-4365–4374 |
| 0-8-0 | U-3a | 205–207 | 3 | Lima | 1920 | 1929–1934 | Ex-4250–4252. January 1920 |
| 2-8-0 | G-6v | 475–484 | 10 | Brooks | 1904 | 1921–1953 | Ex-5605–5614 |
| 2-8-0 | G-16w | 485–494 | 10 | Brooks | 1911 | 1933–1955 | Ex-5385–5394 |
| 2-8-0 | G-16w | 495–499 | 5 | Brooks | 1911 | 1934–1951 | Ex-5395–5399 |
| 2-8-0 | G-44 | 375–398 | 24 | Brooks | 1904 | 1934–1950 | June 1904. Former 5515–5518 and 5520–5539 |
| 2-8-2 | H-6o | 586–600 | 15 | Baldwin | 1918 | 1944–1957 | Ex-5540–5554. USRA. 587 survives. Eleven sold to Mexico, 1945–46 |
| 4-4-0 | C-49 | 300, 301 | 2 | Baldwin | 1902 | 1922, 1929 | Ex-4246 and 4248. Numbers reused by C-17 |
| Toledo, St. Louis & Western (Clover Leaf), to the Nickel Plate in 1923 | |||||||
| 0-6-0 | B-6 | 705, 706 | 2 | Dickson | 1902 | 1933, 1934 | Ex-5 and 6 |
| 0-6-0 | B-7 | 707–712 | 6 | Brooks | 1907 | 1933–1946 | Ex-7–12 |
| 0-6-0 | B-8 | 714, 715 | 2 | Baldwin | 1904 | 1928 | Ex-14 and 15. 713 was skipped. 715 was used again |
| 0-6-0 | B-12 | 716, 717 | 2 | Baldwin | 1921 | 1947 | Ex-16 and 17. Renumbered 316 and 317 in 1942. Same engines |
| 2-6-0 | F-6 | 820–825 | 6 | Baldwin | 1901 | 1929 | Ex-120–125. Numbers used again on S-4s |
| 2-8-0 | G-1 | 830, 831 | 2 | Baldwin | 1902 | 1929 | Ex-130 and 131. Numbers used again on S-4s |
| 2-8-0 | G-2 | 832, 833 | 2 | Schenectady | 1904 | 1930–1931 | Ex-132 and 133 |
| 2-8-0 | G-3 | 834, 835 | 2 | Pittsburgh | 1900 | 1931 | Ex-134 and 135 |
| 2-8-0 | G-4 | 836 | 1 | Rogers | 1908 | 1933 | Ex-136. February 1908 |
| 2-8-0 | G-7 | 890–894 | 5 | Baldwin | 1913 | 1952, 1953 | Ex-190–194 |
| 2-8-0 | G-8 | 901–905 | 5 | Lima | 1916 | 1955, 1956 | Ex-201–205 |
| 2-8-0 | G-9 | 906–912, 914–916 | 10 | Lima | 1921, 1922 | 1953–1963 | Former 206–212 and 214–216. No 913 |
| 2-8-0 | G-10 | 860–889 | 30 | Brooks | 1905 | 1933–1955 | Ex-160–189. February–December 1905 |
| 4-4-2 | E-3 | 744, 745 | 2 | Brooks | 1904 | 1933 | Ex-44 and 45. Numbers used again on S-2s |
| 4-6-0 | P-4 | 740–743 | 4 | Baldwin | 1901 | 1927–1929 | Ex-40–43. Numbers used again on S-2s |
| 4-6-0 | P-5 | 809–811 | 3 | Richmond | 1900 | 1927, 1929 | Ex-109–111. Numbers used again on S-4s |
| 4-6-0 | P-6 | 850–859 | 10 | Brooks | 1904 | 1930–1933 | Ex-150–159 |
| Wheeling & Lake Erie engines that took Nickel Plate numbers | |||||||
| 0-6-0 | B-5 | 351–386 | 36 | W&LE shops | 1929–1944 | 1952–1957 | Ex-3951–3986. Six of 1944 were Alco. 360 was 3960. 384 was 3984 |
| 0-8-0 | C-1 | 271–275 | 5 | Pittsburgh | 1918 | 1952–1962 | Ex-5101–5105 |
| 0-8-0 | C-1a | 276–295 | 20 | W&LE | 1928–1930 | 1952–1964 | Ex-5106–5125. 286 is in this span |
| 2-8-0 | G-1 | 920 | 1 | Brooks | 1905 | — | Ex-4156 |
| 2-8-0 | G-2 | 921–927 | 7 | Brooks | 1905 | — | Ex-Wheeling 4300s. 921 was 4301 |
| 2-8-0 | H-10 | 928 | 1 | Schenectady | 1913 | 1952 | Ex-6053, built as a G-3 in the 2401 series. The rest of the class did not take Nickel Plate numbers |
| 2-8-2 | M-1 | 671–690 | 20 | Brooks | 1918 | 1954–1958 | Ex-6001–6020. USRA heavy. 671 is the second engine of that number |
| 2-8-4 | K-1 | 801–832 | 32 | Schenectady | 1937–1942 | 1959–1964 | Class S-4 on the Nickel Plate. Ex-6401–6432. Not part of the 80 |
| 2-6-6-2 | I-3 | 940–943 | 4 | Baldwin | 1919 | 1955 | Ex-8001, 8002, 8003, and 8009. September–October 1919 |
