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Seaboard Coast Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)

Published: October 15, 2026

By: Adam Burns

On July 1, 1967 the Seaboard Coast Line inherited two diesel fleets and then kept buying. The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line numbers that crossed the merger are indexed below. Builder serials for those locomotives stay on those two rosters. Both of those rosters count each railroad’s all-time diesels, including locomotives retired before the merger. The index here is the SCL number column only. Locomotives ordered new after the merger, and locomotives acquired from other railroads, follow in their own tables, with serial and order numbers where a count matches the span.

Seaboard Coast Line U36B No. 1776 in Bicentennial paint at Savannah, Georgia, in June 1971

U36B No. 1776 at Savannah, Georgia, in June 1971. Rick Burn collection. This is the Bicentennial unit, serial 37999, built in June 1971. The first 1776, serial 37439, was renumbered 1813. The September 1971 photograph at Raleigh is on the company page.

On this page: At a glance · From the Coast Line · From the Seaboard · New orders · Acquired locomotives · Rebuilds and slugs

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadSeaboard Coast Line. Mark SCL. Company history
Inherited fleetsSCL numbers of Coast Line and Seaboard locomotives still on the property at the merger. Serials on those rosters
New orders in the table623 locomotives. Further 1968 SD45s, numbered in the 2000s below 2038, are outside that figure
Acquired28 locomotives in the second table. Piedmont & Northern, three C430 demonstrators, Jacksonville switchers, two Winston-Salem Southbound GP9s
First new hoodsU33B 1719–1734, December 1967–January 1968
Last new power in the tableC30-7 7070–7094, October–November 1980
Passenger cabsThrough Amtrak, May 1, 1971. Several E8s and the E9 went to Amtrak
Seaboard SystemDecember 29, 1982. GP16 rebuilds at Waycross continued into October 1982

From the Coast Line

In the table, the ACL column is the Coast Line road number at the merger, and the SCL column is the number after it. Switchers that had been renumbered into the 10s, 20s, and 40s on the Coast Line took a new SCL series, except five NW2s that kept 21–25. The VO-1000s and the S2s had been re-engined with 1,200-horsepower Electro-Motive 567s. Three of the S2s, 44–46, were Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac engines acquired in May 1966. Four switchers, 717–720, and six F7As, 424–429, came from the Charleston & Western Carolina. GP7s 100–279, including former Charleston & Western Carolina units and five Columbia, Newberry & Laurens units that became SCL 875–879, are a long split. The number-by-number list stays on the Coast Line roster.

Cab units that had already left, including the E6As, have a blank SCL cell on that roster and are left blank here. E3A 500, wrecked at Fleming, Georgia, in 1953, had been rebuilt by Electro-Motive as E8Am 500 and became SCL 574. E7A 532, wrecked at Dillon, South Carolina, on February 4, 1953, had been rebuilt as E8A 532 and became SCL 575. The one SDP35, Coast Line 550 and later 1099, became SCL 600. E8A 550 is a different locomotive.

