Soo Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Published: October 27, 2026
By: Adam Burns
The Soo dieselized a grain railroad, then kept buying, often with cash, until the Milwaukee Road arrived with a second fleet and a debt the new locomotives could not pay off. This roster counts 786 locomotives, each frame once: 108 built new for the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, 97 built new for the Wisconsin Central, and 581 that came to the Soo Line Railroad after the 1961 merger, new or secondhand. The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic owned 24 diesels of its own. They stay on the South Shore roster, RS-1s 100–107 included, along with the Baldwin road switchers and center-cabs that later carried Soo numbers 384–399.
Soo Line F7A 2202A at Schiller Park Yard, November 1960. Rick Burn photo.
On this page: At a glance · Cab units · Switchers · Road switchers · After 1961 · Milwaukee Road and the neighbors · Roster
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Railroad | Soo Line. Mark SOO. Company history |
| This table | Diesels of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, the Wisconsin Central, and the Soo Line Railroad. Each frame once |
| Built new, Soo proper | 108. Alco 25, Baldwin 15, Electro-Motive 62, Fairbanks-Morse 5, one General Electric 44-tonner |
| Built new, Wisconsin Central | 97. Alco 24, Electro-Motive 73 |
| Soo Line Railroad, built new | 242. Two RS-27s, the GP30s through the SD60Ms, and ten U30Cs |
| Acquired | 339. Milwaukee Road 311, Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern switchers 8, and 20 from other owners |
| Quantity | 786 |
| South Shore | 24 locomotives, on the South Shore roster |
| First diesel | Wisconsin Central NW1s 2100–2102, December 1938 |
| Last new road power on this list | SD60M 6058–6062, November 1989 |
Cab units
The Soo liked a cab unit that could lead from either end of a pair, and it said so in the numbers. An F3 or an F7 or an FA-1 with a B or a C after the road number is still a cab on this roster. The letter is the railroad’s way of keeping a set together. The same habit shows up on the Wisconsin Central, whose 2200A, 2200B, and 2200C are three F3A cabs of September 1948, and whose 2220A–2223A and 2220B–2223B are eight FA-1s of the summer of 1949.
An Electro-Motive builder photograph of a new pair of Soo Line F3s in January 1948.
The Soo’s own first road diesels were F3A cabs 200A–204A and 200B–204B, ten locomotives, October 1947 through September 1948, and FA-1s 205A–211A and 205B–211B, fourteen locomotives, April 1948 through August 1949. F7A cabs followed, 212A–214A, 212B–214B, and 500B–503B, ten more, from March 1951 to July 1952. The Wisconsin Central’s F7A list is longer: 2201A through 2203C, a single 2204C, 2224A–2230A, 2224B–2230B, and 2500B–2501B, twenty-six cabs, May 1949 through August 1953. The two FP7s, 2500A and 2501A, are the passenger cabs, delivered across December 1954 and May 1957 beside the GP9s that shared their number series in a different slot. The B units numbered 2500B and 2501B are F7A cabs, a separate pair of frames.
Soo Line F7A 2227-A leads an eastbound freight over the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal’s Altenheim Subdivision at Harlem Avenue in Forest Park, Illinois, during July 1962. The Ferrara Candy Company is in the background. Rick Burn photo.
Soo Line F7A 2224B heads a freight through Slinger, Wisconsin, in September 1964. Roger Puta photo.
Soo Line F7A 2225-A and an F3A pass the station in Neenah, Wisconsin, during September 1963. Roger Puta photo.
Soo Line F7A 2224-B and GP9 404. Date and location were not recorded with the photograph. American-Rails.com collection.
Switchers
Switchers came first, and they came small. The Wisconsin Central’s three NW1s, 2100–2102, were delivered in December 1938. The Soo followed in September and October 1939 with NW2s 300 and 301 and SW1 320. A General Electric 44-tonner, No. 330, arrived in June 1941, the one center-cab of that model. Baldwin built the rest of the early Soo switcher fleet: VO-1000 No. 310 in October 1945, DS-4-4-1000s 311 and 312 in June 1949, and S-12s 313 and 314 in March 1952. Fairbanks-Morse H12-44s 315–319, five locomotives, July 1952 through December 1954, were the only engines of that builder on either pre-1961 roster.
Soo Line S-2 2110 at the engine terminal in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on April 20, 1974. American-Rails.com collection.
