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| [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] || <center>15 || <center>2353–2367 || Renumbered 2403–2417 |
| [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] || <center>15 || <center>2353–2367 || Renumbered 2403–2417 |
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| [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] || <center>6 || <center>601, 603, 605,<br>611, 613, 615 || Renumbered, to [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] |
| [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] || <center>6 || <center>601, 603, 605,<br>611, 613, 615 || 600,611,613,615 Renumbered 600-602,604, 600-605 to [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] 20-25 |
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| [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] || <center>49 || <center>400–408, 550–589 || Renumbered 9500–9508, |
| [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] || <center>49 || <center>400–408, 550–589 || Renumbered 9500–9508, 9542-9551, 9512–9541 |
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| [[Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad]] || <center>3 || <center>409–411 || Renumbered 9509–9511 |
| [[Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad]] || <center>3 || <center>409–411 || Renumbered 9509–9511 |
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| [[Chicago Great Western Railway]] || <center>17 || <center>16–31, 42 || to Chicago and North Western Railway |
| [[Chicago Great Western Railway]] || <center>17 || <center>16–31, 42 || to Chicago and North Western Railway |
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| [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] || <center>46 ||<center> 9203–9248 || to [[Burlington Northern]] |
| [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] || <center>46 ||<center> 9203–9248 || to [[Burlington Northern]] 500-545 |
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| [[Chicago, Indiananpolis and Louisville Railway]] (“Monon”) || <center>7 ||<center> 1–3, 14–17 || 1–3 renumbered 11–13 |
| [[Chicago, Indiananpolis and Louisville Railway]] (“Monon”) || <center>7 ||<center> 1–3, 14–17 || 1–3 renumbered 11–13 |
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| [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]] || <center>10 ||<center> 765–774 || |
| [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]] || <center>10 ||<center> 765–774 || |
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| [[Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway]] || <center>1 ||<center> 70 || to Chicago and North Western Railway |
| [[Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway]] || <center>1 ||<center> 70 || to Chicago and North Western Railway 70 |
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| [[Colorado and Southern Railway]] ||<center> 4 || <center>150–153 || |
| [[Colorado and Southern Railway]] ||<center> 4 || <center>150–153 || |
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| [[Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad]] ||<center> 3 || <center>100–102 || |
| [[Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad]] ||<center> 3 || <center>100–102 || |
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| [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] || <center>5 ||<center> 461–465 || to [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad]] |
| [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] || <center>5 ||<center> 461–465 || to [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad]] 441-445 |
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| [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]] ||<center> 1 || <center>7000 || Renumbered 100 |
| [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]] ||<center> 1 || <center>7000 || Renumbered 100 |
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| [[Des Moines Union Railway]] || <center>1 || <center>7 || to Wabash Railroad 350, then N&W 3350 |
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| [[Detroit Terminal Railroad]] || <center>11 || <center>104–112, 114–115 |
| [[Detroit Terminal Railroad]] || <center>11 || <center>104–112, 114–115 |
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| [[Electro-Motive Division]] (demonstrator) || <center>1 || <center>889 || to Union Pacific 1000 |
| [[Electro-Motive Division]] (demonstrator) || <center>1 || <center>889 || to Union Pacific 1000 |
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| [[Erie Railroad]] || <center>27 || <center>401–427 || to Erie Lackawanna |
| [[Erie Railroad]] || <center>27 || <center>401–427 || to Erie Lackawanna 401-427 |
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| [[Fort Worth and Denver City Railway]] || <center>3 || <center>603, 605–606 || |
| [[Fort Worth and Denver City Railway]] || <center>3 || <center>603, 605–606 || |
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| [[Georgia Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>901–905 || |
| [[Georgia Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>901–905 || |
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| [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad]] || <center>24 || <center>7900–7914, 7966–7974 || |
| [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad]] || <center>24 || <center>7900–7914, 7966–7974 || 7974 built as Central Vermont Railway 7974 |
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| [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] ||<center>51 || <center>5302–5331, 5334-5336, 145–162 || 5302–5336 renumbered 102–135 |
| [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] ||<center>51 || <center>5302–5331, 5334-5336, 145–162 || 5302–5336 renumbered 102–135, to Burlington Northern 459-499 |
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| [[Illinois Central Railroad]] || <center>17 || <center>9150–9166 || Renumbered 1000–1016 |