ModelACL numbersSCL numbersNotes
VO-100010–1199–100Ex-606 and 607
VO-100012–13101, 102Ex-608 and 609
VO-100014–15103–104Ex-616 and 617
VO-100016–18105, —, 106Ex-619, 621, and 623. Former 621 has no SCL number
NW221–22, 2421, 22, 24Built as 611, 613, and 615. Later 601 (2nd), 602 (2nd), and 604 (2nd)
NW223, 25 (2nd)23, 25Built as 603 and 605
S226–27107–108Built as 602 and 604
S228–30109–111Built as 610, 612, and 614
S231–33112–114Built as 618, 620, and 622
S234–43115–124Built as 624–642, even numbers only
S24498Ex-RF&P 54, acquired May 1966
S245–4696–97Ex-RF&P 45 and 46, acquired May 1966
SW850–5910–19
SW7643–651125–133
SW9652–715134–197
SW9716198
SW7717–718199–200Ex-C&WC 800–801
SW9719201Ex-C&WC 802
SW9720202Ex-C&WC 803
GP7100–279700s through 879Includes former C&WC units and CN&L 100–104, which became SCL 875–879. The split is on the Coast Line roster
F3A336–347336–347 (1st)
F3B336B–347B336B–347B
F7A348–371348–371 (1st)
F7A372–403372–403
F7B392B–403B392B–403B
F9A417 (2nd)309Replaced F7A 417
F7A419–423311–315
F7A424–429408–413Nee C&WC 900–905
FP7430–444316–331Built as 875–889. Steam-generator equipment removed. No. 885 is one of this group, and its photograph is on the Coast Line diesel roster
FP7445–448332–335Built as 890–893. Steam-generator equipment removed
E8Am500574Built as E3A 500. Wrecked at Fleming, Georgia, in 1953. Rebuilt by EMD as E8Am 500
E8A532575Built as E7A 532. Wrecked at Dillon, South Carolina, February 4, 1953. Rebuilt as E8A 532
E8A544–548576–579547 retired in 1967, before the merger
E8A549, 550 (2nd)580, 581Ex-MKT 52A and 52C
E8A551–552582–583Ex-MKT 53A and 53C
E8A553–554584–585Ex-MKT 54A and 55A
E8A555–556586–587Ex-MKT 55B and 56A
E6B751, 753655B, 656B
E7B755–758657B–660B755 lettered Norfolk & Western 549 for a time, then returned to 755
E7B759–764661B–666B
E8B765–766670B–671BEx-RF&P 1052–1053
FP7850–874675–698855 did not go to the Seaboard Coast Line
GP30900–9081300–1308
GP35909–9141400–1405
GP40915–9291500–1514
U30B975–9781700–1703
SD3510001900Ex-EMD demonstrator 7715
SD351001–10231901–1923
SD451024–10331924–1933
SDP35550, later 1099600Same locomotive. The Coast Line roster also lists 1099 in the SCL column
C6282000–20102200–2210
C6302011–20132211–2213
U25C3000–30202100–21203011–3013 later uprated to 2,800 horsepower
U30C3021–30242121–2124First U30Cs built

From the Seaboard

The Seaboard’s contribution is the larger hood fleet: GP7s 1700–1822, the GP9 groups whose SCL spans match on that roster, the Alco road switchers, and the late road power through the U30Bs and the GP40s of early 1967. GP9 blocks that the Seaboard roster does not match to an SCL span stay there. Four months after the merger, E7A 3041 and GP7s 1795 and 1796 were still lettered for the Seaboard at Athens. Renumbering took longer than the corporate date. E7A 568 is the Cary photograph on the company page, train 3 in the snow. GP40 1564 is the Boylan Junction photograph, crossing the Southern at Raleigh. GP7 914, in the 910–924 block, is the October 1977 Athens photograph.

ModelSAL numbersSCL numbersNotes
E7A3017–3020544–547
E7A3021–3030548–553, 554–556One unit did not receive a Seaboard Coast Line number
E7A3031–3035557–561
E7A3036–3040562–566
E7A3041–3044567, 568–569One unit did not receive a Seaboard Coast Line number. 3041, still lettered Seaboard, is the October 1967 Athens photograph. 568 is the Cary photograph
E7A3045–3048570–573
E8A3049–3054588–593To Amtrak 246–250
E8A3055–3057594–596To Amtrak 251–253
E8A3058–3059597–598One unit to Amtrak 254
E9A3060599To Amtrak 404
E7B3105–3107667B–669B
RS11100–1091202–1211
C420110–1351212–1235126 wrecked
GP18400–4091056–1065
GP30500–5331309–1342
GP305341343Ex-EMD demonstrator 5639
GP35535–5441406–1415
GP40600–6501515–15651564 is the Boylan Junction photograph on the company page
U30B800–8141704–1718
SDP351100–1119601–620
RSC215311105
RSC31537–15401111–1114
RSC31541–15431115–1117
RS21605–16281119–11411628 left the roster before the merger
RS31629–16561142–1169
RS31657–16641170–11771657 and 1662 later became road slugs 3226–3227 (3401–3402)
RS31665–16741178–1187
RS31675–16841188–11971197 later became road slug 3404
RS316881198Ex-Macon, Dublin & Savannah 1705
RS31689–16901199–1200Ex-Macon, Dublin & Savannah 1703–1704
RS316911201Ex-Macon, Dublin & Savannah 1706. Later road slug 3225 (3400)
GP71700–1703880–883
GP71704–1711884–891
GP71712–1729892–909
GP71730–1744910–924914 is the October 1977 Athens photograph on the company page
GP71745–1752925–932
GP71753–1782933–962
GP71783–1797963–9771795 and 1796, still lettered Seaboard, are the October 1967 Athens photograph
GP71798–1801978–981
GP71802–1822982–1002
GP91900–19021053–1055
GP91903–19091003–1009
GP91922–19251021–1024
S1120126
VO-10001400–140228–30
NW21406–141231–361408 was not in the merger
VO-10001413–141637–40
S21425–143441–50
DS-4-4-10001439–146151–73
S41482–149174–83
VO-1000149284Ex-Macon, Dublin & Savannah 1000
S121462–1465203–206205 later became yard slug 3009
RS121466–1481207–222221 later became yard slug 3010