| 4-8-2 | K-3 | 841–850 | 10 | N&W | 1926 | 1952–1964 | Ex-6801–6810. Mountains, built at Roanoke |
Related Reading
Sources
- George H. Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition. Nickel Plate Road chapter, pp. 248–249. The table uses Nickel Plate numbers. Locomotives built before 1900, and Wheeling engines that never took a Nickel Plate number, are outside the 786.
- John A. Rehor, The Nickel Plate Story. The Berkshire’s place on the railroad, and the end of mainline steam.
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Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad: Map, Roster, History
Oct 25, 26 11:38 PM
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, reporting mark LSI, from the Marquette Range to the Presque Isle ore dock. The 1954 steam list and the diesels the railroad owned. -
Kansas City Southern Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)
Oct 25, 26 09:09 PM
Steam locomotives of the Kansas City Southern built since 1900, with the Louisiana & Arkansas and the Texas company. -
Kansas City Southern Diesel Roster (Built New)
Oct 25, 26 11:46 AM
All-time diesel roster of the Kansas City Southern. E units, F units, Geeps, SD40s through SD70ACes, Fairbanks-Morse, Baldwin, Alco, and General Electric, with serials and order numbers. -
Kansas City Southern Railway: Map, Photos, History
Oct 25, 26 12:24 AM
The Kansas City Southern, from Arthur Stilwell's Gulf line to Canadian Pacific Kansas City on April 14, 2023. Steam and diesel rosters, the Southern Belle, and the Louisiana & Arkansas. -
Indiana Harbor Belt Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 25, 26 12:17 AM
All-time diesel roster of the Indiana Harbor Belt. 202 locomotive frames, each counted once. NW2s, SW7s, SW1500s, road switchers, and gensets. Slugs and boosters are outside the count. -
Indiana Harbor Belt Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)
Oct 25, 26 12:13 AM
Steam locomotives of the Indiana Harbor Belt built since 1900. 182 engines, each counted once. 0-6-0s, 2-6-0s, 0-8-0s, and 2-8-2s. The three U-4a switchers are three-cylinder Brooks engines of 1927. -
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad: Map, Rosters, History
Oct 25, 26 12:00 AM
Indiana Harbor Belt, the inner belt across the Calumet, from the East Chicago Belt of May 16, 1896. Renamed June 29, 1907. Still operating, headquarters Hammond. Steam roster is the companion, 182 loc… -
NYC's "P Motor" Electric Locomotives
Oct 24, 26 11:43 PM
New York Central P motors: 22 Alco-GE 2-C+C-2 electrics, Cleveland Union Terminal 1050–1071, class P-1a. 3,030 hp one-hour on 3,000-volt DC catenary, then 660-volt third rail as P-2a and P-2b. -
Illinois Terminal Car Roster
Oct 24, 26 11:40 PM
Illinois Terminal cars. Mainline motors, the 1948 streamliners, sleepers, Alton and Valley Division cars, express motors, and the line cars rebuilt from pull cars. -
Illinois Terminal Diesel Roster
Oct 24, 26 09:31 PM
All-time Illinois Terminal diesels, 62 frames. Alco S-2s and RS-1s, EMD switchers, GP7s, SD39s, GP38-2s, and the two GP20s. Serial numbers from the 1989 roster. -
Illinois Terminal Electric Locomotives
Oct 24, 26 08:22 PM
Illinois Terminal electric locomotives, 57 frames. Class A through Class D, the Decatur-built motors, and the battery locomotives. Class D is the same five Class C frames, rebuilt. -
