Toledo, Peoria & Western Diesel Roster (All-Time)

Published: October 30, 2026

The Toledo, Peoria & Western dieselized a short railroad with a short list. Two F3 demonstrators arrived in 1947, Alco road-switchers and three Lima switchers followed, and 4-8-4 No. 80 made the last steam run on October 11, 1950. The all-time list counts 42 locomotives, each frame once: 13 from Alco, three from Lima-Hamilton, and 26 from Electro-Motive. A later Santa Fe number on one of these frames is the same locomotive. The company history is a separate page. The steam roster is another.

Toledo, Peoria and Western RS2s at the East Peoria shops in July 1963, with 204 closest to the camera

RS2s at the East Peoria shops in July 1963, with 204 closest to the camera. Rick Burn photo.

On this page: At a glance · The F3s · Alcos and the Limas · Geeps and switchers · After the name returned · Roster

At a glance

Item	Detail
Railroad	Toledo, Peoria & Western. Company history
This table	Diesels the railroad owned as its own power. Each frame once
Alco	13. Seven RS2s, one RS3, three RS11s, and two C424s
Lima-Hamilton	3. Switchers 300–302, sold in 1958
Electro-Motive	26. Two F3s, two GP7s, one GP18, one GP30, three GP35s, four SW1500s, one GP40, eleven GP38-2s, and F7A 1500
Quantity column	42
First road diesels	F3 demonstrators 291-A1 and 291-B1, built in July 1945 and acquired in 1947
Fleet in 1983	31 locomotives, a count for that year. The Santa Fe kept the GP30, the GP40, and the eleven GP38-2s
Last frame on this list	F7A 1500, acquired in 1992, built in June 1952 as Bessemer & Lake Erie 720-A

The F3s

The first road diesels were Electro-Motive demonstrators 291-A1 and 291-B1, a cab and a booster, built in July 1945 and bought in 1947. The cab ran as 100. Photographs also show it as 100A. In January 1950 the Peoria shop fitted a cab to the booster, and the railroad had two cabs. Both were traded for GP18 600 and GP30 700.

Toledo, Peoria and Western RS11 401, GP18 600, and F3A 100A near Leonard, Illinois, in July 1962

RS11 401, GP18 600, and F3A 100A near Leonard, Illinois, in July 1962. The F3A is the former Electro-Motive demonstrator 291-A1. Rick Burn photo.

Alcos and the Limas

Seven RS2s, 200–206, came from Alco between April 1948 and December 1949. One RS3, No. 207, followed in December 1950. It was delivered to run long-hood forward, and the railroad soon turned it to run short-hood forward. Three Lima-Hamilton switchers of 1,000 horsepower, 300–302, arrived between May 1949 and April 1950. Nos. 300 and 302 had been Lima demonstrators. The three were sold in 1958.

Three RS11s, 400–402, came from November 1958 through June 1959. Two C424s, 800 and 801, arrived in September 1964 and were the last Alcos. Three of the seven RS2s were traded for GP35s 900–902, which rode on the Alco trucks. The East Peoria photograph at the top of the page is the RS2s in July 1963, with 204 nearest the camera.

Geeps and switchers

The Electro-Motive road fleet was built one small order at a time. GP7s 102 and 103 came in January 1952. GP18 600, a single engine, came in April 1961. GP30 700 came in September 1963. The three GP35s followed in November 1965, on those Alco trucks. In 1969 the railroad kept Electro-Motive demonstrator 21 and numbered it 1000, a GP40. Four SW1500s handled the yards and the transfers: 303 and 304 in February 1968, and 305 and 306 in May 1970.

Toledo, Peoria and Western GP35 902 and GP30 700 at Logansport, Indiana, in November 1966

GP35 902 and GP30 700 at Logansport, Indiana, in November 1966. Rick Burn photo.

Toledo, Peoria and Western GP7 102, SW1500 304, and an RS11 at Peoria, Illinois, on May 21, 1973

GP7 102, SW1500 304, and an RS11 at Peoria on May 21, 1973. Author’s collection.

The last new power of the historic company was eleven GP38-2s, in two orders. Nos. 2001–2004 were built in May 1977. Nos. 2005–2011 were built in October 1978. None of the eleven had a dynamic brake. Entering 1983, the last year on its own, the railroad had 31 locomotives. That is a count for one year. The Santa Fe kept the GP30, the GP40, and these eleven GP38-2s. The GP35s later carried Santa Fe numbers 3462–3464.

After the name returned

In February 1989 the old name went back on the Lomax–Logansport line. The revived company gathered secondhand Santa Fe GP20s from 1989 through 1991. Those GP20s reused road numbers the GP38-2s had carried, and they came out of several Santa Fe orders. In 1992 the company added one locomotive of its own to this list, F7A 1500, built in June 1952 as Bessemer & Lake Erie 720-A. Since Genesee & Wyoming bought the railroad in 2012, other locomotives from that family have worked the line on rotation. Each of those stays on the roster of the railroad that owns it.

Roster

Model	Road numbers	Qty	Builder	Serial	Order	Built	Notes
F3A	100	1	EMD	—	—	July 1945	Built as demonstrator 291-A1. Acquired in 1947. Photographs also show 100A. Traded, with the rebuilt booster, for GP18 600 and GP30 700
F3B	—	1	EMD	—	—	July 1945	Built as demonstrator 291-B1. Acquired in 1947. The Peoria shop fitted a cab in January 1950
RS2	200–206	7	Alco	—	—	April 1948–December 1949	Three of the seven were traded for GP35s 900–902
Switcher	300–302	3	Lima-Hamilton	—	—	May 1949–April 1950	1,000 horsepower. Nos. 300 and 302 had been demonstrators. Sold in 1958
RS3	207	1	Alco	—	—	December 1950	Delivered to run long-hood forward, and soon turned to run short-hood forward
GP7	102–103	2	EMD	15634–15635	5105	January 1952	No dynamic brake
RS11	400–402	3	Alco	—	—	November 1958–June 1959
GP18	600	1	EMD	26655	7601	April 1961	Later Vermont Railway 801
GP30	700	1	EMD	28534	7680-1	September 1963	Later Santa Fe 3285
C424	800–801	2	Alco	—	—	September 1964
GP35	900–902	3	EMD	31061–31063	7847	November 1965	Rode on the trucks from the traded RS2s. Later Santa Fe 3462–3464
SW1500	303–304	2	EMD	33520–33521	4527	February 1968
GP40	1000	1	EMD	—	7179	May 1969	Built as Electro-Motive demonstrator 21
SW1500	305–306	2	EMD	36164–36165	4578	May 1970
GP38-2	2001–2004	4	EMD	766058-1–766058-4	766058	May 1977	No dynamic brake
GP38-2	2005–2011	7	EMD	776122-1–776122-7	776122	October 1978	No dynamic brake. These seven, with 2001–2004, are the eleven the Santa Fe kept
F7A	1500	1	EMD	—	—	June 1952	Built as Bessemer & Lake Erie 720-A. Acquired in 1992

Sources

Andre Kristopans, Electro-Motive order list, TrainWeb. Serials and order numbers for the GP7s, the GP18, the GP30, the GP35s, the SW1500s, GP38-2s 2005–2011, and the order number of GP40 1000.
Robert Sarberenyi, “EMD’s GP38-2 – Original Owners,” TrainWeb. Builder numbers for GP38-2s 2001–2004.
J. David Ingles, “Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway remembered,” Classic Trains, 2022. The F3 cab, the Lima sale, the RS2 trade, the 31 locomotives of 1983, and the units the Santa Fe kept.

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