New orders

The first locomotives ordered in the new name were sixteen U33Bs, 1719–1734, delivered from December 1967 through January 1968. They continued the number series past the inherited U30Bs, Coast Line 1700–1703 and Seaboard 1704–1718. Thirteen more U33Bs followed in January and February 1969. Both groups rode on Blomberg trucks from traded Electro-Motive units.

The U36B was the big General Electric purchase, 108 locomotives from May 1970 through March 1972, all on Blomberg trucks. The first 1776, serial 37439, built in August 1970, was later renumbered 1813 and is already inside 1748–1777. The Bicentennial 1776 in the Savannah photograph is a different locomotive, serial 37999, built in June 1971 on the same order as 1778–1812. It is preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. The series then ran through 1855 in March 1972.

U18Bs, 105 locomotives, arrived from March 1973 through November 1974. The first blocks were 300–324. Nos. 325–343 and 344–392 rode on refurbished Blomberg trucks from Electro-Motive trade-ins. A dozen more, 250–261, were built in December 1973 on the same order as 325–343 and numbered below the 300s. Greg McDonnell, in U-Boats, assigns 390–392 to phosphate service in Florida.

Electro-Motive’s new four-motor hoods began with seventy GP40s, 1566–1635, from December 1969 through September 1971, added above the inherited GP40s that already filled 1500–1565. Twenty-one GP40-2s followed in April 1972, and five more, 6617–6621, in June 1980, in Family Lines paint. Louisville & Nashville GP40-2s 6600–6616 are the neighboring block. GP38-2s came in two paints. Nos. 500–555, fifty-six locomotives, were built in 1973 in the railroad’s own black and yellow. Nos. 6046–6050 and 6053–6065, eighteen locomotives, were built in 1980 in Family Lines paint. Nos. 6051–6052 are Georgia Railroad locomotives.

Six-motor power in the table below is a slice, not the whole 1968 SD45 delivery. SCL 2038–2044, serials 37728–37734, October 1968, later became Clinchfield 3625–3631. Further 1968 SD45s were numbered in the 2000s below 2038. Fifteen SD45-2s, 2045–2059, were built in August and September 1974. No. 2046 is the Hamlet photograph on the company page, the Pennyroyal coal train in April 1978. Thirty-six SD40-2s were built in 1979 and 1980 in Family Lines paint, including the single 8130. Clinchfield SD40-2s 8127–8129, 8131, and 8132 are the neighbors of that unit.

