The may through august 1940 issues of railroad magazine contained installments of the new york central system locomotive roster, listing all locomotives alphabetically by class. Baldwin turned out its first locomotive engine from its shop in philadelphia in 1832. Individual numbers and statistics shown for each type of equipment as follows. Norfolk southern locomotive directory 20192020wp857. This collection includes specifications, engineering drawings, advertising and corporate publications, ledgers, and manuscripts. A list of current and retired locomotives in the peoples republic of china. The railroad book lists over 30,000 diesel locomotives. If it only stood for heavy, csxt would have classified its 432,000pound model es44dc locomotives as es44dh instead of es44dc or, currently, es40dc. Well actually, a 20 edition came out, because i have one. Motorcars roster or spreadsheet rupert gamlen updated 03252012 stainless equipment names rupert gamlen updated 11032005 stainless equipment numbers rupert gamlen updated 11032005 steam locomotives summary rupert gamlen updated 03231999 steam locomotives brhs members updated 07042014. Craig, kenrock4350, james townsend, and john komanesky. The internet leader in transportation books specializing in railroad books, train books, military, tanks, trucks, automobiles, aviation, and much more.
Meet our locomotives severn valley railway heritage steam. Many railroads rebuilt their gp7s with low short hoods. Com is your ticket to the best railroad sites on the web. Nov 11, 2014 in 1876 the railroad reported that it had 4 locomotives, 3 passenger cars and 58 freight cars. Facts, figures, and locomotive rosters for over 500 short lines. Conrail annual locomotive rosters conrail cyclopedia. There are several sources for an alltime roster of great northern locomotives, both in books and online. Jan 01, 2004 the official locomotive rosters and news paperback january 1, 2004 by james w. It is essentially the lvs own record of its steam locomotive roster from 1905 to the end of steam in. The original prime mover was a model 567c converted to a model 645.
The completed railroads were quite successful, producing substantial profits for the owners. This resource is helpful if researchers have only a baldwin builders plate with a number on it, and wish to find out who was the original purchaser. Railroad, prr class h6sb, pennsylvania railroad 280 locomotive, 2106 howden, boys book. Kerr author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It was one of two operating companies of csx corporation, the other being chessie system. Norfolk southern 20192020 locomotive directoryby paul k. This book covers union pacific motive power prevalent during the 1970s. General roster of officers, agents, attorneys, surgeons, stations, structures, mileage, connections, clearances, equipment, etc. I have the 2012 copy but it does not appear that a 20 edition ever came out. Missouri pacific railroad upgraded their gp7s with 567bc engines a bblock upgraded to cblock specs and replaced the standard emd 2stack exhaust with a 4stack liberated exhaust, raising. Solomons book highlights the history of emd from its earliest beginnings in the 1920s, to its phenomenal successes in the mid20th century, and finally its decline into second spot behind general electric in the late 20th century and. This is the latest roster book that will keep reader keep up with all of the. Please click on the name or number below to find out more information about each locomotive. See which steam trains are running today and across the month at bluebell railway, a heritage railway running between east grinstead and sheffield park.
Chicago, rock island and pacific railroad wikipedia. Train, railroad, transportation books from karens books. To say the rock islands locomotive roster was unique is an understatement from the unorthodox purchasing of 44tonners from davenport and whitcomb rather than thenstandard general electric, to the late alcoera c415 switcher model and emd and emc ta and ab models, to the standard e7 and e8 designs. Equipment roster and locomotives strasburg rail road. Locomotive roster part 1 model train layout built for. With the publication of the locomotive roster of the milwauk. Locomotive retired and donated by burlington northern to orm in 1982. Extra 2200 south and rock island diesel locomotives by louis a.
There are nine csx locomotives that still wear commemorative stickers. Oct 16, 2020 chicago rock island and pacific railway chicago rock island and gulf railway. Ride along through the beautiful upstate new york region during nyc, pc, and cr days. Giving you the peace of mind to book tickets for your next visit. Baldwin locomotive works engine registers and order books. An essential guide for model railroaders and train enthusiasts, this book includes spotting features, specifications horsepower, common use, trucks, etc. Mar 29, 2014 scanned 35mm print photo from the collection of my dad, jay t. Of interest to the missabe fan because the plant was one of the railroad s largest nonmining customers. Peters, whose portait appears below, worked at the sacramento shops of the central pacific railroad. The museums roster of locomotives and rolling stock represent the first, last, best or only of their kind in existence today.
Locomotive rosters for north american class i railroads, shortline railroads, amtrak, and specialty rosters for other railroad operations. As the book iowa railroads the essays of frank donovan, jr. Programmer definitions stored in the programmers subdirectory when youve used at least one programmer. See our complete equipment roster, including locomotives, retired locomotives, passenger cars, and more like the snowplow. Youll find over 4,500 railroad links here, sorted by category.
