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Norfolk & Western Diesel Roster (All-Time)

Published: October 12, 2026

By: Adam Burns

The Norfolk & Western’s own diesel fleet begins in the fall of 1955, with four GP9s and four RS-3s, and it ends with C36-7s delivered in 1981 and 1982. Its own orders were hood units from Electro-Motive, Alco, and General Electric, and the road units carried a high short hood. The F7s and E8s in Norfolk & Western paint arrived with the Wabash lease of October 16, 1964.

Locomotives built new for the Norfolk & Western total 1,464. That figure is the quantity column of the three builder tables below. It includes five GP9 replacement frames, the C425s the Wabash had ordered and the N&W received, two GP35s the Pittsburgh & West Virginia had ordered, and one replacement U25B. Merger-road fleets, two leased commuter cabs, and the yard slugs are counted in their own tables.

Norfolk and Western GP9 No. 502, built as 764, at Roanoke in March 1959

GP9 No. 502, built as No. 764 in 1957, at Roanoke, Virginia, in March 1959. Norfolk & Western publicity photograph.

On this page: At a glance · What was bought new · Electro-Motive · Alco · General Electric · Leased cabs and slugs · Virginian, Nickel Plate, and the others · Wabash cabs · How to count the tables

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadNorfolk & Western. Mark NW. Company page: Norfolk & Western
Built new for the N&W1,464 locomotives. Electro-Motive 990, Alco 219, General Electric 255
First road dieselsSeptember 1955. GP9s 10–13, later 710–713. RS-3s 300–303, September–October 1955
Last new powerSix SD50S, 6500–6505, December 1980. C36-7s 8500–8530 (2nd), 31 locomotives, 1981–1982
Inside the 1,464Five GP9 replacement frames. C425s 1000–1006, ordered by the Wabash and delivered to the N&W. GP35s 1300–1301, ordered by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia and delivered to the N&W. U25B 3515
Outside the 1,464Two leased F40PHs. Twenty-nine slugs. Virginian diesel blocks, 65. Nickel Plate blocks, 395. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Fairbanks-Morse units, 26. Illinois Terminal units carried on the N&W, 41. Wabash cabs and U25Bs, described below
ElectricsTen Virginian EL-C units, 301–310, stay with the electric roster

Information compiled October 12, 2026.

Hoods, high short hoods, and five replacement frames

Stuart T. Saunders became president on April 1, 1958, and the buying that had started with eight road units in 1955 became a fleet. The railroad specified a high short hood on the road units it ordered. GP9s dominate the first years: 306 frames, including three replacement frames for 799, 800, and 805, and two more for 813 and 817. After the first four units were renumbered, and after 762–767 became 500–505, the GP9 number slots come to about 300. The frames are 306. Four of those GP9s, 713, 714, 716, and 730, were later rebuilt as GP9R 5000–5003, the same four locomotives. Nos. 903 and 905 were modified in later years.

Alco’s contribution is 219 locomotives, from the T-6 switchers and the RS-3s through the C630s. General Electric’s is 255, from the U28B to the C36-7. The last SD40-2 order is eighteen locomotives, serials 796353-1 through 796353-18, dated December 1980, recorded against the number series 6189–6207. Eighteen serials are what the order contains. The new-locomotive total uses eighteen.