Alco’s Wisconsin Central switchers were S-2s 2103–2107, August 1942 through November 1946, and a single S-4, 2116, in May 1952. The end-cab Electro-Motive switchers filled in around them: NW2 2108 in August 1948, SW9s 2111–2115 and 2117–2119 from November 1952 to September 1953, and SW1200s 2120–2127 in January 1955. The Soo’s own SW1200s were 321–328, December 1954 and January 1955.
A weathered Soo Line RS-1, 351, works a cut of cars at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in July 1967. Rick Burn photo.
The later switchers were inherited. Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern SW1200s 30–35 became Soo 1200–1205, and SW1500s 36–37 became Soo 1400–1401. Control of that railroad passed on June 2, 1982. Milwaukee Road SW1200s became Soo 1206–1222, seventeen locomotives, and Milwaukee MP15ACs became Soo 1500–1563, sixty-four locomotives built in December 1975 and March 1976. The two former Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern SD39s, 40 and 41, came in the same 1982 control. This roster leaves them under those numbers.
Road switchers
The first road switchers were a mixed lot, which fitted a railroad of branches and ore docks as much as a railroad of main lines. Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500s 360–367, eight locomotives, November 1947 through January 1948, and AS-16s 379 and 380 in August 1951, were the Soo’s Baldwin road power. Alco RSC-2s 368–371, June through November 1949, and RSC-3s 372–374 in November 1950, rode on A1A trucks for the lighter rail. The Wisconsin Central’s single RSC-3 was 2380, July 1951. Four RS-1s, 350–353, closed the Soo’s Alco buying in December 1954. The Wisconsin Central had already taken nine RS-1s, 2360–2368, from March 1950 to March 1952.
Electro-Motive’s Geeps replaced the argument. Soo GP7s 375–378 and 381–383, seven locomotives, September 1950 through July 1952, left 379 and 380 to the Baldwin AS-16s. GP9s 400–414 and 550–558, twenty-four locomotives, December 1954 through May 1956, were the Soo’s own. The Wisconsin Central’s were GP9s 2400–2413 and 2550–2556, twenty-one locomotives, December 1954 through May 1957, plus a single SD9, 2381, in December 1954. GP9 2556 had been used in passenger service. GP9 2411 was one of the chop-nose rebuilds of 1963.
Soo Line GP9 550, chop-nose GP9 2411, and GP9 2556 at the engine terminal in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on April 21, 1974. American-Rails.com collection.
Soo Line GP30 715, GP7 381, and a caboose tied down on the main line at Trout Lake, Michigan, during June 1976. The crew had gone across the street for lunch. Rob Kitchen photo.
After 1961
The Soo Line Railroad, the company of January 1, 1961, bought its own road freight power in a clean series. Two Alco RS-27s, 415 and 416, came in April 1963 and were the last new Alcos. Then it was Electro-Motive, and for one order General Electric. GP30s 700–721, twenty-two locomotives, March through June 1963. GP35s 722–731, ten, August 1964 through May 1965. GP40s 732–735, four, March 1967. U30Cs 800–809, ten, April through June 1968, the Soo’s General Electric road locomotives. SD40s 736–756, twenty-one, May 1969 through May 1971. SD40-2s 757–789 and 6600–6623, fifty-seven, March 1972 through August 1984. GP38-2s 790–799 and 4410–4452, fifty-three, September 1977 through April 1983.
Soo Line GP30s 716 and 706, about a year old, at work in Minneapolis on June 8, 1964. Marty Bernard photo.
Soo Line GP40s 733 and 735, a few months old, at Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis in June 1967. Rick Burn photo.
Soo Line SD40-2 774, less than a year old, at the engine terminal in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on May 7, 1974. American-Rails.com collection.
Soo Line U30C 808 at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, about 1983. Fran Weiner photo. American-Rails.com collection.
Soo Line U30Cs, among them 800, 809, 807, and 805, lined up in Minneapolis during June 1975. The ten were bought new in 1968. Warren Calloway photo.
The SD60s were the last big order that still looked like the old Soo, a railroad that bought what it needed and paid for it. SD60s 6000–6057, fifty-eight locomotives, July 1987 through November 1989, and SD60Ms 6058–6062, five wide-nose cabs, November 1989, arrived after the Milwaukee purchase had already changed the balance sheet. Three GP30s rebuilt with Caterpillar prime movers, numbered 4300–4302 the second time around, former Union Pacific locomotives, are dated March 1990.
