Last revised: September 23, 2026
By: Adam Burns
Penn Central’s diesel fleet was three railroads’ locomotives under one numbering plan, plus what the company still managed to buy. The Pennsylvania was the surviving corporation on February 1, 1968, so the classes are Pennsylvania classes. The New York Central’s road numbers were kept where they did not collide, and moved where they did. The New Haven’s units came in with the railroad on January 1, 1969. First-generation cabs, RS3s, and Train Masters were still on the road when the company was already in court. The new power was GP38s, GP38-2s, GP40s, SD40s, SD45s, U23Bs, U33Bs, U33Cs, and a last Alco order of C636s that arrived already painted Penn Central.
A former-number cell that is wider than the Penn Central block is the predecessor series those units came from. It is not a claim that every predecessor number survived. Construction numbers for inherited Pennsylvania units are on the Pennsylvania diesel roster. Serials below are filled for locomotives Penn Central bought new, and for the C636s delivered after the merger. The company is Penn Central. What Conrail did with the same engines is the Conrail diesel roster.
Former Pennsylvania U25Cs, led by #6502 and #6501, at Richmond, Indiana, about 1969. The line is the old Panhandle main to St. Louis. Fred Byerly photo. American-Rails.com collection.
On this page: At a glance · How a class reads · Switchers · Freight cabs · First-generation four-axle · First-generation six-axle · Second-generation four-axle · New four-axle orders · Second-generation six-axle · Passenger cabs · Electrics · Sources
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | Penn Central. Mark PC. Classes follow the Pennsylvania system |
| Inherited | Pennsylvania and New York Central, February 1, 1968. New Haven, January 1, 1969. Leased and subsidiary units (Indiana Harbor Belt, Peoria & Eastern, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Cleveland Union Terminal, Chicago River & Indiana) where they were sublettered into the same number blocks |
| Still in daily freight | F3s, F7s, FA/FB cabs, RS2s and RS3s, RS11s, GP7s and GP9s, H16-44s, and the six remaining H24-66 Train Masters |
| Bought new | GP38s 7675–7939. GP38-2s 7940–8162. GP40s 3105–3259. U23Bs 2700–2776. U33Bs 2890–2970. SD40s 6240–6284. SD45s 6235–6239. SD38s 6925–6959. U33Cs 6540–6563. U23Cs 6700–6718. SW1500s 9500–9583. C636s 6330–6344, a Pennsylvania order delivered in Penn Central paint |
| Electrics | GG1s still in service, E44s, ex-Virginian E33s, ex-New Haven E40s, and the New York Central motors that remained. The GG1 class is GG1 |
| End of the roster | Conveyed to Conrail, April 1, 1976 |
Inherited blocks follow the live Penn Central roster where the columns were already straight. New-order serials are the sources at the bottom. Information compiled September 23, 2026.
A Pennsylvania diesel class is a short code, not a builder’s model name. The first letter is the builder: E Electro-Motive, A Alco, B Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, F Fairbanks-Morse, G General Electric, L Lima. The next letters are the kind of service: S switcher, F freight cab, RS road switcher, P passenger. The number is horsepower in hundreds, so an ES10 is a 1,000-horsepower EMD switcher and an EF30 is a 3,000-horsepower EMD freight unit. A trailing a, m, or s marks a variation: modified, or a six-motor unit when the same model also existed on four axles. Penn Central kept that system. An SD40 and a GP40 can share a horsepower figure and still carry different suffixes. An EF20 on this page is a GP38. An EF20 on the same horsepower that was built from 1972 on is a GP38-2. The class did not change when EMD added the dash.
The yard fleet is where the two railroads showed. Baldwin switchers are almost all Pennsylvania. Alco S-1s, S-2s, S-3s, and S-4s are mostly Central, with New Haven blocks in the 9400s and 9800s. EMD switchers run from SW1s in the 8400s through the SW1500s Penn Central bought new. A "(2nd)" is a number used again after the first unit left it. Parentheses on 9216–9221 mean the units were built against Penn Central numbers and went to the Indiana Harbor Belt instead of staying on the roster.