Electro-Motive, built new

Nine hundred and ninety locomotives. GP9s account for 306 of them, GP18s for 48, GP30s for 44, GP35s for 69, GP40s for 60, GP38ACs for 55, SD35s for 80, SD40s for 45, SD40-2s for 162, SD45s for 115, and SD50S units for 6.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
GP910–13421012–210155418September 1955Later 710–713
GP9506–5211624948–249635583November–December 1958Steam generators
GP9620–6634424772–248155582October 1958–February 1959
GP9664–699, 843–8504424816–2485955861959One order. 664–699 is 36 locomotives and 843–850 is 8
GP9714–7342121833–218535459July 1956
GP9735–7612722158–221845476December 1956 and February 1957
GP9762–767622185–221905486February 1957Later 500–505. Steam generators. No. 502 was built as 764
GP9768–7973023045–230745522April–May 1957
GP9798–8121523251–232655535May 1957
GP9799 (2nd), 800 (2nd), 805 (2nd)324736–247388054July 1958Replacement frames
GP9813–8423024436–244655571March–June 1958
GP9813 (2nd), 817 (2nd)224734–247358053June 1958Replacement frames
GP9851–8944424860–2490355871959
GP9895–9142024904–2492355881959, through September
GP18915–9382424924–249475609December 1959–January 1960
GP18939–9622426780–268035633June–August 1961
GP30522–5583727355–273915637June–August 1962
GP305591279785637August 1962
GP30560–565627393–273985637August–September 1962
GP35200–2141528615–286295657November–December 1963
GP35215–2382429215–292385665March–April 1964
GP352391293695665March–April 1964
GP351300–1301229859–298607768November 1964Ordered by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia. Delivered as N&W
GP351302–1308729658–296647760November 1964Serials 29665–29667, three units, were cancelled
GP351309–13282030278–302975679January–March 1965
GP401329–13583031869–318987901April–May 1966
GP401359–13832533250–332747054August–September 1967
GP401384–1388533275–332795733September 1967
GP38AC4100–41242535620–356447326June–October 1971The number series skips 4125–4129
GP38AC4130–41441535645–356595775June–October 1971
GP38AC4145–41591538188–382025775September–December 1971
SD351500–15202130761–307817819June–August 1965
SD351521–1529930782–307907820August 1965
SD351530–15532431162–311855698October–November 1965A yard slug was later built from No. 1530
SD351554–1559631136–3114178531965
SD351560–15731431142–3115578541965
SD351574–1579631156–3116178551965
SD401580–16093031899–319285707May–June 1966
SD401610–16241535605–356197320May 1971
SD40-21625–16351173638-1 to 73638-1173638September 1973
SD40-21636–16521774615-1 to 74615-1774615July 1974
SD40-26073–61386675622-1 to 75622-6675622February–May 1975
SD40-26139–618850776086-1 to 776086-50776086April–June 1978
SD40-26189–620718796353-1 to 796353-18796353December 1980Eighteen serials are recorded against the number series 6189–6207
SD451700–1704531955–319595705July 1966
SD451705–17292531960–319847905September 1966
SD451730–1734531985–319897904July–September 1966
SD451735–1738432699–327027953April–May 1967
SD451739–17642632703–327287988July–August 1967
SD451765–17892535521–355457199February 1970No. 1776 wore the bicentennial scheme
SD451790–18142535546–355705745December 1969–March 1970
SD50S6500–65056806030-1 to 806030-6806030December 1980

Alco, built new

Two hundred and nineteen locomotives. The T-6s are 40, the RS-3s are 8, the RS-11s are 99, the RS-36s are 6, the C420s are 8, the C425s are 18, the C628s are 30, and the C630s are 10. Century order numbers are in the Order column. The earlier Alco construction numbers are in the Serial column.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
T-610–21 (2nd)1282309–82320January–March 1959Second use of the 10–21 series, after the GP9s had been renumbered
T-622–492883364–83391April–October 1959Nos. 40 and 41 went to the Chesapeake Western as 10 and 11
RS-3300–303481361–81364September–October 1955No. 300 is preserved
RS-3304–307481845–81848January–February 1956Later renumbered 99–92, in reverse order
RS-11308–3241781465–81475, 81775–81780March–April 1956
RS-11325–3401682057–82065, 82323–82329January–February 1957
RS-11341–3501082340–82342, 82358, 82372–82377June and November 1957
RS-11351–3762682628–82641, 82956–82967November–December 1957 and November–December 1958
RS-11377–3921683010–83013, 83395–83406January–March 1959
RS-11393–4061483435–83442, 83691–83696May–June 1959 and May–June 1961
RS-36407–412684107–84112March 1962
C420413–42083397-01 to 3397-08December 1964
C4251000–100673386-1 to 3386-7October 1964Ordered by the Wabash. Delivered as N&W. Nos. 1000, 1002, and 1005 were rebuilt and sold for mine service
C4251007–1016103400-1 to 3400-10January 1965High short hoods
C425101713426-1December 1965Renumbered 1011 (2nd) shortly after delivery
C6281100–1109103429-01 to 3429-10November 1965High short hoods. Sold to the Chicago & North Western
C6281110–1129203455-01 to 3455-20April 1966High short hoods. Sold to the Chicago & North Western
C6301130–113453456-01 to 3456-05May 1966
C6301135–113953480-01 to 3480-05September 1967No. 1135 is preserved