Illinois Terminal Steam Roster
Oct 24, 26 07:37 PM
Illinois Terminal steam locomotives, 36 frames. Baldwin Moguls, three Class 30 Mikados, Florida East Coast 0-8-0s, and 2-6-0 No. 21, the last fire on June 30, 1950. -
Illinois Terminal Railroad: Map, Roster, Photos, History
Oct 24, 26 07:32 PM
Illinois Terminal, McKinley's Illinois Traction System, from the Danville coal towns to St. Louis. The McKinley Bridge, the sleeping cars, the 1937 break with the power company, the 1948 streamliners… -
Southern Railway Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 23, 26 11:00 PM
All-time diesel roster of the Southern Railway. 2,505 locomotives in the system number series, from the 1939 demonstrator FT to GP50s and B30-7A1s. Serials included. -
Illinois Central Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 23, 26 04:06 PM
Illinois Central and Illinois Central Gulf diesel locomotives, each frame once. The quantity column is 886. Serials and order numbers from Electro-Motive's builder lists. Paducah rebuilds and Gulf, Mo… -
Illinois Central Gulf Diesel Roster
Oct 23, 26 04:02 PM
Illinois Central Gulf operating numbers from August 10, 1972, to February 29, 1988. New frames stay on the Illinois Central diesel roster. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio frames stay on that roster. No Gulf fle… -
Illinois Central Railroad: Map, Logo, History
Oct 23, 26 03:50 PM
Illinois Central, the Main Line of Mid-America, from the 1850 land grant to Canadian National control on July 1, 1999. Charter lines, Cairo bridge, Paducah, and the Illinois Central Gulf. Steam quanti… -
Grand Trunk Western Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 23, 26 12:53 PM
Grand Trunk Western diesel locomotives, each frame once. The quantity column is 377. Serials are filled for the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton and Detroit and Toledo Shore Line engines the railroad kept… -
Grand Trunk Western Steam Roster
Oct 23, 26 12:14 PM
Grand Trunk Western steam locomotives in service about 1937 to 1942, from Richard Leonard's class list. Drury has no chapter. The quantity column is the counted Grand Trunk Western rows. Two mixed Gra… -
Grand Trunk Western Railroad: Map, Roster, History
Oct 23, 26 12:09 PM
Grand Trunk Western, reporting mark GTW, Canadian National's railroad between Port Huron and Chicago. Trade name adopted in 1923. Steam class list quantity 232. Diesel quantity column 377. Identity in… -
Green Bay and Western Railroad: Map, Rosters, History
Oct 22, 26 11:18 PM
Green Bay & Western, the Green Bay Route, reporting mark GBW. From Kewaunee to Winona. Mailer's steam and diesel rosters, and the August 1993 sale to Fox Valley & Western. -
Chicago & North Western Class E-4: Streamlined 4-6-4 Hudsons
Oct 22, 26 10:28 PM
C&NW Class E-4, nine streamlined 4-6-4s, 4001–4009, Alco 1938. 84-inch drivers, 25-by-29 cylinders, 300 psi. Conventional Chicago–Omaha trains. Oil in 1947–48. Retired 1953–1956. -
Gateway Western Railway: Map, Roster, History
Oct 22, 26 02:43 PM
Gateway Western Railway, reporting mark GWWR. Class II from Kansas City to East St. Louis. Kansas City Southern control May 5, 1997. The 1992 diesel fleet, with serials and order numbers.