Yard power in the new orders is forty-five MP15ACs, twenty in October 1977 and twenty-five in February 1978. Louisville & Nashville MP15ACs are 4225–4234. The late General Electric road units are B23-7s, BQ23-7s 5130–5139, B30-7s, and C30-7s. B23-7s 5115–5129 are Louisville & Nashville, and the BQ23-7s sit between the Coast Line’s two B23-7 groups. C30-7s 7000–7015, 7032–7051, and 7062–7069 are Louisville & Nashville. From 1977 the new hoods left the builder in French gray with red and yellow ribbons.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
U33B1719–17341636467–364821592December 1967–January 1968Blomberg trucks from EMD trade-ins
U33B1735–17471336837–368491405January–February 1969Blomberg trucks from EMD trade-ins
U36B1748–17773037411–374401000May–August 19701776, serial 37439, later renumbered 1813. All SCL U36Bs have Blomberg trucks
U36B1778–18123537774–378081005March–August 1971
U36B1776 (2nd)1379991005June 1971Bicentennial paint. Savannah photograph above. Preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society
U36B1814–18342138036–380561008September–December 1971
U36B1835–18552138278–382981012January–March 1972
U18B300–3091038847–388562801March–May 1973
U18B310–3241538857–388712802March–May 1973
U18B325–3431939388–394062807November–December 1973Refurbished Blomberg trucks from EMD trade-ins
U18B250–2611239407–394182807December 1973Same order as 325–343, numbered below the 300s
U18B344–3924939852–399002900August–November 1974Refurbished Blomberg trucks from EMD trade-ins. 390–392 assigned to phosphate service
GP401566–15953035079–351087183December 1969–January 1970
GP401596–16323735897–359337229May–June 1970
GP401633–163535793-1–5793-35793September 1971
GP40-21636–1656217361-1–7361-217361April 1972
GP40-26617–66215797382-1–797382-5797382June 1980Family Lines paint
GP38-2500–55556——1973Delivered in the railroad’s own black and yellow
GP38-26046–6050, 6053–606518——1980Family Lines paint. 6051–6052 are Georgia Railroad
SD452038–2044737728–37734—October 1968Later Clinchfield 3625–3631. Further 1968 SD45s numbered below 2038 are outside this table
SD45-22045–20591574601-1–74601-1574601August–September 19742046 is the Hamlet photograph on the company page
SD40-28040–806627786208-1–786208-27786208July–September 1979Family Lines paint
SD40-28087–80948796334-1–796334-8796334May–June 1980Family Lines paint
SD40-281301807009-1807009August 1980Family Lines paint
MP15AC4000–401920777024-1–777024-20777024October 1977
MP15AC4200–422425777032-1–777032-25777032February 1978
B23-75100–51141541797–41811—February 1978
B23-75140–515415——September–October 1978
BQ23-75130–51391041947–419561453October 1978–January 1979Family Lines paint
B30-75500–551617——March and May 1980
C30-77016–703116——March and August 1979
C30-77052–70611043011–43020—March 1980
C30-77070–70942543680–43704—October–November 1980

The quantity column in this table sums to 623 locomotives. That figure is these rows. The 1968 SD45s numbered below 2038 are outside it. Rebuilds, the hump locomotives, and the slugs are outside it as well.

Acquired locomotives

The Piedmont & Northern came in during 1969. Stockholders of both companies had approved that merger on February 13, 1968, subject to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Eighteen locomotives came with the property: six S4s, ten RS3s, and two C420s. RS3 1258, below, is one of the ten. Three Alco C430 demonstrators, built in March 1967 as 430-1, 430-2, and 430-3, carried SCL 1275–1277. Five switchers came from the Jacksonville Terminal and the Jacksonville Port Authority, the last of them built for the Atlanta & West Point. Two GP9s came from the Winston-Salem Southbound.

Seaboard Coast Line RS3 No. 1258, a former Piedmont and Northern unit, at Riverbend, North Carolina, on October 21, 1969

RS3 No. 1258 at Riverbend, North Carolina, on October 21, 1969. Warren Calloway photograph. One of ten former Piedmont & Northern RS3s, SCL 1250–1259, that came with the 1969 acquisition.