General Electric, built new

Two hundred and fifty-five locomotives. U28Bs are 30, U30Bs are 110, the single U25B is the replacement unit 3515, U30Cs are 3, C30-7s are 80, and C36-7s are 31. The U30Bs date from 1967, 1970, and 1971. The U30Cs are Nos. 8000–8002, ahead of the C30-7s.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
U28B1900–19141535957–35971July–August 1966
U28B1915–19291535972–35986September–October 1966
U30B1930–19441536256–36270March–May 1967
U30B1945–19642036326–36345June–July 1967
U30B8465–85145037441–37490August 1970–January 1971
U30B8515–85392537747–37771May 1971
U25B3515135581February 1965Replacement for a wrecked former Wabash U25B
U30C8000–8002339841–39843April 1974
C30-78003–80373542018–42052December 1978
C30-78038–80824542330–42374October 1979
C36-78500–8505 (2nd)643242–43247March 1981
C36-78506–8525 (2nd)2043852–43871May–June 1982
C36-78526–8530 (2nd)543770–437741981–1982

Two leased cabs, and the slugs

In November 1977 the Chicago Regional Transportation Authority leased the Norfolk & Western two F40PHs for the commuter trains the railroad operated on the former Wabash. The lease is its own count of 2. The yard slugs are a separate group of 29. A slug has no diesel engine of its own. The parents are named in the notes. Nos. 9900–9919 were built from former Wabash and Virginian H-24-66s.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
F40PH1151766062-16766062November 1977“Village of Oaklawn.” Leased from the Chicago RTA
F40PH1161766062-17766062November 1977“Village of Orland Park.” Leased from the Chicago RTA
ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
Slug, RP-G49700–97023Built from U30Bs
Slug9900–991920Built from former Wabash and Virginian H-24-66s
Slug9920–99212From N&W 255 and 257, nee Nickel Plate 330 and 332
Slug9922–99232From N&W 253 and 256, nee Nickel Plate 328 and 331
Slug99501From wrecked Erie Lackawanna SDP45 3637, EMD 34978, June 1969
Slug99511From SD35 1530

What the mergers brought

Each table below is a block of locomotives that received Norfolk & Western numbers, counted apart from the 1,464. The Akron, Canton & Youngstown entered the Norfolk & Western on October 16, 1964. Its diesel list awaits a later compilation.

Virginian, December 1, 1959

Sixty-five diesel locomotives took N&W numbers. Ten EL-C electrics, 301–310, built in October 1956, came in the same merger and were sold to the New Haven in 1962 as class EF-4. The electric class page is the Virginian EL-C. The railroad is the Virginian.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
H16-44110–14940Ex-Virginian 10–49
H24-66150–17425Ex-Virginian 50–74

Nickel Plate, October 16, 1964

Three hundred and ninety-five locomotives, counted by the N&W number blocks. The Nickel Plate page is the company history. Second N&W numbers, where the same units received them, are in the notes.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
RSD-122325–23339Ex-Nickel Plate 325–333
NW22011–202212Ex-Nickel Plate 11–22
S-22025–204521Ex-Nickel Plate 25–45
S-42046–2061, 2065–208335Ex-Nickel Plate 46–61 and 65–83
S-120851Ex-Nickel Plate 85
SW12105–21062Ex-Nickel Plate 105–106
SW82107–21148Ex-Nickel Plate 107–114
H10-442125–21339Ex-Nickel Plate 125–133
H12-442134–215522Ex-Nickel Plate 134–155
SW72230–22323Ex-Nickel Plate 230–232
SW92233–224412Ex-Nickel Plate 233–244
SD92340–235920Ex-Nickel Plate 340–359
GP72400–244748Ex-Nickel Plate 400–447. Later 1400–1447
GP92448–252477Ex-Nickel Plate 448–524
GP92525–253410Ex-Nickel Plate 525–534
RS-32535–255723Ex-Nickel Plate 535–557
RS-112558–257720Ex-Nickel Plate 558–577
C42025781Ex-Nickel Plate 578
GP182700–270910Ex-Nickel Plate 700–709
GP92800–281415Ex-Nickel Plate 800–814
RS-112850–286415Ex-Nickel Plate 850–864
RS-362865–287511Ex-Nickel Plate 865–875
GP302900–29091027894–27903November 1962
GP3529101Serial unrecorded