A new Soo Line SD60M at the former Milwaukee Road terminal in Bensenville, Illinois, on November 26, 1989. Brian Rackley photo.
Milwaukee Road and the neighbors
The Milwaukee Road merger of January 1, 1986 put 311 locomotives on this list. They were not renumbered into the 700s. The Soo kept them in the blocks it assigned: SW1200s 1206–1222, MP15ACs 1500–1563, GP20s 4300–4335, GP38-2s 4500–4515, GP40s 4604–4640, GP40-2s 4641–4660, SD10s 6100–6120, SDL39s 6200–6208 and 6240–6241, and SD40-2s 6300–6388. The SD10s are the rebuilt Milwaukee SD7s and SD9s. The dates on those rows are the dates carried on the roster for the frames, which for a secondhand locomotive is the original build date.
Twenty more frames came from somewhere other than the Milwaukee or the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern switcher fleet. Two GP39-2s, 4598 and 4599, were built in 1978 for Kennecott Copper. Six SD40s, 6400–6405, were Kansas City Southern locomotives of June 1970. Five SD40As, 6406–6410, Illinois Central frames of January 1970, arrived through Helm. SD40 6411, an April 1969 Baltimore & Ohio locomotive, arrived through Morrison-Knudsen. SD40-B 6450 is a Burlington Northern frame of October 1971. SD45s 6491 and 6492 were built as St. Louis-San Francisco 930 and 910. The three Caterpillar GP30s make up the rest of the twenty.
Roster
The quantity column adds to 786. A blank builder number or order is empty. The date on a secondhand row is the build date carried for that frame. Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern SW1200 serials are the six construction numbers of 30–35 as a group. The South Shore’s 24 diesels are on that railroad’s page.
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
One hundred eight locomotives built new for the railway.
American Locomotive
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA-1 | 205A–211A, 205B–211B | 14 | 4/1948–8/1949 | — | — | Cab units. The letter is the pair |
| RSC-2 | 368–371 | 4 | 6/1949–11/1949 | — | — | A1A-A1A |
| RSC-3 | 372–374 | 3 | 11/1950 | — | — | A1A-A1A |
| RS-1 | 350–353 | 4 | 12/1954 | — | — |
Baldwin
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VO-1000 | 310 | 1 | 10/1945 | — | — | |
| DS-4-4-1000 | 311–312 | 2 | 6/1949 | — | — | |
| DRS-4-4-1500 | 360–367 | 8 | 11/1947–1/1948 | — | — | |
| AS-16 | 379–380 | 2 | 8/1951 | — | — | |
| S-12 | 313–314 | 2 | 3/1952 | — | — |
Electro-Motive
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW2 | 300–301 | 2 | 9/1939–10/1939 | — | — | |
| SW1 | 320 | 1 | 9/1939 | — | — | |
| F3A | 200A–204A, 200B–204B | 10 | 10/1947–9/1948 | — | — | Cab units |
| GP7 | 375–378, 381–383 | 7 | 9/1950–7/1952 | — | — | 379 and 380 are the AS-16s |
| F7A | 212A–214A, 212B–214B, 500B–503B | 10 | 3/1951–7/1952 | — | — | Cab units |
| SW1200 | 321–328 | 8 | 12/1954–1/1955 | — | — | |
| GP9 | 400–414, 550–558 | 24 | 12/1954–5/1956 | — | — |
Fairbanks-Morse
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H12-44 | 315–319 | 5 | 7/1952–12/1954 | — | — |
General Electric
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44-ton | 330 | 1 | 6/1941 | — | — |
Wisconsin Central
Ninety-seven locomotives built new for the Wisconsin Central. The numbers are the Soo-system numbers, in the 2100s and above.
