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Carbon County Railway Locomotives

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Road
Number
Builder
Model
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Previous
Number
Date To
CCRy.
Date
Retired
Disposition and Notes
262.1 Baldwin VO1000 Nov 1943 69773   (new)   To USS Geneva 36 (1st) in 1958
262.2 Baldwin VO1000 Nov 1943 69774   (new)   To USS Geneva 37 (1st) in 1958
1201 EMD SW1200 Mar 1953 17870 DM&IR 11 May 1958    
1202 EMD SW1200 Mar 1953 17873 DM&IR 14 May 1958    

General Notes:

a. CCRy. 262.1 and 262.2 purchased by (and delivered to) Defense Plant Corporation, sold to US Steel in about 1946 along with Geneva steel plant.
b. CCRy. 1201 and 1202 built as Diluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 11 and 14; traded to EMD in May 1958 by DM&IR for new SD9 units.
c. CCRy. 1201 and 1202 each had 248,000 pounds operating weight.
d. Source: Extra 2200 South, DM&IR roster, July/August/September 1971, page 15
e. Source: Extra 2200 South (DM&IR trade in units), October 1968, page 15
f. Photos of the VO1000s and the SW1200 are in this photo album.

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