Pittsburgh & West Virginia

Twenty-six Fairbanks-Morse units. The two GP35s ordered by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Nos. 1300 and 1301, were delivered as Norfolk & Western and are already in the Electro-Motive table. The lease itself took effect at 12:01 a.m. on October 16, 1964. The company page is the Pittsburgh & West Virginia.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
H20-4450–7122
H16-4490–93 (2nd)4

Illinois Terminal, purchased September 1, 1981

Forty-one units carried on the Norfolk & Western roster from the Illinois Terminal. The Illinois Terminal’s separate corporate existence ended in 1982.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
SW12001201–121212
SW71220, 122121220 is ex-Union Pacific 1809 (1st). 1221 is ex-Chesapeake & Ohio 5228
GP20m2008, 20092Ex-Union Pacific 482 and 480
SW821151Ex-Illinois Terminal 801
SW15002290–22967Ex-Illinois Terminal 1509–1515
SD392961–29666Ex-Illinois Terminal 2301–2306
GP73401–34066Ex-Illinois Terminal 1501–1506
GP9m34191Ex-Southern Pacific 3419 (2nd), nee Southern Pacific 5628
GP38-24160–41634Ex-Illinois Terminal 2001–2004. No dynamic brakes

Wabash cabs, and the U25Bs

The Norfolk & Western ordered no EMD cab units. F7s and E8s in its paint came with the Wabash lease of October 16, 1964 and were renumbered into the 3600s and 3800s. F7A 3717 is former Wabash 1185. F7A 3666 is former Wabash 1159-A. E8A 3815 is the unit at WABIC Tower in the photograph. The pre-lease fleet, and its builder serials, is the Wabash page.

Norfolk and Western F7A No. 3717, former Wabash 1185, at Decatur, Illinois, on September 25, 1965

F7A No. 3717, former Wabash 1185, at Decatur, Illinois, on September 25, 1965. Dick Wallin photo. Warren Calloway collection.

Norfolk and Western E8A No. 3815 and a Geep at WABIC Tower, Decatur, Illinois, in May 1966

E8A No. 3815 and a Geep at WABIC Tower, Decatur, Illinois, in May 1966. The Wabash and the Illinois Central crossed there. Rick Burn photo.

Wabash U25Bs 500–514, fifteen locomotives built in May–August 1962, came onto the Norfolk & Western as 3516–3529, a series of fourteen numbers. They remained Wabash locomotives. U25B 3515, in the General Electric table, is a separate replacement locomotive built new for the N&W. Wabash C424s 3900–3906 had been ordered for the Nacional de México, cancelled before delivery, and placed on the Wabash in March 1964. Wabash B902, the missing unit in that series, was wrecked and stayed off the Norfolk Southern roster. Those C424s remained Wabash locomotives.

How to count the tables

Add the quantity column of the Electro-Motive, Alco, and General Electric tables. The sum is 1,464, and that is the number of locomotives built new for the Norfolk & Western. The leased F40PHs sum to 2. The slugs sum to 29. The Virginian diesel blocks sum to 65. The Nickel Plate blocks sum to 395. The Pittsburgh & West Virginia Fairbanks-Morse units sum to 26. The Illinois Terminal units sum to 41. Those six figures sit beside the 1,464. The ten EL-C electrics stand outside every diesel sum.

Related reading

Sources

  • John Komanesky, Norfolk & Western diesel roster, The Diesel Shop, revised February 13, 2021. Road numbers, dispositions, and the merger blocks
  • Andre Kristopans, Electro-Motive order list for the Norfolk & Western. Order numbers and serials for the EMD road units, including the split of GP9 orders 5586 and 5587 and the eighteen serials of SD40-2 order 796353
  • David Thompson, SD35 roster. Serials 31162–31185 for Nos. 1530–1553

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  31. New Haven Railroad: Rosters, Map, Logo, History, Trains

    Oct 10, 26 06:26 PM

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    New York, New Haven and Hartford. The Shore Line, Hell Gate, the 1952 map at 1,838.89 miles, and the railroad Penn Central took at 11:59:59 p.m. on December 31, 1968.

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  32. C&O's 4-6-4 "Hudson" Locomotives (Class L): Specs, Roster, History

    Oct 10, 26 05:36 PM

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    Chesapeake & Ohio Class L 4-6-4 Hudsons. Eight L-2s, five L-1 rebuilds, five L-2-As. Specs, Baldwin works numbers, and the roster. No. 490 survives.