| [[Illinois Central Railroad]] || <center>17 || <center>9150–9166 || Renumbered 1000–1016 |
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| [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>2240–2244 || Renumbered 2215–2219 |
| [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>2240–2244 || Renumbered 2215–2219 |
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| [[Manistee and Northeastern Railway]] || <center>2 || <center>2–3 || to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| [[Manistee and Northeastern Railway]] || <center>2 || <center>2–3 || to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
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| [[Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad]] || <center>2 || <center>80–81 || |
| [[Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad]] || <center>2 || <center>80–81 || |
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| [[Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway]] ||<center> 2 || <center>D-139, D-740 || Renumbered 100, 101 |
| [[Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway]] ||<center> 2 || <center>D-139, D-740 || Renumbered 100, 101 to Chicago & North Western Ry 100, 201 |
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| [[Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad]] (“Soo Line”) ||<center> 2 || <center>300, 301 || |
| [[Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad]] (“Soo Line”) ||<center> 2 || <center>300, 301 || |
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| [[Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad]] ([[Wisconsin Central Railway]]) ||<center> 1 || <center>2108 || |
| [[Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad]] ([[Wisconsin Central Railway]]) ||<center> 1 || <center>2108 || |
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| [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] || <center>3 || <center>9104–9106 || |
| [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] || <center>3 || <center>9104–9106 || 9104, 9106 renumbered 1021, 1022 |
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| [[Missouri-Illinois Railroad]] || <center>1 || <center>51 || to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1028 |
| [[Missouri-Illinois Railroad]] || <center>1 || <center>51 || to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1028 |
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| [[Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>1026–1030 || Renumbered 7–11 |
| [[Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]] || <center>5 || <center>1026–1030 || Renumbered 7–11 |
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| [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway]] ||<center> 5 || <center>20–23, 25 || 25 renumbered 19; to Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
| [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway]] ||<center> 5 || <center>20–23, 25 || 25 renumbered 19; to Louisville and Nashville Railroad 2119-2123, renumbered 2210-2214 |
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| [[New York Central Railroad]] ||<center> 57 ||<center> 8700–8714, 8740–8773, 8803–8810 ||8705-8714, 8740-8749 were Pittsburgh & Lake Erie |
| [[New York Central Railroad]] ||<center> 57 ||<center> 8700–8714, 8740–8773, 8803–8810 ||8705-8714, 8740-8749 were Pittsburgh & Lake Erie |
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| [[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] (“Nickel Plate Road”) || <center>16 || <center>7–22 || |
| [[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] (“Nickel Plate Road”) || <center>16 || <center>7–22 || |
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| [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]] || <center>21 || <center>111–131 || |
| [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]] || <center>21 || <center>111–131 || 115 to Northern Pacific Railway 99, 111-113 to Unadilla Valley Railway 111-113, then to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 795-797, remainder to New York Central Railroad 9500-9516 |
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| [[Northern Pacific Railway]] || <center>6 || <center>101–106 || |
| [[Northern Pacific Railway]] || <center>6 || <center>101–106 || 102-106 to Burlington Northern 450-458 |
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| [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] || <center>32 || <center>3909, 5921–5925,<br>9155–9176, 9247–9250 || |
| [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] || <center>32 || <center>3909, 5921–5925,<br>9155–9176, 9247–9250 || |
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| [[United States Navy]], [[Hawthorne, Nevada]] || <center>1 || <center>44 || |
| [[United States Navy]], [[Hawthorne, Nevada]] || <center>1 || <center>44 || |
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| [[Wabash Railroad]] || <center> |
| [[Wabash Railroad]] || <center>3 || <center>350–352 || to [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] 3350–3352, 3350 to [[Des Moines Union Railway]] 7 |
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| [[West Virginia Northern Railroad]] || <center>2 || <center>50–51 || |
| [[West Virginia Northern Railroad]] || <center>2 || <center>50–51 || |
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The EMD NW2 is a 1,000 hp (750 kW), B-B switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. The NW2 was manufactured from February, 1939 to December, 1949, and 1145 were produced – 1121 for the U.S., and 24 were exported to Canada. Starting in late 1948 the NW2s were manufactured in EMD's Plant #3 in Cleveland, Ohio. The 1,000 hp (750 kW) was achieved by using a 12-cylinder, model 567, and later, a model 567A engine. In addition, 3 TR cow-calf paired sets, 36 TR2 cow-calf paired sets, and 2 TR3 cow-calf-calf sets were produced. The TR sets were built prior to WWII and the TR2 and TR3 sets were built postwar.
