C&NW Roster of Diesel Locomotives, Part 3

Notes:

1. (disposition unknown)
2. Sold to Erman-Howell no. 2, Turner, Kansas.

General Notes:

1. Built as Minneapolis & St. Louis 150A, 150C, 250A, 250C, 350A, 350C, 151A, 151C, renumbered to M&StL 406-413, March 1956; acquired by C&NW through merger in November 1960.
2. C&NW 412 (1st), 413 (1st) had 232,000 pounds operating weight.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, April 1963.

General Notes:

1. Built as Litchfield & Madison 301; acquired by C&NW through merger in January 1958, renumbered to 905 (1st) in May 1962, renumbered to 406 (2nd) in 1966.
2. C&NW 406 was painted in an experimental solid green paint scheme.

Notes:

1. Wrecked on 24 March 1968 at Elberon, Iowa; scrapped.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 406-411 renumbered from C&NW 4000 series in 1971.
2. C&NW 406-411 sold to RTA (now Metra) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW on 1 January 1978. Assigned RTA road numbers 300-305; only C&NW 411/RTA 305 was actually renumbered.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation.
2. RTA dispositions:
3. RTA 406, 410 sold to St. Louis and Chain of Rocks Railroad, May 1985.
   RTA 407 sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, January 1985; resold to Cedar Valley Railroad, May 1985.
   RTA 408 sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, January 1985.
   RTA 409 sold to Rails Diversified of Ohio, March 1985; resold to Winchester and Western Railroad, Winchester, Virginia; resold to Maryland Midland Railway 100, Union Bridge, Maryland; resold to Short Line Enterprises in Calif.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 410 (4th) and 411 (3rd) were built as Chicago Great Western 113D, 114B; acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968. Renumbered to 300 series in 1971, renumbered to 400 series in 1985.
2. C&NW 410 (4th) was frame-checked by Norm Metcalf, showing frame number 6204-B2. The above renumber sequence is from C&NW mechanical department records; Sy Reich's C&NW roster published by Railroad magazine shows the sequence as CGW 113D to C&NW 113D to C&NW 317 (2nd) to C&NW 410 (4th), the difference being that after C&NW's control of CGW in 1968, the unit carried its ex CGW number, but with C&NW reporting mark; only photographic research will show whether or not the unit carried the C&NW 113D number. (information from Norm Metcalf via email, November 5, 2005)

Notes:

1. C&NW 410 (4th) and 411 (3rd) were acquired by Union Pacific through merger in April 1995. (Read more about the units after the UP-C&NW merger)

General Notes:

1. C&NW 412-425 renumbered from 4000 series in late 1971 and early 1972.
2. C&NW 412-414, 416 held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
3. C&NW 412 was numbered as C&NW 219 (2nd) between July and December 1971.
4. C&NW 416 briefly held number 407 (2nd) in late 1971.
5. C&NW 412-414, 416 sold to RTA (now Metra) on 31 December 1977, leased back for operation to C&NW on 1 January 1978. Assigned RTA road numbers 306, 307, 308, 310; only C&NW 414/RTA 308 was actually renumbered. RTA 308 sold to Northeast Illinois Railroad 308. RTA 413 sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, January 1985; resold to Rails Diversified of Ohio, March 1985; resold to Winchester and Western Railroad, Winchester, Virginia; resold to Maryland Midland Railway 101, Union Bridge, Maryland; resold to Short Line Enterprises in Calif. RTA 416 sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, January 1985; resold to Cedar Valley Railroad, May 1985.
6. C&NW 417, 418, 420, 423, 424, 425 leased to New Jersey Transit by C&NW in 1983. C&NW 424 and 425 returned to C&NW, other four units leased to Metro North Commuter Railroad in late 1991.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. RTA 412 first retired 11 March 1983, reinstated 29 March 1983.
2. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation.
3. Renumbered to 400 (2nd) in 1982.
4. Leased to New Jersey Transit in 1983; leased to Metro North Commuter Railroad in late 1991.
5. Renumbered to 401 in 1982.
6. Renumbered to 402 in 1982.
7. Renumbered to 403 in 1982.
8. Leased to New Jersey Transit in 1983. Returned to C&NW and sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardsville, Illinois; still there by late April 1993. Ex-C&NW 423 still in New Jersey Transit paint scheme.
9. Leased to New Jersey Transit in 1983. Returned to C&NW in 1985 and renumbered to 400 (3rd), March 1985.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 501-511 purchased second hand from Precision National Corp. in September 1972.
2. C&NW 501-511 held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
3. C&NW 501-506 (former UP E8B/E9B units) were rebuilt by C&NW on dates shown with C&NW-design control cabs, called "Crandall Cabs" after C&NW Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power M. H. Crandall.
4. C&NW 507-511 were rebuilt in-kind on the dates shown, from five former UP E8A units.
5. C&NW 503 was built as UP E8B 925B, which was built with UP E2B 984C (EMC order number E158B, built October 1937) as a direct trade-in unit.
6. C&NW 503, 507, 508, 509, 510 were equipped, while still UP units, with 12-567C engines, giving these E8 units 2,400 horsepower.
7. Equipped with Automatic Train Control, Automatic Train Stop, and Detroit Diesel Head End Power.
8. All 11 units were sold to RTA on 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road numbers 550-555, 425-429; not renumbered. RTA 507-511 (ex-C&NW 507-511) repainted to RTA colors by November 1980.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Sold to Naporano Iron & Metal, Naporano, N.J., June and July 1985, scrapped.
2. The in-service date for C&NW 503 was taken from C&NW mechanical department records; a recently discovered photo by George Horna, dated April 6, 1973, shows the unit in service, but still in unlettered UP paint, and an unpainted cab. (Steve Timko, email dated November 23, 2014)
3. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardsville, Illinois, late 1989.
4. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardville, Illinois, late 1989. Kasten Railcar sold Metra 511 to Union Pacific in September 1990. UP returned the unit to its original UP number (UP 949) and operates the unit as part of an A-B-A set of E-units on special trains.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 512-522 were renumbered from the C&NW 5000 series in 1974.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control, Automatic Train Stop, and Detroit Diesel Head End Power.
3. C&NW 512, 513, 515, 516, 518 had 340,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 514, 517, 521 had 336,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 519, 520, 522 had 331,000 pounds operating weight.
4. All 11 units sold to RTA (now Metra) on 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road numbers 414-424; not renumbered. RTA 512-522 were repainted to RTA colors at C&NW Calif. Avenue shops in Chicago, between May and November 1980.

Notes:

1. C&NW 513 and 520 were sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardville, Illinois, late 1989.
2. C&NW 514 and 517 were sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Hegewisch, Illinois, scrapped.
3. C&NW 516 and 521 were sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Leased to Long Island Railroad, circa February 1991, returned to Metra in November 1991.
4. C&NW 519 was sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardville, Illinois, late 1989; resold to Pacific Rail Industries 519, Colton, California, March 1991.
5. C&NW 522 was sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), 31 December 1977; leased back to C&NW for operation. Operated as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) since 1984. Sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardville, Illinois, late 1989; resold to Wisconsin & Southern Railroad 801, Horicon, Wis.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 600-608 built with Minneapolis & St. Louis FTA 502, FTB 551, F2As 503, 504, FTB 552, FTA 505, F2A 500, F2B 550, and F2A 501 (respectively) as direct trade-in's; acquired by C&NW through merger in November 1960.
2. M&StL 500, 501, 550 were built under EMD order number E702A,B; M&StL 502-505, 551, 552 were built under EMD order number E651A,B. EMD order numbers retained as M&StL GP9Ms.
3. C&NW 600, 601, 607 received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1968.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking; removed by C&NW and openings in braking blister on carbody blanked off.
5. C&NW 600-602 had EMD order number 7537
6. C&NW 603-605 had EMD order number 7540
7. C&NW 606-608 had EMD order number 7541