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  33. Alton Railroad: Map, History, Timetables

    Oct 09, 26 10:31 PM

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    Alton Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847 as the Alton & Sangamon. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, the 1937 Official Guide, and the May 31, 1947 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio.

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  34. Mobile & Ohio Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 09, 26 12:26 PM

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    Mobile & Ohio steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: 48 six-wheel switchers, 107 Ten-Wheelers, 15 Consolidations, 58 Mikados, and 14 Pacifics. Last revenue steam October 7, 1949.

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  35. Mobile & Ohio Railroad: History, Map, Timetable

    Oct 09, 26 11:31 AM

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    Mobile & Ohio Railroad, chartered in 1848. Columbus on April 22, 1861, the Cairo & St. Louis, the March 1940 Official Guide, and the September 13, 1940 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio.

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  36. Gulf, Mobile & Northern Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 09, 26 10:42 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Northern steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: Ten-Wheelers, Mikados, Russian Decapods, Pacifics 425 and 426, and three light 4-8-2s. Last revenue steam October 7, 1949.

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  37. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 09, 26 10:41 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Ohio diesel roster, all-time. The 1935 boxcab, DL-107s, 55 FA-1s, F3s and F7s, the Ingalls 4-S, GP30s through GP38-2s, and 21 SD40s. Serials and order numbers.

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  38. Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad: History, Rebel Route

    Oct 09, 26 10:36 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Northern, from the 1890 Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City to the Rebel and the September 13, 1940 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Steam roster is the companion page.

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  39. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad: Map, Photos, Trains, History

    Oct 08, 26 11:48 PM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, chartered in 1938 and merged September 13, 1940. The Mobile & Ohio, the Alton on May 31, 1947, the Rebel Route, and Illinois Central Gulf on August 10, 1972.

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  40. New Jersey Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:37 PM

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    New Jersey railroad museums—Whippany, Maywood, Pine Creek, Mahwah’s Erie depot, Phillipsburg, and Boonton. Confirm hours on each site.

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  41. New Hampshire Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:34 PM

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    New Hampshire railroad museums—North Conway, the Flying Yankee, Ashland, Gorham, Raymond, and Sandown. Confirm hours on each site.

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  42. Missouri Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:00 PM

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    Missouri railroad museums—the National Museum of Transportation, Patee House, Frisco 4524, the Chicago & Alton depot, and Marceline. Confirm hours on each site.

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  43. Milwaukee Road X3800: Deer Lodge’s Shop Goat

    Oct 08, 26 04:28 PM

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    Milwaukee Road X3800, the a home-built shop goat that served the Deer Lodge, MT yard. It was a 220-volt DC switcher, powered through an extension cord that moved electrics into a roundhouse where the…

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  44. Key West Extension (Overseas Railroad): History, Construction, Decline

    Oct 08, 26 03:59 PM

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    Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad, Miami to Key West, 1905–1935. The Seven Mile Bridge, the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, and the road that became U.S. 1.

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  45. Florida East Coast Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 08, 26 02:34 PM

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    Florida East Coast steam since 1897. Seventeen Ten-Wheelers, twenty Atlantics, eighty-seven Pacifics, ninety Mountains, fifteen Mikados, and the switchers.

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  46. Florida East Coast Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 08, 26 02:12 PM

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    Florida East Coast diesel roster, all-time. E units from 1939, F3s, BL2s, GP7s and GP9s, the GP40-2 orders, 22 SD40-2s, and 24 ES44C4s. Serials and EMD order numbers.

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  47. Florida East Coast Railway: Map, History, Rosters

    Oct 08, 26 01:46 PM

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    Florida East Coast Railway, Henry Flagler's line from Jacksonville to Miami and Key West. Receivership in 1931, the 1963 strike, Grupo México in 2017, and Brightline on the same track.

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  48. Minnesota Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 10:32 AM

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    Minnesota railroad museums—the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Two Harbors, Jackson Street, Willmar’s Great Northern 2523, and Currie. Confirm hours on each site.

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  49. Maine Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 09:24 AM

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    Maine railroad museums—Seashore Trolley, the two-foot lines at Portland, Alna, and Phillips, Boothbay, and the Bangor & Aroostook depots. Confirm hours on each site.

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  50. Massachusetts Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 12:08 AM

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    Massachusetts railroad museums—Berkshire Scenic at Lenox, Shelburne Falls trolley No. 10, Edaville, Chatham’s 1887 depot, and Lowell. Confirm hours on each site.

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