ModelNumbersQtySerialOrderBuiltNotes
S4225–230681089–81094—March–April 1954Ex-Piedmont & Northern 1000–1005
RS31250–1251278249–78250—September 1950Ex-Piedmont & Northern 1600–1601
RS31252–1255478762–78765—May 1951Ex-Piedmont & Northern 1602–1605
RS31256–12594——May 1951Ex-Piedmont & Northern 1606–1609. 1258 is the Riverbend photograph
C4201238–123923430-01, 3430-023430December 1965Ex-Piedmont & Northern 2000–2001
C4301275–127733465-1–3465-33465March 1967Alco demonstrators 430-1, 430-2, and 430-3
NW223118703—October 1949Ex-Jacksonville Terminal 33
SW900232–234319561–19563—June 1954Ex-Jacksonville Terminal 37–39
DS-4-4-1000235174597—April 1949Ex-Jacksonville Port Authority, nee Atlanta & West Point 677
GP91051–10522———Ex-Winston-Salem Southbound 1503–1504

The quantity column in this table sums to 28 locomotives: 18 from the Piedmont & Northern, the three C430s, five Jacksonville switchers, and the two Winston-Salem Southbound GP9s.

Rebuilds and slugs

Eight de-rated SD35 and SDP35 locomotives were numbered 1–8 for hump service. De-rated SD35 No. 1 is counted by historians as the first Family Lines diesel. That account is on the Clinchfield page.

After the steam generators came off, SDP35s 600–620 were renumbered 1950–1970. Those are the same twenty-one locomotives, Coast Line 600 and Seaboard 601–620.

Waycross rebuilt existing locomotives into GP16s. In Family Lines paint the longer blocks are 4606–4644, 4700–4801, and 4975–4977. No. 4802, rebuilt in October 1982, is the Seaboard System-paint transition, and that work was at Waycross. The GP16s are the same frames, already on the roster.

Yard slugs were numbered 3000–3010. S12 205 became 3009, and RS12 221 became 3010. General Electric MATE-4 road slugs 3200–3224, of August 1971, were paired with U36Bs. Former RS3s were also rebuilt as road slugs, including 3225–3227 and 3400–3404 in the Seaboard index above. Slugs are left out of both quantity columns.

Related reading on American-Rails.com

Sources

  • Atlantic Coast Line diesel roster and Seaboard Air Line diesel roster on this site, for the inherited SCL numbers. Builder serials and order numbers for those locomotives stay on those pages. The Coast Line roster’s SCL column is followed here, including FP7 430–444 as 316–331 and SDP35 550, later 1099, as 600.
  • General Electric model pages on this site: U33B, for 1719–1734 and 1735–1747, orders 1592 and 1405. U36B, for 108 locomotives, orders 1000, 1005, 1008, and 1012, the two 1776s, and preservation of the second 1776 at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. U18B, for 105 locomotives, orders 2801, 2802, 2807, and 2900, March 1973 through November 1974. Greg McDonnell, U-Boats, for the assignment of 390–392 to phosphate service.
  • Electro-Motive pages on this site: GP40 and GP40-2, for 1566–1635, 1636–1656, and 6617–6621. SD40-2, for 8040–8066, 8087–8094, and 8130, serial 807009-1, order 807009, August 1980. BQ23-7, for 5130–5139, serials 41947–41956, order 1453, October 1978–January 1979.
  • Family Lines page on this site, for French gray with red and yellow ribbons from 1977, GP38-2s 500–555 in the railroad’s own colors and 6046–6050 with 6053–6065 in Family Lines paint, GP16 blocks 4606–4644, 4700–4801, and 4975–4977, and GP16 4802 rebuilt at Waycross in October 1982. Clinchfield pages, for SD45s 3625–3631, former SCL 2038–2044, serials 37728–37734, October 1968, and for de-rated SD35 No. 1.
  • The Diesel Shop, Seaboard Coast Line roster, revised April 5, 2024. Used for the Piedmont & Northern group, C430s 1275–1277, the Jacksonville Terminal and Jacksonville Port Authority switchers, Winston-Salem Southbound GP9s 1051–1052, B23-7 5100–5114, C30-7 7052–7061 and 7070–7094, SD45-2s 2045–2059, the dates on the rows whose serials are left blank, hump locomotives 1–8, and slugs 3000–3010 and 3200–3224. Where a serial span did not match the number of locomotives, the serial cell is blank.
  • RR Picture Archives, successor notes on the MP15ACs, for orders 777024 (4000–4019, October 1977) and 777032 (4200–4224, February 1978).