| PC number | Later number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7800-7885 (1st) | 8350-8380 | BS-6 | BLW DS-4-4-660 | Ex-PRR 9000/9100/9200 series |
| 7886-7893 (1st) | 8381-8386 | BS-7 | BLW DS-4-4-750 | Ex-PRR 5500/5600 series |
| 7894-7899 (1st) | — | BS-8 | BLH S-8 | Ex-PRR 5994-5999 |
| 7900-7913 (1st) | 8387, 8388 | BS-7 | BLW DS-4-4-750 | Ex-PRR 5500/5600 series |
| 7914-8046 (1st) | 8263-8297 | BS-10m | BLW DS-4-4-1000 | Ex-PRR 5500/5900/9000/9100/9200 series |
| 8047, 8048 (1st) | — | BS-10 | BLW VO1000 | Ex-NYC 9300, 9301 |
| 8092-8112 (1st) | 8308-8316 | BS-12m | BLH S-12 | Ex-NYC 9308-9328 |
| 8113-8199 (1st) | 8317-8344 | BS-12m | BLH S-12 | Ex-PRR 8100/8700/8900 series |
| 8206-8210 | — | FS-10 | FM H10-44 | Ex-NYC 9106-9110 |
| 8211-8262 | — | FS-10 | FM H10-44 | Ex-PRR 5900/9000/9100/9200 series |
| 8300-8326 (1st) | — | FS-12 | FM H12-44 | Ex-NYC 9100 series |
| 8327-8342 (1st) | — | FS-12 | FM H12-44 | Ex-PRR 8700 series |
| 8400-8500 | — | ES-6m | EMD SW1 | Ex-NYC 500/600/700 series. Some sublettered for the Chicago River & Indiana |
| 8501-8599 | — | ES-6m | EMD SW1 | Ex-PRR 5900/9100/9200/9400 series |
| 8600-8627 | — | — | EMD SW8 | Ex-NYC 9600-9627 |
| 8605 (2nd) | — | ES-8 | EMD SW8 | Ex-Merchants Despatch Transportation 15 |
| 8628-8646 | — | ES-9 | EMD SW900 | Ex-NYC 9628-9646. Some sublettered for Cleveland Union Terminal |
| 8647-8678 | — | ES-10m | EMD NW2 | Ex-PRR 5900/9100/9200 series |
| 8683-8699 | — | ES-10m | EMD NW2 | Ex-NYC 9500-9516. Built as New York, Ontario & Western 114 and 116-131 |
| 8700-8704, 8750-8773 | — | ES-10m | EMD NW2 | Ex-NYC 8700-8704, 8750-8773 |
| 8795-8802 | — | ES-10m | EMD NW2 | Ex-Indiana Harbor Belt 8795-8802 |
| 8803-8810 | — | ES-10m | EMD NW2 | Ex-NYC 8803-8810 |
| 8836-8841 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-NYC 8836-8841. Some sublettered for the Chicago River & Indiana |
| 8842-8850 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-Indiana Harbor Belt 8842-8850 |
| 8851-8855 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-NYC 8851-8855 |
| 8872-8874 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-Indiana Harbor Belt 8872-8874 |
| 8880-8903 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-NYC 8880-8903 |
| 8904-8906, 8908-8910 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-NYC (Peoria & Eastern) 8904-8906, 8908-8910 |
| 8907 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-Indiana Harbor Belt 8715 |
| 8911-9001 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW9 | Ex-NYC 8911-9001 |
| 9009-9034 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW1200 | Ex-PRR 7909-7934 |
| 9035-9041 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-PRR 9300 series |
| 9042-9044 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW9 | Ex-PRR 8542-8544 |
| 9045-9049 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-PRR 9300 series |
| 9050-9058 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW1200 | Ex-PRR 7900-7908 |
| 9059, 9060 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW9 | Ex-PRR 8859, 8860 |
| 9061-9094 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-PRR 9300 series |
| 9075 (2nd) | — | ES-12m | EMD NW2u | Ex-PC 8754 |
| 9095, 9096 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW9 | Ex-PRR 8869, 8870 |
| 9097, 9098 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW7 | Ex-PRR 8871, 8872 |
| 9099-9111 | — | ES-12m | EMD NW2u | Ex-PC 8600 series |