American Locomotive
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-2 | 2103–2107 | 5 | 8/1942–11/1946 | — | — | |
| FA-1 | 2220A–2223A, 2220B–2223B | 8 | 6/1949–7/1949 | — | — | Cab units |
| RS-1 | 2360–2368 | 9 | 3/1950–3/1952 | — | — | |
| RSC-3 | 2380 | 1 | 7/1951 | — | — | A1A-A1A |
| S-4 | 2116 | 1 | 5/1952 | — | — |
Electro-Motive
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW1 | 2100–2102 | 3 | 12/1938 | — | — | |
| NW2 | 2108 | 1 | 8/1948 | — | — | |
| F3A | 2200A, 2200B, 2200C | 3 | 9/1948 | — | — | Three cabs |
| F7A | 2201A/B/C–2203A/B/C, 2204C, 2224A–2230A, 2224B–2230B, 2500B–2501B | 26 | 5/1949–8/1953 | — | — | Cab units. 9 + 1 + 7 + 7 + 2 |
| SW9 | 2111–2115, 2117–2119 | 8 | 11/1952–9/1953 | — | — | 2116 is the S-4 |
| SD9 | 2381 | 1 | 12/1954 | — | — | |
| FP7 | 2500A–2501A | 2 | 12/1954–5/1957 | — | — | Passenger cabs |
| SW1200 | 2120–2127 | 8 | 1/1955 | — | — | |
| GP9 | 2400–2413, 2550–2556 | 21 | 12/1954–5/1957 | — | — | 2411 later chop-nosed. 2556 used in passenger service |
Soo Line Railroad
Five hundred eighty-one locomotives. Two hundred forty-two were built new for the Soo Line Railroad. Three hundred thirty-nine were acquired. The ten U30Cs are in the 242.
American Locomotive
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS-27 | 415–416 | 2 | 4/1963 | — | — | Last new Alcos |
Electro-Motive, built new
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP30 | 700–721 | 22 | 3/1963–6/1963 | — | — | |
| GP35 | 722–731 | 10 | 8/1964–5/1965 | — | — | |
| GP40 | 732–735 | 4 | 3/1967 | — | — | |
| SD40 | 736–756 | 21 | 5/1969–5/1971 | — | — | |
| SD40-2 | 757–789, 6600–6623 | 57 | 3/1972–8/1984 | — | — | 33 + 24 |
| GP38-2 | 790–799, 4410–4452 | 53 | 9/1977–4/1983 | — | — | 10 + 43 |
| SD60 | 6000–6057 | 58 | 7/1987–11/1989 | — | — | |
| SD60M | 6058–6062 | 5 | 11/1989 | — | — | Wide-nose cabs |
General Electric
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U30C | 800–809 | 10 | 4/1968–6/1968 | — | — | The Soo’s GE road locomotives |
Acquired
| Model | Road Number | Qty | Date | Builder Number | Order | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW1200 | 1200–1205 | 6 | 9/1962–5/1965 | 27507–27508, 28933–28934, 29758–29759 | 4452, 4459, 4470 | Former Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern 30–35. Soo control June 2, 1982 |
| SW1200 | 1206–1222 | 17 | 1/1954–12/1954 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| SW1500 | 1400–1401 | 2 | 11/1966–12/1966 | 32504–32505 | 4506 | Former Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern 36–37 |
| MP15AC | 1500–1563 | 64 | 12/1975–3/1976 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| GP20 | 4300–4335 | 36 | 1/1954–2/1958 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| GP30CAT | 4300–4302 (2nd) | 3 | 3/1990 | — | — | Former Union Pacific. Caterpillar prime mover. Second use of the numbers |
| GP38-2 | 4500–4515 | 16 | 6/1973–9/1974 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| GP39-2 | 4598–4599 | 2 | 1978 | — | — | Former Kennecott Copper |
| GP40 | 4604–4640 | 37 | 3/1966–1/1969 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| GP40-2 | 4641–4660 | 20 | 3/1966–1/1969 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| SD10 | 6100–6120 | 21 | 4/1952–2/1954 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road. Rebuilt SD7s and SD9s |
| SDL39 | 6200–6208, 6240–6241 | 11 | 4/1969–11/1972 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road. 9 + 2 |
| SD40-2 | 6300–6388 | 89 | 7/1972–7/1974 | — | — | Former Milwaukee Road |
| SD40 | 6400–6405 | 6 | 6/1970 | — | — | Former Kansas City Southern |
| SD40A | 6406–6410 | 5 | 1/1970 | — | — | Former Illinois Central, through Helm |
| SD40 | 6411 | 1 | 4/1969 | — | — | Former Baltimore & Ohio, through Morrison-Knudsen |
| SD40-B | 6450 | 1 | 10/1971 | — | — | Former Burlington Northern |
| SD45 | 6491–6492 | 2 | 3/1967–8/1969 | — | — | Built as St. Louis-San Francisco 930 and 910. Acquired from Burlington Northern |
Related Reading
- Soo Line
- Soo Line steam roster
- Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
- Wisconsin Central
- Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern
- Milwaukee Road diesel roster
Sources
- Soo Line Historical & Technical Society, Soo Line Railroad Company: Locomotive Roster No. 2, effective 12:01 a.m. Central Standard Time, Sunday, April 10, 1990. Road numbers, models, and dates.