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    All-time diesel roster of the original Norfolk Southern Railway. 59 locomotives: Baldwin switchers and AS-416s, three GE 70-tonners, 17 GP18s, and seven GP38s. Serials and order numbers.

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  20. Original Norfolk Southern Railway: Map, Rosters, History

    Oct 14, 26 10:09 AM

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    The original Norfolk Southern Railway, chartered in 1870 as the Elizabeth City & Norfolk. Norfolk to Charlotte. Merged into the Southern Railway on January 1, 1974. Baldwin diesels and the GP18s and G…

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  21. Nebraska Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 14, 26 10:00 AM

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    Nebraska railroad museums—the Durham Museum, Kenefick Park, Cody Park, and the Golden Spike Tower over Bailey Yard. Confirm hours on each site.

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  22. Nevada Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 14, 26 09:51 AM

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    Nevada railroad museums—Carson City, Boulder City, the Nevada Northern at East Ely, and the Virginia City depot. Confirm hours on each site.

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  23. Montana Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 14, 26 12:17 AM

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    Montana railroad museums—the Livingston depot, Fort Missoula’s Willamette, the Harlowton Milwaukee depot, and the Whitefish station. Confirm hours on each site.

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  24. "Jawn Henry" Locomotive: Specs, Diagram, Photos

    Oct 14, 26 12:03 AM

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    Norfolk & Western No. 2300, class TE-1, the steam turbine-electric Jawn Henry. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, Westinghouse, and Babcock & Wilcox, May 1954. Specifications, the road tests, and the Dece…

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  25. Atlantic and Danville Railway: Serving Southern VA

    Oct 13, 26 04:32 PM

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    Atlantic and Danville Railway, chartered in 1882, incorporated September 1883. Three-foot line to Claremont, then Norfolk to Danville. Southern lease from September 1, 1899, to July 1, 1949. Alco RS2s…

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  26. Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railroad: Map, Roster, History

    Oct 13, 26 04:26 PM

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    Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway, chartered October 2, 1962, and operating from November 1, 1962. Norfolk to Danville, 210.8 miles. Two Alco RS36s and four RS11s. Merged into the N&W on December…

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  27. Norfolk & Western Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 12, 26 11:59 PM

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    Norfolk & Western diesel roster, all-time. 1,464 locomotives built new for the railroad, from the 1955 GP9s and RS-3s through the C36-7s, plus the merger fleets.

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  28. Norfolk & Western Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 12, 26 11:52 PM

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    Norfolk & Western steam since 1898. The Roanoke grid: 1,266 locomotives, the J, the A, and the Y, and the last road steam on May 7, 1960.

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  29. Norfolk & Western Railway: Map, Logo, Rosters, History

    Oct 12, 26 11:45 PM

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    The Norfolk & Western, from the City Point Railroad of 1838 to Norfolk Southern. Pocahontas coal, Roanoke steam, and the 1964 expansion.

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  30. Louisiana Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 11:24 PM

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    Louisiana railroad museums—the DeQuincy depot, the Long Leaf sawmill, Jackson’s model railroad, and Southern Pacific 745. Confirm hours on each site.

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  31. Michigan Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 11:14 PM

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    Michigan railroad museums—Pere Marquette 1225 at Owosso, Durand Union Station, The Henry Ford, and the Mount Clemens depot. Confirm hours on each site.

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  32. Mississippi Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 10:52 PM

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    Mississippi railroad museums—McComb’s rebuilt Illinois Central depot and Illinois Central 2542, and the Casey Jones museum at Water Valley. Confirm hours on each site.

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  33. The "E2b": PRR's Experimental Freight Electrics

    Oct 12, 26 10:33 PM

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    PRR class E2b: six GE B-B freight electrics, 4939–4944, 2,500 hp, 11 kV AC. Specifications, roster, and the 1964 scrap.

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  34. Alaska Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 10:10 PM

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    Alaska railroad museums—the Museum of Alaska in Wasilla, Tanana Valley No. 1 at Pioneer Park, and the Engine 557 shop. Confirm hours on each site.