| 9113-9133 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW9 | Ex-PRR 8513-8533 |
| 9133 (2nd) | 9153 | ES-12m | EMD NW2u | Ex-PC 8704 |
| 9150-9152, 9154-9179 | — | ES-12m | EMD NW2u | Ex-PC 8600/9000 series |
| 9180-9199 | — | ES-12m | EMD SW1200 | Ex-NH 640-659 |
| (9216-9221) | — | — | EMD SW1500 | Built against Penn Central 9216-9221 and transferred to the Indiana Harbor Belt |
| 9223-9227 | — | ES15m | EMD SW1500 | Ex-IHB 9223-9227 |
| 9300-9347 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-NYC 800 series |
| 9348-9380 | — | AS6m | Alco S3 | Ex-NYC 800/900 series |
| 9382-9394 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-NYC 800 series |
| 9395-9402 | — | AS6m | Alco S3 | Ex-NYC 800/900 series |
| 9405, 9406, 9408 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-NYC 951, 952, 954 |
| 9411 | — | — | Alco HH660 | Ex-New Haven 0924 |
| 9412-9436, 9447-9449, 9457-9459 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-NH 0935-0977 |
| 9437-9446 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-PRR 9200 series |
| 9451, 9452, 9454-9456 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-PRR 9101, 9102, 5954-5956 |
| 9461-9470 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-PRR 5600 series |
| 9473-9485 | — | AS6m | Alco S3 | Ex-PRR 8700/8800 series |
| 9486-9499 | — | AS6m | Alco S1 | Ex-NH 0778-0995 |
| 9600-9661 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-NYC 8500 series. 8505 (2nd) was ex-Delaware & Hudson 3024 |
| 9663-9703 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-NYC 8500/8600 series |
| 9704, 9705 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-NYC 851 and 869 (2nd). Earlier Delaware & Hudson 3031 and 3032 |
| 9706-9727 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-NYC 8500 series |
| 9729, 9730 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-NYC 8598, 8623 |
| 9731, 9732 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-NYC 8541, 8548 |
| 9733-9765 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-NYC 8600 series |
| 9768-9777 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-PRR 8400 series |
| 9778-9787 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-PRR 5600/9200 series |
| 9788-9801, 9803 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-PRR 8800/8900 series |
| 9802, 9804-9814 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-PRR 5600/9100/9200 series |
| 9815, 9817 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-PRR 8487, 8887 |
| 9816, 9818-9821 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-PRR 5600/5900 series |
| 9822, 9823, 9830-9834 | — | AS10m | Alco S4 | Ex-PRR 8400 series |
| 9824-9828, 9836-9842 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-PRR 5600/5900 series |
| 9844-9849 | — | AS10a | Alco T6 | Ex-PRR 8424-8429 |
| 9850-9860 | — | AS10m | Alco S2 | Ex-NH 0600-0621 |
| 9999 | — | GS4 | GE 44-ton | Ex-PRR 9353 |
The new SW1500s, 9500–9583, are with the other new orders below. They are class ES15m.
Freight cabs were already old on merger day. Pennsylvania F3s and F7s, Central F3s and F7s, a handful of Alco FA and FB units from the Central and the New Haven, and two Rio Grande F7 sets that had come onto the Central. Penn Central renumbered the Pennsylvania cabs into the 1400s, 1900s, and 3500s, and the Central’s own 1600s and 1800s mostly stayed put. No. 1905 is the one Pennsylvania F7A in this block that is recorded in Penn Central paint. The rest of 1900–1906 often worked out their time in the old Brunswick green.