So i have my prototype with a very small locomotive fleet and while the temptation is there to model an s1 or s3 to complete the roster, i might just stick with the only locomotive to carry the rail car america scheme, c415 423. It was begun as a machine shop owned and operated by matthias w. The norfolk southern roster presented in this book is current as of january 1, 2018. Locomotive configurations stored in the roster subdirectory, one for each locomotive. Alanen, university of minnesota press, 2007 while the authors main interest is in company towns, the book has a good history and a number of photos of the u. You hereby irrevocably grant permission to the host railroad, licensor, sponsors andor their assigns to use, copy, display, distribute, exhibit and utilize your name, image. The latest addition of the norfolk southern locomotive directory covers all of the roster changes illustrated with color photographs. The locomotive fleet consists of 3,917 locomotives, 175. Edson with the publication of the locomotive roster of the milwaukee road in a recent issue of railroad history, the rosters of most major u. In this edition, we continue a unitbyunit listing the carriers active roster of locomotives as of january 31, 2020, along with more than 150 color photographs. She was built specifically for exhibit at the universal exposition in paris, france in 1867.
This is a comprehensive roster of diesel locomotives every rail. Jul 20, 2020 baldwin construction number roster books rosters listing baldwin locomotives by their construction number span the years 18331956. Baldwin locomotive works collection is devoted to the largest and most influential manufacturer of steam railroad locomotive engines in the world. Diesel powered great smoky mountains railroad steam. The only ones im sure about are gp382 43684379 that went to gtw 58505861 and are still in service. Note that he is listing the number of units, not their roster number. Stored serviceable at reading railroad museum, leesport, penn.
Reference books missabe railroad historical society. Presently out of print, it is occasionally available at flea markets or on ebay. Steam locomotives, motor cars, passenger cars, freight cars, m of w equipment, stations, shops, engine houses, turntables, coaling stations, stock yards, junctionsinterchanges. The baldwin locomotive works was the largest and most successful locomotive building firm in the world. Nov 23, 2011 i am scanning the collection of an old friend at present that tracked this stuff since the the 1950s and he added a lot to my hicks knowledge in particular. New links are listed first, then the most popular links, followed by the remaining links listed alphabetically by the site title. Please refer to our timetables page for details of the locomotive roster.
The locomotives are listed include class 1 railroads, regional railroads, short line railroads and industrial railroads. The union pacific railroad geneva subdivision is an n scale model train layout in its 11 year of construction. Csx csx railroad locomotive roster railroad picture. January 16, 2019 another model no longer remaining on the csx roster is the standard cab sd60, heres former conrail 6865 built 989 seen here at selkirk diesel on 9512 as csxt 8720, retired 2017 and sold to ltex. Collection of baldwin locomotive works records, 18561956. Individual numbers and detailed statistics shown for each type of equipment as follows. To say the rock islands locomotive roster was unique is an understatement from the unorthodox purchasing of 44tonners from davenport and whitcomb rather than thenstandard general electric, to the late alcoera c415 switcher model and emd and emc. Withers, don strack 1991, withers publishing, halifax, pa. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books.
For more reading on electromotive locomotives consider the book emd locomotives from author brian solomon. Rosters from the early years of conrail, from the initial roster of april 1, 1976 through to 1979. The h in csxts class cw44ah and es44ah locomotives stands for high, which is in reference to a combination of subsystems that produce high levels of tractive effort at low speeds. Im assuming this photo was taken around that date, but i do. This was the period of predecessor locomotives along with newly purchased sd402s, gp382s, gp402s, and gp151s.
Cri 440 america rock island railroad, steam trains. This is the latest roster book that will keep reader keep up with all of the changes including new power, retired power and other details. It worked in the sierras hauling sugar pine for eleven years before being sold to the pacific lumber company in 1935. The resulting locomotive was designated class a1, and it was the first 284. Withers since 1998, withers publishing has been producing the most comprehensive directory of norfolk southerns varied locomotive fleet. Baldwin locomotive works engine registers and order books sova. Cprr roster 1864 locomotive roster included in samuel s. The locomotive engine, and philadelphias share in its early improvements. By 1878 the roster had grown to 7 locomotives, 3 passenger cars, 2 baggage cars, 21 box cars, 3 stock cars, 55 flat cars and 40 ore cars. The little numbers i have penciled in on the right are the numbers assigned to the locomotives.
Conrails initial roster, which has been reprinted in countless books and. Cprr roster 1867 charles crockers april 1867 list of locomotives. The locomotive fleet consists of 3,917 locomotives, 175 slugs and 2 remotecontrol platforms. As with any railroad, the freight and passenger equipment of the duluth. This larger firebox required a fourwheel trailing truck to support it. Jeff wilsons new book offers more than 300 pages of detailed information on diesel locomotives produced in north america from the 1930 to today the diesel era. It seems likely that the earlier cricket must have been an influence on the later black. This is a comprehensive roster of diesel locomotives every rail fan should have in his collection. Below is a list of locomotives based at the railway, these are occasionally supported by. As one of tpls main logging locomotives, it hauled redwood, usually in the yager creek area, until retired in 1956. Rock island lines photo cri 440 america was built in 1867 and plated in german silver.
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