Identification
Distinguishing features include two stacks in the middle of the hood, a half-height radiator grille, no sand box on the front platform, and no small louvers at the top front corners of the sides of the hood. The predecessor of the NW2 was the NW1. The "N" in NW1 stands for nine hundred hp (670 kW). The "W" in both models stands for welded frame.
Original owners
NW2
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Appalachicola Northern Railroad | |||
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway | |||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Renumbered 2403–2417 | ||
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | 611, 613, 615 |
600,611,613,615 Renumbered 600-602,604, 600-605 to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 20-25 | |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Renumbered 9500–9508, 9542-9551, 9512–9541 | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad | Renumbered 9509–9511 | ||
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | Renumbered 20–23 | ||
Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Canadian National Railways | |||
Central of Georgia Railway | |||
Central Railroad of New Jersey | |||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |||
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | |||
Chicago Great Western Railway | to Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | to Burlington Northern 500-545 | ||
Chicago, Indiananpolis and Louisville Railway (“Monon”) | 1–3 renumbered 11–13 | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”) | Renumbered 665–672 | ||
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |||
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway | to Chicago and North Western Railway 70 | ||
Colorado and Southern Railway | |||
Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad | |||
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | to Erie Lackawanna Railroad 441-445 | ||
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | Renumbered 100 | ||
Detroit Terminal Railroad | |||
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | |||
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | |||
Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator) | to Union Pacific 1000 | ||
Erie Railroad | to Erie Lackawanna 401-427 | ||
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway | |||
Fort Worth Belt Railway | to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1020 | ||
Georgia Railroad | |||
Grand Trunk Western Railroad | 7974 built as Central Vermont Railway 7974 | ||
Great Northern Railway | 5302–5336 renumbered 102–135, to Burlington Northern 459-499 | ||
Illinois Central Railroad | Renumbered 1000–1016 | ||
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad | |||
Indiana Northern Railway | to NJI&I 2, then Wabash 353, then N&W 3353 | ||
Jacksonville Terminal | |||
Kansas City Southern Railway | 1200–1226 |
1125-1126, 1212-1221 were Louisiana & Arkansas | |
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1027 | ||
Lake Champlain and Moriah Rail Road | |||
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway | |||
Lake Terminal Railroad | |||
Lehigh Valley Railroad | |||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Renumbered 2215–2219 | ||
Manistee and Northeastern Railway | to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad | |||
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | Renumbered 100, 101 to Chicago & North Western Ry 100, 201 | ||
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (“Soo Line”) | |||
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Wisconsin Central Railway) | |||
Missouri Pacific Railroad | 9104, 9106 renumbered 1021, 1022 | ||
Missouri-Illinois Railroad | to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1028 | ||
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad | Renumbered 7–11 | ||
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | 25 renumbered 19; to Louisville and Nashville Railroad 2119-2123, renumbered 2210-2214 | ||
New York Central Railroad | 8705-8714, 8740-8749 were Pittsburgh & Lake Erie | ||
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) | |||
New York, Ontario and Western Railway | 115 to Northern Pacific Railway 99, 111-113 to Unadilla Valley Railway 111-113, then to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 795-797, remainder to New York Central Railroad 9500-9516 | ||
Northern Pacific Railway | 102-106 to Burlington Northern 450-458 | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | 9155–9176, 9247–9250 |
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Peoria and Pekin Union Railway | |||
Pere Marquette Railway | to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
Phelps Dodge Corporation, Lavender Pit | |||
Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Mine | |||