| PC number | Former number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300, 1319 | 1009, 1119 | AF-16 | Alco FA-1 | Ex-NYC 1009 and 1119 (2nd) |
| 1302-1313 | 1102-1113 | AF-16 | Alco FA-2 | Ex-NYC 1102-1113 |
| 1330-1333 | — | AF-16 | Alco FA-1 | Ex-New Haven 0401, 0418, 0426, 0428 |
| 1345-1399 | 1045-1099 | AF-16 | Alco FA-2 | Ex-NYC 1045-1099 |
| 1400-1425 | — | EF-15 | EMD F3A | From PRR 9524A-9689A |
| 1440-1538 | — | EF-15 | EMD F7A | From PRR 9640A-9879A |
| 1617-1635 | — | EF-15 | EMD F3A | Ex-NYC 1617-1635 |
| 1636-1873 | — | EF-15a | EMD F7A | Ex-NYC 1636-1873 |
| 1878, 1879 | 721, 754 | EF-15a | EMD F7A | Ex-Rio Grande 5721, 5754 |
| 1900-1906 | — | EF-15a | EMD F7A | Ex-PRR 9656A-9661A and 9666A. No. 1905 is the one of this group painted Penn Central |
| 3323-3372 | — | AF-16 | Alco FB-2 | Ex-NYC |
| 3368 (2nd) | — | AF-16 | Alco FB-1 | Ex-NYC 3368 (2nd) |
| 3390-3392 | — | AF-16 | Alco FB-1 | Ex-New Haven 0456, 0458, 0462 |
| 3393-3397 | — | AF-16 | Alco FB-2 | Ex-New Haven 0465-0469 |
| 3423-3442 | — | EF-15a | EMD F7B | Ex-NYC 2423-2442 |
| 3443-3474 | — | EF-15 | EMD F3B | Ex-NYC 2443-2474 |
| 3478, 3479 | 712, 733 | EF-15a | EMD F7B | Ex-Rio Grande 5712, 5733 |
| 3500-3507 | — | EF-15 | EMD F3B | Ex-PRR 9524B-9554B |
| 3508-3563 | — | EF-15a | EMD F7B | Ex-PRR 9547B-9878B |
Penn Central GP30 #2238, from the ex-Pennsylvania 2200s, in the snow. The file arrived without a location or a photographer.
This is the everyday freight locomotive of the first Penn Central years: GP7s and GP9s from both parents, Alco RS2s and RS3s, RS1s, Baldwin road switchers, and Fairbanks-Morse H16-44s. GP9B boosters 3800–3839 are the Pennsylvania’s cabless Geeps, the only units in this block with no cab. Six-axle first-generation units that used to sit in this list are in the next section. Second-generation four-axle units, GP20s and everything newer, follow them.
| PC number | Later number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3800-3829 | — | EF17 | EMD GP9B | Ex-PRR 7175B-7204B |
| 3830-3839 | — | EF17 | EMD GP9B | Ex-PRR 7230B-7239B |
| 5100-5112 | — | FRS-7a | FM H16-44 | Ex-NYC 7000-7012 |
| 5150-5159 | — | FRS-7a | FM H16-44 | Ex-PRR 8807-8816 |
| 5160-5174 | — | FRS-7a | FM H16-44 | Ex-NH 1600-1614 |
| 5207, 5210, 5212, 5215, 5221, 5229 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS2 | Ex-NYC 8207, 8210, 8212, 8215, 8221, 8229 |
| 5203, 5205, 5223-5352 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-NYC 8203, 8205, 8223-8352 |
| 5400, 5401 (1st) | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8600, 8601 |
| 5401 (2nd) | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS2 | Ex-Lehigh Valley 212 (1st) |
| 5402-5405, 5409, 5411 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8602-8605, 8909, 8592 |
| 5413-5416 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8903, 8904, 8435, 8436 |
| 5418-5436 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8818-8836 |
| 5437-5442 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8437-8442 |
| 5443-5451 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8593-8599, 8590, 8591 |
| 5452-5470 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8452-8470 |
| 5461 (2nd) | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS2 | Ex-Lehigh Valley 210 (1st) |
| 5471-5484 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-New Haven 500 series |
| 5500-5530 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-NYC 8247-8291 |
| 5531-5536, 5544 (2nd) | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-New Haven 500 series |
| 5537-5555 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8800 series |
| 5554, 5559, 5561, 5564, 5566, 5570 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-New Haven 500 series |