Notes:

1. C&NW 600; rebuilt and renumbered to 4502 (GP9R), September 1972.
2. C&NW 601; rebuilt and renumbered to 4302 (GP9R), February 1972.
3. C&NW 602; rebuilt and renumbered to 4303 (GP9R), October 1972.
4. C&NW 603; rebuilt and renumbered to 4304 (GP9R), May 1972.
5. C&NW 604; rebuilt and renumbered to 4305 (GP9R), August 1972.
6. C&NW 605; rebuilt and renumbered to 4306 (GP9R) in 1972.
7. C&NW 606; rebuilt and renumbered to 4308 (GP9R), October 1972.
8. C&NW 607; rebuilt and renumbered to 4307 (GP9R), September 1972.
9. C&NW 608; rebuilt and renumbered to 4309 (GP9R), August 1972.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 615, 617, 618 were built as 1200 series units, renumbered to 600 series in 1971.
2. C&NW 616 was built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 55; acquired by C&NW in January 1957; renumbered to C&NW 1207 (2nd) in 1968, renumbered to C&NW 616 in 1971.
3. C&NW 616 held in C&NW accounts as a CStPM&O owned unit.

Notes:

1. C&NW 615 was sold to Diesel Supply Co., St. Paul, Minn., 15 March 1979; resold to Chicago, West Pullman and Southern.
2. C&NW 616 was sold to Glen Monhart; donated for display to Hub City Heritage Corp., Oelwein, Iowa, in 1978.
3. C&NW 617 was sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive, Boone, Iowa, 11 April 1979; resold to Wabash Valley Railroad 1801, September 1979.
4. C&NW 618 was sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive, Boone, Iowa, 8 March 1979; resold to Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, Missouri; resold to Dome Railway Service 618, Alton, Illinois

General Notes:

1. C&NW 619 Built as C&NW 1213 (1st), renumbered to 619 in 1971.
2. C&NW 620-623 Built as Chicago Great Western 11-15; acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968, renumbered to 1200 series in April 1970, renumbered to 600 series in July 1971.
3. C&NW 620-623 held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.

Notes:

1. Sold to KCS and used as trade in for EMD order number 7227 (KCS SW1500 1532-1541).
2. Sold to Railway Equipment Leasing Co. (RELCO) RE 720 in 1975; still used in RELCO's national lease fleet.
3. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-12, completed on 3 December 1973.
4. Retired due to freeze damage; scrapped by C&NW at Butler, Wis.
5. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-13, completed on 6 December 1973.

General Notes:

1. Built as M&StL 700-713; acquired by C&NW through merger on 1 November 1960.
2. C&NW 702 equipped with an ALCo/GE RS design short hood (height raised to match EMD cab). Date of application not known, probably removed when replaced by low EMD design short hood, sometime before 1968. (see photo in Extra 2200 South, March/April 1971, p.5)
3. C&NW 700, 702, 705, 711-713 received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1968.
4. C&NW 701, 704, 706-710 received chopped short hoods upon being rebuilt to GP9Rs by C&NW.
5. Equipped with dynamic braking.
6. EMD order number 5580.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4509 (GP9R), 18 November 1974.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4512 (GP9R), 21 August 1978.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4513 (GP9R), 21 August 1978.
4. Wrecked; traded to EMD, June 1965.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4510 (GP9R), 4 December 1974.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4511 (GP9R), 9 December 1974.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4507 (GP9R), 30 October 1974.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4539 (GP9R), 24 August 1979.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4504 (GP9R), 28 December 1973.
10. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4333 (GP7R), 28 December 1973.
11. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4508 (GP9R), 1 November 1974.
12. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
13. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4506 (GP9R), 28 December 1973.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number 4124.

