C&NW Roster of Diesel Locomotives, Part 5

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1201-1205 built as C&NW 1101-1105; renumbered during 1971.
2. EMD order number 6404.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981; resold to Texas Crushed Stone 513.
2. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E489 originally included four additional, an un-built SW1s for C&NW, EMD builder's numbers 1746-1749. For unknown reasons, these four units were not built, possibly due to restrictions of the War Production Board.
2. C&NW 1207 (1st)-1212 (1st) shared EMD order number E489 with C&NW 1214 (1st), 1215 (1st).

Notes:

1. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-3, completed on 24 December 1958.
2. Sold to Precision Engineering Company, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 28 October 1970.
3. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-8, completed on 9 October 1964.
4. Renumbered to 615, 23 August 1971.
5. Sold to Precision Engineering Company, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 18 April 1971.
6. Wrecked, scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, 11 July 1974.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 55; acquired by C&NW in January 1957; renumbered to 1207 (2nd) on 28 June 1968.
2. EMC order number E346.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 616, 21 September 1971.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago Great Western 6 (part of group CGW 5-7); acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968.
2. EMC order number E142.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1969.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1206-1209 built as C&NW 1122-1125; renumbered during 1971.
2. EMD order number 4225

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.
2. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981; resold to Tradewater Railway 1019, Sturgis, Kentucky.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 619, 23 July 1971.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1214 (1st), 1215 (1st) shared EMD order number E489 with C&NW 1207 (1st)-1212 (1st).

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 617, 27 July 1971.
2. Renumbered to 618, 16 July 1971.

General Notes:

1. Built as 310-315; renumbered during 1971.
2. C&NW 1210 held in C&NW accounts as a CStPM&O owned unit.
3. EMD order number 7593.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Sold to Wilson Railway Company, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1990; sold to Ray County Co-op, Ray County, Missouri, October 1994.
3. C&NW 1212 renumbered to C&NW 1222, 9 May 1973.
4. Sold to Wilson Railway Company, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1990.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago Great Western 11-15; acquired by C&NW through merger in July 1968; renumbered to 1200 series in April 1970.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 620, July 1971.
2. (disposition unknown)
3. Renumbered to 621, July 1971.
4. Renumbered to 622, July 1971.
5. Renumbered to 623, July 1971.

General Notes:

1. Built as 316-321; renumbered during 1971.
2. EMD order number 7620.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Sold to Wilson Railway Company, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1990.
3. Sold to Fremont and Elkhorn Valley 1219.
4. Sold to Wilson Railway Company, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1990, sold to Industrial Transportation and Equipment 1002, sold to Ray County Co-op, Ray County, Missouri, October 1994.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1222 built as C&NW 312, renumbered to C&NW 1212 in 1971, renumbered to C&NW 1222, May 1973.
2. EMD order number 7593.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1230, 1231 number slots were blank and not used.

Notes:

1. (disposition unknown)
2. Traded to EMD, January 1966.
3. Traded to EMD, April 1966.
4. Traded to EMD, February 1967.
5. Sold to KCS and used as trade in for EMD order number 7227 (KCS SW1500 1532-1541).
6. Sold to Bucyrus-Erie 8163, February 1968.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 56; acquired by C&NW in January 1957; renumbered to C&NW 1224 (2nd) in 1968.

General Notes:

1. Re-engined by EMD between 1957 and 1959, using EMD 8-567C 900 horsepower engines and new EMD design long hoods. EMD rebuild order number 8545.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.
2. (disposition unknown)
3. Sold to Northwestern Steel and Wire Company 1.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, February 1967.
2. Traded to EMD, January 1969.
3. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-11 (2nd), completed on 6 December 1973.
4. (disposition unknown)
5. Retired and held at Oelwein, Iowa, until at least December 1975.
6. Sold to Agrico Chemical Company 1, Verdigris, Oklahoma.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1259 and 1261 were re-engined by EMD in 1960, using EMD 8-567C 900 horsepower engines and new EMD design long hoods. C&NW 1261 was rebuild under EMD rebuild order number 8566. C&NW 1260 did not receive an EMD engine.

Notes:

1. C&NW 1259 was scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, May 1980.
2. C&NW 1260 was traded to EMD, March 1960.
3. C&NW 1261(disposition unknown)

Notes:

1. (disposition unknown)
2. Traded to EMD, January 1969.
3. Traded to EMD, February 1967.
4. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-10 (2nd), completed on 6 December 1973.