| 5557-5565 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8900 series |
| 5567-5584 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-PRR 8400 series |
| 5585-5598 | — | ARS-16 | Alco RS3 | Ex-New Haven 500 series |
| 5600-5625 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-NYC 5600-5625. Nos. 5612-5625 sublettered for the Peoria & Eastern |
| 5626-5712 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-NYC 5626-5712 |
| 5719 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 5719 |
| 5738-5812 | — | ES15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-NYC 5738-5812 |
| 5818-5827 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-NYC 5818-5827, built as Chesapeake & Ohio 5720-5729 |
| 5840-5844 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-PRR 8840-8844 |
| 5845-5892 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-PRR 8500 series |
| 5895-5899 | — | ERS15 | EMD GP7 | Ex-PRR 8805, 8806, 8797-8799 |
| 5900-5927 | — | ERS15s | EMD GP7 | Ex-NYC 5700 and 5800 series |
| 5950-5959 | — | ERS15s | EMD GP7 | Ex-PRR 8500 series |
| 7000-7269 | — | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-PRR 7000-7269 |
| 7300-7303 | — | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-NYC (Cleveland Union Terminal) 5900-5903 |
| 7304-7327, 7346-7475 | — | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-NYC 5904-6075 |
| 7348, 7369, 7380, 7420, 7452, 7519 | — | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-NYC 5900/6000 series |
| 7500-7518 | 7329-7344, 7347 | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-NYC 5900 series |
| 7530-7559 | 7270-7298 | ERS17 | EMD GP9 | Ex-NH 1200-1229 |
| 7600-7608 | — | ARS18 | Alco RS11 | Ex-NYC 8000-8008 |
| 7617-7654 | — | ARS18 | Alco RS11 | Ex-PRR 8617-8654 |
| 7660-7674 | — | ARS18 | Alco RS11 | Ex-NH 1400-1414 |
| 8050-8053 | 8300-8302 | BRS10sx | BLW DRS-4-4-1000 | Ex-PRR 9276, 5591-5593 |
| 8062, 8063 | 8398, 8399 | LERS12as | Lima-Hamilton 1,200 hp road switcher | Ex-NYC 6210, 6211, repowered with EMD engines |
| 8067-8083 | — | BRS12m | BLW RS12 | Ex-NYC 6220-6236 |
| 8084-8091 | 8303-8306 | BRS12m | BLW RS12 | Ex-PRR 8975, 8110, 8776, 8107-8109, 8105, 8106 |
| 9900-9913 | — | ARS10/a/sx | Alco RS1 | Ex-NYC 8100-8113 |
| 9914-9940 | — | ARS10/a/sx | Alco RS1 | Ex-PRR 5600 / 5900 / 8400 / 8800 series |
| 9941-9946 | — | ARS10/a/sx | Alco RS1 | Ex-NH 0662-0665, 0667, 0671 |
| 9948, 9949 | 9949A, 9949B | — | AEH-12 slug | Ex-PC 6803 (2nd) and 6811 |
| 9950-9984 | — | AERS12 | Alco RS3m | EMD-repowered. Ex-PC 5200 / 5300 / 5400 / 5500 series |
These were filed with the four-axle Geeps on the old page because they share the same generation. They are six-motor locomotives: Train Masters, Alco RSD road switchers, EMD SD7s and SD9s, and Baldwin AS616s. The nine H24-66 Train Masters became 6700–6708. Those numbers were used again, after the Train Masters were gone, for U23Cs.
| PC number | Later number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6700-6708 (1st) | 6799 (ex-6708) | FS24m | FM H24-66 | Ex-PRR 8700-8707 and 8699 |
| 6800-6805 | — | ARS16a | Alco RSD5 | Ex-PRR 8446-8451 |
| 6806-6810 | — | APS24ms | Alco RSD7 | Ex-PRR 8606-8610 |
| 6811-6816 | — | ARS24 | Alco RSD15 | Ex-PRR 8611-8616 |
| 6855-6879 | — | ARS18a | Alco RSD12 | Ex-PRR 8655-8679 |
| 6900-6924 | — | ERS17a | EMD SD9 | Ex-PRR 7600-7624 |
| 6950, 6951 (1st) | 6998, 6999 | ERS15ax | EMD SD7 | Ex-PRR 8588, 8589 |
| 6966-6974 | — | BRS16m | BLH AS616 | Ex-PRR 8966-8974 |
| 6975, 6976 | — | BRS16m | BLH AS616 | Ex-PRR 8111, 8112 |
Penn Central U25B #2615, formerly Pennsylvania #2515, at 59th Street Yard in Chicago on April 9, 1970. The Pennsylvania 2500s were renumbered into the 2600s so they would not sit on top of the Central’s own U25Bs. Roger Puta photo.