- Wallace W. Abbey, The Little Jewel: Soo Line Railroad and the Locomotives That Make It Go.
- American-Rails.com production rosters. SW1200: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern 30–31, serials 27507–27508, order 4452, September 1962; 32–33, serials 28933–28934, order 4459, February 1964; 34–35, serials 29758–29759, order 4470, May 1965. SW1500: 36–37, serials 32504–32505, order 4506, November–December 1966.
Recent Articles
-
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy): Map, History, Rosters
Oct 27, 26 11:02 PM
History of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, the Katy. The race into Indian Territory, Gould, the 1923 railroad, the Texas Special, and the 1988 sale. Steam and diesel rosters are linked. -
Soo Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 27, 26 10:55 PM
All-time diesel roster of the Soo Line and the Wisconsin Central. 786 locomotives, each frame once. Cab units, Geeps, the Milwaukee Road engines, and the SD60s. The South Shore's 24 stay on that page. -
Soo Line Steam Roster (Built Since 1900)
Oct 27, 26 10:49 PM
Soo Line and Wisconsin Central steam locomotives built since 1900. Consolidations, Mikados, Pacifics, 21 Mountains, and four Lima 4-8-4s. -
Soo Line Railroad: Map, Logo, History, Rosters
Oct 27, 26 10:24 PM
The Soo Line, from the flour millers' railroad around Chicago to the Sault, the Wisconsin Central, and the Milwaukee Road. Steam quantity 422. Diesels 786. Canadian Pacific took full control in 1990. -
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway: Map, History, Rosters
Oct 27, 26 10:32 AM
The Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern, the Dan Patch Line that became a Twin Cities belt. Steam, gas-electric mules, motor cars, and the 22 diesels, through the Soo Line. -
Minneapolis & St. Louis Diesel Roster (All-Time)
Oct 27, 26 10:27 AM
All-time diesel roster of the Minneapolis & St. Louis. 97 locomotives, each frame once. Switchers from 1938, 35 RS-1s, the FT and F-unit cabs, two SD7s, and 23 GP9s. Builder numbers included. -
Minneapolis & St. Louis Steam Roster (Post 1900)
Oct 27, 26 10:25 AM
Minneapolis & St. Louis steam locomotives built since 1900. Moguls, Consolidations, 35 Mikados, and five Pacifics. -
Minneapolis and St Louis Railway: "The Peoria Gateway"
Oct 27, 26 09:52 AM
The Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Tootin' Louie, from the 1870 charter to the Peoria Gateway and the Chicago & North Western sale on November 1, 1960. -
Alco "PA" Locomotives: Restoration, Specs, Engine, Rosters
Oct 27, 26 12:12 AM
Alco's PA passenger cab, 297 locomotives built from 1946 to 1953. The 244 engine, the production roster, the Delaware & Hudson PA-4s, and Nickel Plate Road 190. -
Milwaukee Road Diesel Roster: (All Time)
Oct 26, 26 01:44 PM
All-time diesel roster of the Milwaukee Road. 1,208 locomotives, each frame once. Alco, Baldwin, Davenport, EMD, Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric, and Whitcomb, with builder numbers. -
Milwaukee Road Steam Roster (All-Time): Post-1900
Oct 26, 26 01:38 PM
Milwaukee Road steam locomotives built since 1900. Prairies, Mikados, the N-class articulateds, the S-class 4-8-4s, and the Hiawatha Atlantics and Hudsons. Quantity column 1,974. Unique frames 1,951. -
Milwaukee Road: Map, Electrification, Logo, History
Oct 26, 26 01:20 PM
The Milwaukee Road, from the Milwaukee & Mississippi of 1850 to the Pacific Coast Extension, the Hiawathas, and the Soo Line sale. Why Lines West should have stayed. -
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.