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  35. Western and Atlantic Railroad: Map, History, Timetables

    Oct 12, 26 09:55 PM

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    The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia, authorized December 21, 1836, from Atlanta to Chattanooga. The state still owns the 137.33-mile line. CSX leases it. The through railroad opene…

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  36. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 12, 26 09:52 PM

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    Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: Consolidations, 51 Mikados, three 2-8-8-2s, Pacifics, and 25 4-8-4s. Last steam was January 4, 1953.

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  37. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 12, 26 09:27 PM

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    Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis diesel roster, all-time. Switchers from 1941, 37 GP7s, and the F3s and F7s. The quantity column totals 132 locomotives.

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  38. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway: Map, History, Logo

    Oct 12, 26 08:41 PM

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    The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, the Dixie Line. Charter of December 11, 1845, the Cumberland tunnel, and the Louisville & Nashville merger of August 30, 1957.

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  39. Idaho Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 02:44 PM

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    Idaho railroad museums—Nampa’s 1903 depot, Wallace’s Northern Pacific depot, and Boise’s 1925 Union Pacific depot. Confirm hours on each site.

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  40. Hawaii Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 12:50 PM

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    Hawaii railroad museums—the Hawaiian Railway Society at Ewa Beach and the Laupahoehoe Train Museum on the Big Island. Confirm hours on each site.

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  41. Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad: Map, History, Timetable

    Oct 12, 26 11:44 AM

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    Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, chartered March 8, 1845 as the Belpre & Cincinnati. Opened in April 1857, sold under foreclosure December 9, 1882, and succeeded by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern…

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

    Oct 12, 26 11:39 AM

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    Tennessee railroad museums—TVRM and Southern 4501 in Chattanooga, the Tennessee Central museum in Nashville, Casey Jones in Jackson, and the depots at Cookeville, Cowan, and Townsend.

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  43. Virginia Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 12, 26 09:40 AM

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    Virginia railroad museums—Roanoke’s Virginia Museum of Transportation and the O. Winston Link Museum, the C&O center at Clifton Forge, and the depots in Richmond, Fairfax Station, Suffolk, Parksley, a…

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  44. Louisville & Nashville Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 12, 26 12:15 AM

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    Louisville & Nashville diesel roster, all-time. Switchers from 1939, the cab units, and EMD, Alco, and GE hoods through the SD50s. The quantity column totals 1948 locomotives, plus 29 yard slugs.

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  45. Louisville & Nashville Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 11, 26 05:44 PM

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    Louisville & Nashville steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: Consolidations, 165 heavy Mikados, 42 Big Emma 2-8-4s, Pacifics, and 22 Mountains. Last steam January 1957.

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  46. Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Map, Rosters, History

    Oct 11, 26 05:39 PM

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    Louisville & Nashville, the Old Reliable. Charter of March 5, 1850, Milton H. Smith, the 921-mile main line, Big Emma, and the December 29, 1982 merger. Steam and diesel rosters are companion pages.

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  47. Oregon Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 11, 26 05:19 PM

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    Oregon railroad museums—the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Brooks trolleys, Canby’s 1891 depot, Medford’s Willamette, and Train Mountain. Confirm hours on each site.

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

    Oct 11, 26 05:15 PM

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    Texas railroad museums—Frisco’s Big Boy 4018, Galveston’s Santa Fe depot, Temple’s 1911 station, Plano’s interurban, and Fort Worth & Denver 304. Confirm hours on each site.

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

    Oct 10, 26 11:51 PM

    Wisconsin railroad museums—Green Bay’s Big Boy 4017 and Eisenhower’s A4, Mid-Continent at North Freedom, East Troy’s interurban, and the Riverside & Great Northern. Confirm hours on each site.

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  50. Interstate Railroad (Virginia): Map, Roster, Logo, History

    Oct 10, 26 11:22 PM

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    Interstate Railroad, a Virginia coal road chartered February 18, 1896. Andover shops. Ten Alco RS3s, 30–39. Southern control in 1961. The company ended October 31, 1985.

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