From the GP20 forward, the fleet is what the three railroads had bought in the 1960s, before anyone added the units in the next table. Pennsylvania GP30s 2200–2249 kept those numbers. Pennsylvania 2250 and 2251, which would have collided with the GP35s, moved down to 2198 and 2199. The same kind of shuffle put Pennsylvania GP35s 2309 and 2310 onto 2250 and 2251. Central U25Bs stayed 2500–2569. Pennsylvania U25Bs, 2500–2548 and 2649–2658, became 2600–2658. New Haven U25Bs became 2660–2685. One C424, 2415, is the Pennsylvania’s rebuilt Alco RS27 demonstrator. The C425s are the AF25s, 2416–2446 and the New Haven’s 2450–2459.
| PC number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2044 | AF20 | Alco RS32 | Ex-NYC 8021-8044 |
| 2050-2059 | AF30 | Alco C430 | Ex-NYC 2050-2059 |
| 2100-2112 | EF20 | EMD GP20 | Ex-NYC 6100-6105, 6107, 6108, 6110-6114 |
| 2188-2197 | EF22 | EMD GP30 | Ex-NYC 6115-6124 |
| 2198-2249 | EF22 | EMD GP30 | Ex-PRR 2250, 2251, and 2200-2249 |
| 2250-2308 | EF25 | EMD GP35 | Ex-PRR 2309, 2310, and 2252-2308 |
| 2309-2351 | EF25 | EMD GP35 | Ex-PRR 2369, 2370, and 2311-2351 |
| 2353-2368 | EF25 | EMD GP35 | Ex-PRR 2353-2368 |
| 2369-2398 | EF25 | EMD GP35 | Ex-NYC 6125-6154 |
| 2399 | EF25 | EMD GP35 | Ex-NYC 6155, ex-EMD demonstrator 1964, nee demonstrator 5661 |
| 2400-2414 | AF24 | Alco RS27 | Ex-PRR 2400-2414 |
| 2415 | AF24 | Alco C424 | Ex-PRR 2415. Rebuilt from Alco RS27 demonstrator 640-1 |
| 2416-2446 | AF25 | Alco C425 | Ex-PRR 2416-2446 |
| 2450-2459 | AF25 | Alco C425 | Ex-New Haven 2550-2559 |
| 2500-2569 | GF25 | GE U25B | Ex-NYC 2500-2569 |
| 2600-2658 | GF25 | GE U25B | Ex-PRR 2500-2548 and 2649-2658 |
| 2660-2685 | GF25 | GE U25B | Ex-New Haven 2500-2525 |
| 2822, 2823 | GF28 | GE U28B | Ex-NYC 2822, 2823 |
| 2830-2857 | GF30 | GE U30B | Ex-NYC 2830-2857 |
| 2858, 2859 | GF33 | GE U33B | Ex-NYC 2858, 2859 |
| 2860-2889 | GF30 | GE U30B | Ex-NYC 2860-2889 |
| 3000-3104 | EF30 | EMD GP40 | Ex-NYC 3000-3104. No. 3036 was the first production GP40 |
| 3260-3274 | EF30 | EMD GP40 | Ex-EMD demonstrators 11-20 and 22-26 |
An A-B-A set of former Pennsylvania F units, FP7 #4334 closest, between assignments at Toledo, Ohio, in September 1968. Photographer unknown. Warren Calloway collection.
These are the locomotives Penn Central purchased, or that were delivered onto Penn Central numbers. The GP38s are the largest single model on the roster, 265 units in 7675–7939, and they are not one factory order. The GP38-2s begin at 7940. The old table called 7940–8162 GP38s. They are dash-2s, built in 1972 and 1973, and their serials are the order number plus the unit. Class EF20 was printed for both groups and is kept.