Notes:

1. Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, 8 September 1975. Rebuilt to SW900M by CRI&P, Silvis, Illinois, for Chrome; sold to Kaiser Steel 1029, Fontana, California, January 1977; now Calif. Steel Industries, same location.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago Great Western 802-809; acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number 7679.

Notes:

1. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number 7653.

Notes:

1. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad, 12 January 1989.
2. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
3. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. C&NW GP9s 1717 and 1728 were used as trade-in units on these two GP35s.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
3. EMD order number 7704.

Notes:

1. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. EMD order number 7709.

Notes:

1. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.
2. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad, 12 January 1989.
3. Wrecked; traded to EMD, September 1966.
4. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
5. (disposition unknown)
6. Sold to Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad, 27 August 1990, renumbered to DMV&W 324.
7. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad (for parts), 12 January 1989.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 855, 864 equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. EMD order number 7763.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad (for parts), 12 January 1989.
3. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.
4. (disposition unknown)
5. Sold to Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad, 27 August 1990.
6. Wrecked; traded to EMD, September 1966.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. C&NW 880 wrecked, rebuilt by EMD in October 1966, using rebuild order number 8075.
3. EMD order number 7846.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, December 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Silvis, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. EMD order number 7874.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, December 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 887 was built under EMD order number 7892, using C&NW S-1 1227 as direct trade-in.
2. C&NW 888, 889 were built under EMD order number 7893, using C&NW 5010A, 5014A as direct trade-in's.
3. C&NW 890-892 were built under EMD order number 5701.
4. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, December 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 893 was built using C&NW GP35 842 as direct trade-in.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
3. EMD order number 7927.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, December 1989.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 894-896 were built using C&NW GP35s 834, 858, 859 as direct trade-in's.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
3. EMD order number 7952.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, December 1989.
2. Wrecked on 14 September 1969; stored at Chicago until scrapped during 1972.

General Notes:

1. Built in January 1938, delivered to C&NW in January 1939, with new locomotive warranty in effect.
2. Originally equipped with 68:16 gear ratio.
3. EMC order number E234.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-2, completed on 7 June 1957.

Notes:

1. Traded to ALCO Products in 1966 for C425s 400-404. ALCO repainted the four units to its own scheme and used them in lease fleet service, leasing them to PRR, LV, CP, and GB&W during 1967 and 1968. ALCO sold all four units to Precision Engineering Co. (PECo), Mount Vernon, Illinois PECo resold ex-C&NW 900 to Peabody Coal Co. 900 in November 1974, and ex-C&NW 901, 902, 903 were resold to Green Bay and Western as their 318, 317, 316; ex-C&NW 901 was sold to GB&W in May 1976.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 405 (3rd) in 1966.

General Notes:

1. Built as Litchfield & Madison 301; acquired by C&NW through merger in January 1958, renumbered to 905 (1st) in May 1962.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 406 (2nd) in 1966.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. EMD order number 7945.

Notes:

1. Sold to VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, October 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, June 1994.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago Great Western 401-409; acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 7912.

Notes:

1. Sold to Livingston Rebuild Center, Livingston, Montana, November 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, November 1991.

General Notes:

1. Operated between Council Bluffs, Iowa and the Twin Cities area due to lack of Automatic Train Stop needed to operate into Chicago.

Notes:

1. C&NW 930-933, 935, 936 were sold to GE, August 1978; resold to Hyman-Michaels; resold to NdeM in Mexico. Moved to Mexico, via MP at Laredo, Texas, in late September 1978. In service on NdeM (and later FNM) using same ex-C&NW numbers.
2. C&NW 934 was wrecked; sold to GE in 1977; rebuilt by GE to Metro-North Communter Railway (MNCR) 4183, including new builder's number: 42017. Painted in New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) scheme, with 'M' on its nose, as MNCR's contribution to NJT's service to Port Jervis, New York. (Gerry Putz, email dated September 13, 2022; previously had C&NW 934 as NJT 4183)

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. EMD order number 7148.

Notes:

1. Sold to VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, October 1989.
2. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
3. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, June 1994