Phelps Dodge Corporation, New Cornelia Branch Mine | |||
Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad | 219, 222–225 renumbered 21–25 | ||
Reading Company | |||
Republic Steel Corporation | |||
River Terminal Railway | |||
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | ||
Southern Railway | 6050–6056, 6850, 6851, 8560 |
6050-6056 were Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, 6850-6851 were New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, 8560 was St. Johns River Terminal | |
Southern Pacific Company | 72-88 were Texas & New Orleans | ||
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway | to Burlington Northern 593–595 | ||
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | Renumbered to 1900-1903 | ||
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway | |||
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad | |||
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
Texas and Pacific Railway | to Missouri Pacific Railroad | ||
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway | |||
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad | |||
Union Pacific Railroad | |||
Union Railroad | |||
United States Navy, Fallbrook Naval Ammunition Depot | |||
United States Navy, Hawthorne, Nevada | |||
Wabash Railroad | to Norfolk and Western Railway 3350–3352, 3350 to Des Moines Union Railway 7 | ||
West Virginia Northern Railroad | |||
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway | |||
Wheeling Steel Company | |||
Total | 1145 |
TR
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Illinois Central Railroad |
TR2 (cow-calf)
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator) | to CB&Q 9400AB | ||
Belt Railway of Chicago | |||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | calf-units rebuilt with cabs | ||
Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
Chicago Great Western Railroad | |||
Illinois Central Railroad | |||
Milwaukee Road | |||
Southern Railway | |||
Total | 36 sets |
TR3 (cow-calf-calf)
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Surviving and preserved units
Many NW2's survive today. One NW2 is operated by the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas. It is privately owned. It is ex-Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad #9227. It is used mainly for work trains. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway of Illinois and Indiana operates an NW2 cow/calf unit in its Joliet railyard. The Indiana Harbor Belt who operated near 80 still operates two.
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway 101 is unrestored at the Minnesota Transportation Museum.
Chicago & North Western donated NW2 1003 and TR2B 1103 to the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in 1986, as a cow-calf set. 1003 was originally Grand Trunk Western Railroad 7914, and 1103 was originally Chicago Great Western Railway 65B. 1003 operates, but 1103 is unrestored.
Western Pacific Railroad 608, originally built as Union Pacific Railroad D.S. 1001 is today preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California. This locomotive is part of the popular Run-A-Locomotive program. It was the Union Pacific's second wholly owned diesel.
Southern Pacific Railroad 1423 is preserved and operated by the Niles Canyon Railway near Fremont, California.
Reading Company NW2 #103 is owned by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, and is today preserved in restored and operational status at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, PA.
Union Pacific Railroad D.S. 1011 and D.S. 1043 are preserved and operated by the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) NW2 #1649 is preserved and operated by the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois.
New York Ontario & Western Railroad #116 survives - was owned by Delaware & Otsego president Walter Rich and used on the New York Susquehanna & Western. It was painted in NYO&W colors, it was retired in the mid-2000s and was bequeathed to the Delaware and Ulster Railroad DURR upon Walter Rich's death.
EOLX #15, a restored EMD NW-2 operated by Florida Rail Adventures provides service for the Mount Dora Meteor in Mount Dora, FL. The locomotive saw service 3 to 5 days a week on the Sorrento Branch, from Mt. Dora, FL to Tavares, FL.
See also
References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide, pp.EMD-36, 37. Kalmbach Books. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-22894.
- Solomon, Brian (2000). The American Diesel Locomotive, p. 53. MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7603-0666-4.
- Kristopans, Andre EMD Switcher Serial Number webpage
http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/SWITCHERS201Aand567/index.html
- Kristopans, Andre EMD Export page
http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ANDRESGMLOCOMOTIVE/page2.html