| PC number | Class | Model | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2014 | ERS20 | EMD GP38 | 36801-36805 | 7281 | November 1970 | PRSL order, delivered as Penn Central 2010-2014. Later 7670-7674 |
| 2700-2776 | GF22 | GE U23B | — | — | — | Purchased new. 77 units |
| 2890-2970 | GF33 | GE U33B | — | — | — | Purchased new. 81 units. Nos. 2956-2970 had been ordered as Rock Island 4510-4524. That order was cancelled |
| 3105-3259 | EF30 | EMD GP40 | — | — | — | Purchased new. 155 units |
| 7675-7814 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 35304-35443 | 7191 | June–November 1969 | 140 units |
| 7815-7824 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 35444-35453 | 7202 | November 1969 | 10 units. Dual control |
| 7825-7867 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 36441-36483 | 7265 | May–June 1970 | 43 units |
| 7868-7903, 7908-7937 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 36927-36992 | 7291 | January–March 1971 | 66 units |
| 7904-7907 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 36993-36996 | 7299 | March–April 1971 | 4 units. No dynamic brake |
| 7938-7939 | EF20 | EMD GP38 | 37011-37012 | 7291 | March–April 1971 | 2 units |
| 7940-8039 | EF20 | EMD GP38-2 | 7354-1 through 7354-100 | 7354 | May–August 1972 | 100 units |
| 8040-8153 | EF20 | EMD GP38-2 | 72627-1 through 72627-114 | 72627 | January–March 1973 | 114 units |
| 8154-8162 | EF20 | EMD GP38-2 | 73608-1 through 73608-9 | 73608 | October 1973 | 9 units |
| 9500-9509 | ES15m | EMD SW1500 | 37058-37067 | 7292 | February 1971 | 10 units |
| 9510-9559 | ES15m | EMD SW1500 | — | 7355 | February–March 1972 | 50 units. Serial cell was blank on the order list used here |
| 9560-9583 | ES15m | EMD SW1500 | — | 73622 | September–October 1973 | 24 units. Serial cell was blank on the order list used here |
Pennsylvania six-motor road units came across with their numbers: SD35s 6000–6039, SD40s 6040–6104, SD45s 6105–6234, C628s 6300–6314, C630s 6315–6329, U25Cs 6500–6519, U28Cs 6520–6534, and U30Cs 6535–6539. The U28C class on the old table was printed GP28a. The builder letter for General Electric in this system is G. The class is GF28a.
| PC number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6000-6039 | EF25a | EMD SD35 | Ex-PRR 6000-6039 |
| 6040-6104 | EF30a | EMD SD40 | Ex-PRR 6040-6104 |
| 6105-6234 | EF36 | EMD SD45 | Ex-PRR 6105-6234 |
| 6300-6314 | AF27 | Alco C628 | Ex-PRR 6300-6309 and 6310-6314. Fifteen units |
| 6315-6329 | AF30a | Alco C630 | Ex-PRR 6315-6329 |
| 6500-6519 | GF25a | GE U25C | Ex-PRR 6500-6519 |
| 6520-6534 | GF28a | GE U28C | Ex-PRR 6520-6534 |
| 6535-6539 | GF30a | GE U30C | Ex-PRR 6535-6539 |
What Penn Central added, and the C636s that the Pennsylvania had ordered and Penn Central received, are these. No. 6540 was the first U33C General Electric built.
| PC number | Class | Model | Serial | Order | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6235-6239 | EF36 | EMD SD45 | 34277-34281 | — | August 1968 | Purchased new. Five units |
| 6240-6270 | EF30a | EMD SD40 | 36896-36926 | 7290 | December 1970–January 1971 | 31 units |
| 6271-6284 | EF30a | EMD SD40 | 36997-37010 | 7290 | January–February 1971 | 14 units. Same order, later serials |
| 6330-6344 | AF36 | Alco C636 | 3499-01 through 3499-15 | 3499 | March–April 1968 | Pennsylvania order. Delivered in Penn Central colors |
| 6540-6559 | GF33a | GE U33C | 36670-36689 | — | February–April 1968 | 20 units. No. 6540 was the first U33C built |
| 6560-6563 | GF33a | GE U33C | 36864-36867 | — | August 1968 | 4 units |
| 6700-6718 (2nd) | GRS22 | GE U23C | 37540-37558 | — | October–November 1970 | 19 units. The numbers had been the Train Masters |
| 6925-6959 | ERS20a | EMD SD38 | 36406-36440 | 7264 | April–May 1970 | 35 units. Nearly half of all SD38s built for U.S. railroads |
Passenger power is E7s and E8s from both the Central and the Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania FP7s, a small group of F7B boosters rebuilt or reassigned to passenger heating, and the New Haven’s FL9s. The FL9 is a diesel that can also take third-rail power into Grand Central. Their own page is the FL9. Amtrak took the intercity trains on May 1, 1971. Commuter E-units and the FL9s stayed longer.
