Having been in train service as a locomotive engineer, he worked his way up to chief mechanical officer. Numbers builder make class built make hp speed dynamics notes. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Diesel locomotive rosters unknown binding january 1, 1992 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. 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. Locomotive rosters for major railroads by william d.
Many wt engines are named for nobel laureates in physics. Get the best deals on 1962 paper railroad collectibles when you shop the. Most of fnm\s alco\s were scrapped, others are in rr museums. He may have been awarded a gold pass for 50 years of service, or he may have worked on. The fabled chicago, rock island and pacific railroad was a legend in its own time.
Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on todays freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology. An update of the above will occur shortly, based on a roster contained in bill griffins 1994 book. It was also known as the rock island line, or, in its final years, the rock. Many of us remember hearing stories about grandpa joe who worked for the railroad.
Conrail cyclopedia photos, rosters, history of conrail locomotives. 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. Bud hurlbut was a pioneering theme park designer best remembered for creating the timber mountain log ride and calico mine train. This is a list of various diesel rosters compiled on the diesel modelers mailing list. Colorpaint scheme roster as published december 1, 1993. Repaired 1st time, wrecked again while on csx and purchased by csx to be rebuilt into sd403. Peters worked at the sacramento shops of the central pacific railroad. The emd sd60 is a 3,800 horsepower 2,800 kw, 6axle dieselelectric locomotive built by. The new york, new haven and hartford railroad reporting mark nh, commonly known as the new haven, was a railroad that operated in the new england region of the united states from 1872 to 1968, dominating the regions rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century. According to randy houks railroad timeline, the first american rails are said to have been laid down at quincy, mass. Colorpaint scheme roster as published december 1, 1992. The second roster comes from prototype modeler pdf file. Currently the railroad operates nearly 1,000 miles of track also at nearly 1,000 employees mrl is one of the larger class iis in the country, which runs between central montana near billings to eastern washington at. Trains subscribers can download a pdf version of this roster data directly to your computer.
A might fine line was immortalized in song when clarence wilson, a member of the rock islands colored booster quartet an employee choir group from the railroads biddle shops in little rock, arkansas wrote rock island line in 1929. 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. The following condensed locomotive rosters come from pages 548555 of the longoutofprint classic book, the great northern. About half the book consists of locomotive rosters, and despite publishers advertising that they are accurate thru the 70s, the rosters for current railroads are to. Hyper linked underlined, colored numbers have pictures. General duty mining locomotive named for the discoverer of the calico mine. New york, new haven and hartford railroad wikipedia. All roster changes 93 cw44ac yn2 repaint 779 es44ah yn3 repaint 1205 mp15t yn3 repaint 1223 mp15t yn3 repaint 2061 gp383 rebuilt gp382 2545 2062 gp383 rebuilt gp382 2781 2260 rdslug yn3 repaint 6558 gp403 rebuilt gp402 4402 6947 gp402 yn3 repaint 7348 c408w yn2 repaint 7374 c408w yn3 repaint. 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. According to jim boyds book, fairbanksmorse locomotives in color isbn 1878887637, there are two possible explanations for the smoke. Click on a specific locomotive class to view its color scheme roster. Fnm just kept very few locos, the rest of the fleet was given to ferromex, tfm, ferrosur and ferrovalle. Locomotive shops, altoona, pa, sent to corp as 5041 on 0495.
Get the best deals on 1962 paper railroad collectibles when you shop the largest online selection at. Cn canadian national railways locomotive roster railroad. The union pacific railroad legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific. Because of the major cities the railroad serves today it has allowed the company to. Major updates in 20 courtesy of brc motive power department via sean grahamwhite and from kevin sadowskiwith help from sean grahamwhite, ken lanovich, chris lastovich and bill millers emd sd40 series document. Also at least one unit apparently was repaired with part of the frame from another unit giving it two frame numbers. Locomotives with maintenance base as of july 22, 1993. The great searchfinding railroad employment records. New arrivals train, railroad, transportation books from karens. Fill in your search criteria below and click on search. Since then, numerous railway companies have come and gone, with many mergers occurring along the way. Pictures are linked to a larger view, click on them. Buffalo and pittsburgh railroad, 5, 38863890, all units former cr and csxt, acquired.
Colorpaint scheme roster as published december 1, 1994. With the publication of the locomotive roster of the milwauk. The diesel rosters posted on this page are from two sources. The book traces all the major classes of cars, from introduction to the railroad. Conrails initial roster, which has been reprinted in countless books and. Reviewed in the united states on march 7, 2014 there wasnt original research here, instead it was rosters from the extinct locomotive magazine, mostly in the 50s and 60s. At the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of road on 10,669 miles of. In other words, if you entered 6 for locomotive number and selected baldwin as a builder name, your search would return a list of all baldwin locomotives currently.
Another former conrail sd50, the 8666 built 584 as cr 6756 is seen trailing a dash 8 on a west. Roster correct and updated november 16, 2005 power report for november 9, 2006. Does anyone know that status of james kerrs locomotive roster book. The first one listed is from george hiltons book the monon route. A few different versions sprang up in the succeeding years, the most famous. He began his railroad career in 1986 at the mid atlantic railroad in chadbourn n. This book is an amazing compilation of research on the locomotive rosters of more than two dozen railroad companies and several locomotive manufacturer. Andre kristopans provided major revisions and updates to the roster in july 2015. It was also known as the rock island line, or, in its final years, the rock at the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of road on 10,669 miles of track.
The new york, new haven and hartford railroad reporting mark nh, commonly known as the new haven, was a railroad that operated in the new england region of the united states from 1872 to 1968, dominating the regions rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century beginning in the 1890s and accelerating in 1903, new york banker j. Prr pennsylvania railroad locomotive roster railroad. Colorpaint scheme roster as published december 1, 1995. Csx locomotives csx locomotive roster update january. Bg39772 ho passenger name train tcy sunset limited southern pacific 8car hw set.
Features the alltime steam locomotive roster of the southern pacific and its. Brass guide is the largest online database of brass model trains in the world, featuring daily updated information and prices on thousands of trains along with high quality photos and videos. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Montana rail link reporting marks mrl is a regional operation based in missoula, montana. Greene this list has been compiled from a number of sources, and is based on a number of articles in the misc. The cprr locomotive roster come from an album that was part of his estate. Currently the railroad operates nearly 1,000 miles of track also at nearly 1,000 employees mrl is one of the larger class iis in the country, which runs between central montana near billings to eastern washington at spokane. The second roster comes from prototype modeler pdf file of the monon diesel roster courtesy of steve and gary dolzall. Chicago, rock island and pacific railroad wikipedia. As the book iowa railroads the essays of frank donovan, jr.
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