New York Central E8A #4046 and Penn Central E8A #4044 have Empire Service train #82 at Albany, New York, in August 1969. A year and a half after the merger, one unit is still in Central paint. Roger Puta collection.
| PC number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4000-4035 | EP20 | EMD E7A | Ex-NYC 4000-4035. Nos. 4003 and 4020 were rebuilt as E8Am |
| 4036-4095 | EP22 | EMD E8A | Ex-NYC 4036-4095 |
| 4100-4113 | EP20 | EMD E7B | Ex-NYC 4100-4113 |
| 4114-4127 | EP20 | EMD E7B | Ex-PRR 5900B and 5840B-5864B, even numbers |
| 4150-4163 | EP20 | EMD F7B | Ex-PRR 9832B-9858B, even numbers |
| 4200-4245 | EP20 | EMD E7A | Ex-PRR 5900, 5901, and 5840A-5883A |
| 4246-4319 | EP22 | EMD E8A | Ex-PRR 5700/5800 series |
| 4320-4328 | EP22 | EMD E8A | Ex-PC / NYC 4000 series |
| 4332-4371 | EFP15 | EMD FP7 | Ex-PRR 9832A-9871A |
| 5000-5059 | EP17e/EP18e | EMD FL9 | Ex-New Haven 2000-2059 |
Penn Central inherited two electric railroads and a piece of a third. The Pennsylvania’s GG1s and E44s worked the Northeast Corridor and the freight side of the electrification. The New Haven’s eleven E33s, built as Virginian EL-Cs, and the EP-5 "Jets" that became E40s, came with that railroad. The Central’s own motors, the P-2s, T motors, and S motors, were a smaller and older group on the Hudson and Harlem third rail and on the electric freight west of New York. Shop goats and experimentals that still had a Pennsylvania number in the card file are at the bottom. They are not road freight.
The GG1 block is not every number from 4800 to 4938. No. 4817 was retired in March 1967, before the merger, and never carried a Penn Central number. Other units inside 4801–4814 and 4818–4938 were already off the roster. The class page has all 139 locomotives, the builders, and the later Amtrak numbers. No. 4800 is Old Rivets, the riveted prototype.
| PC number | Class | Model | Heritage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4400-4457 | E44 | GE E44 | Ex-PRR 4400-4457 |
| 4458-4465 | E44a | GE E44a | Ex-PRR 4458-4465 |
| 4600-4610 | E33 | GE E33 | Ex-NH 300-310, nee Virginian |
| 4622 | P-2a | Alco/GE P-2a | Ex-NYC 222 |
| 4623-4642 | P-2b | Alco/GE P-2b | Ex-NYC 223-242 |
| 4655 | T-1a | Alco/GE T-1a | Ex-NYC 255 |
| 4662 | T-2a | Alco/GE T-2a | Ex-NYC 262 |
| 4663, 4666, 4667, 4669, 4671 | T-2b | GE T-2b | Ex-NYC 263, 266, 267, 269, 271 |
| 4673-4676, 4678-4680 | T-3a | Alco/GE T-3a | Ex-NYC 273-276, 278-280 |
| 4702-4733 | S-2 | Alco/GE S-2 | Ex-NYC 102-133 |
| 4751-4757 | B-1 | PRR / Allis-Chalmers B-1 | From PRR 3912, 3913, and 5685-5693. Seven PC numbers. The predecessor list is longer |
| 4780, 4781 | DD-1 | PRR / Westinghouse DD-1 | Ex-PRR 3936, 3937 |
| 4790 | L-6 | PRR / GE L-6 | Ex-PRR 5939 |
| 4791 | L-6a | Lima L-6a | Ex-PRR 5940 |
| 4800-4938 | GG1 | GG1 | Ex-PRR. Gaps inside the range. No. 4817 retired March 1967 and is not included. No. 4800 is Old Rivets. Builders and Amtrak numbers are the GG1 page |
| 4970-4977 | E40 | GE E40 | Ex-NH 371-377 and 379 |
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