General Notes:

1. EMD order numbers 4177, 4227, and 4228.

Notes:

1. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 1 June 1978; resold to Chicago, West Pullman and Southern 38, October 1978.
2. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 1 June 1978; resold to Farmers Grain Dealers Association 1269, Avon, Iowa; changed to Avon Grain Company, same location.
3. Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Company, Chicago, Illinois, May 1977.
4. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 27 April 1978; resold to Chrome Crankshaft, Chicago, Illinois; resold to AMOCO Oil 555.
5. Sold to Independent Locomotive Services, 23 August 1977; resold to Nucor Steel Company, Norfolk, Nebraska in September 1988; resold to ConArga 1272 (seen in full ConAgra paint at ConAgra at David City, Nebraska in June 1990 and September 1991, and at ConAgra at South Sioux City, Nebraska in September 1994); resold to Southeast Farmers Elevator Cooperative in Jefferson, South Dakota.
6. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 11 November 1977; resold to Chicago, West Pullman and Southern 39, October 1978; resold to Hollis & Eastern Railroad 39, Duke, Oklahoma.
7. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 24 March 1978; resold to Reynolds Aluminum 89, Gregory, Texas.
8. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 27 April 1978; resold to North American Car Company 26.
9. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 24 March 1978; resold to North American Car Company 25; resold to Railway Equipment Leasing Company (RELCO) RE 511.
10. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 21 February 1978; resold to Fort Worth Recar Corp. 1277, Saginaw, Texas.
11. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 17 May 1978; resold to Cargill 1278, Duluth, Minnesota.
12. Sold to Wilson-Cramer Locomotive Company, Boone, Iowa, 1 June 1978; resold to Peavey Grain Company 1279, Superior, Wisconsin.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1280 and 1281 were the only SW600s (of 15 units built in the U.S.) that were built for a Class 1 railroad, all others were sold to industries. (see list in SW600 article on Wikipedia)
2. EMD order number 4267.

Notes:

1. C&NW 1280 was sold to Peavey Grain Company 1280, Convent, Louisiana, March 1978, still there in 2010
2. (This is *not* the locomotive sold to Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in 2019 for use in restoring the Mark Twain Zephyr. That locomotive is the former Marathon Southern 1 (EMD Serial 25682, 4434-1, 6/60), sold to Weyerhauser, then sold to Domtar Corp., then sold to Independent Locomotive Services (ILSX), then sold to Wisconsin Great Northern. Although not a former C&NW locomotive, it was given its C&NW paint schemes and number.)
2. C&NW 1281 was sold to Peavey Grain Company 1281, Kearney, Nebraska, March 1978, moved to Cozad, Nebraska, still there in August 2003; sold to S&S Sales and Leasing (SSRX) 1281, leased to BORAL, in Texas.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1301 built as Minnesota Transfer 300, leased to C&NW during June 1972, purchased by C&NW on 11 January 1973.
2. EMD order number 4515.

Notes:

1. Sold to National Railway Equipment Company, Dixmoor, Illinois, December 1985; resold February 1987 to Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railroad 1587, Tomahawk, Wis.; now Tomahawk Railway, same location.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number 74762.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number 74662.

Notes:

1. Wrecked (cab sheared off) on 27 January 1990 at McHenry, Illinois, scrapped during 1994 at Proviso for C&NW by T. H. Cropping, Inc.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1485-1495, 1497, 1498 purchased second-hand from Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 9 January 1973. All 13 units first leased by C&NW, from PNC, beginning in September 1972. MKT 139 (ex MKT 1584) was intended to be C&NW 1496, but was scrapped by PNC prior to sale to C&NW.
2. C&NW 1485-1490 had 251,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1492-1495 had 260,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1497 and 1498 had 262,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1491 had 265,000 pounds operating weight.
3. MKT had 17 units, while still owned by MKT, re-powered by EMD using 1,500 horsepower 16-567C engines and GP9 style long hoods, completed between November 1958 and March 1960 (see MKT roster in Extra 2200 South, Issue 23, June/July 1970, p.21) under EMD rebuild order numbers 8528, 8541, 8542, 8553, and 8564. Upon completion of the re-powering, the units were renumbered to MKT 124, 126-141. MKT sold all 17 units to Precision National Corp. in 1972.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at either Green Bay, Wis., or at Oelwein, Iowa, during 1981.
2. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, July 1980.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with single control stands for long hood-forward operation.
2. Re-engined by EMD in 1958, using EMD 16-567C, 1,500 horsepower engines and new EMD design long hoods.

General Notes:

1. Previously published in error as being the last operating ALCo RS-2 on C&NW; that distinction was held byC&NW 54, ex CGW 54, retired in 1981.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, September 1976.

General Notes:

1. Originally equipped with steam generator, located in short hood, later removed.
2. Re-engined by EMD in 1959, using a new EMD 16-567C, 1,500 horsepower engine and a new EMD design long hood. EMD rebuild order number 8543.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1505-1509 were equipped with dual control stands for operation in either direction with the engineer located on the right-hand side.
2. Re-engined by EMD in 1959 and 1960, using new EMD 16-567C, 1,500 horsepower engines and new EMD design long hoods.

Notes:

1. Burned in roundhouse fire on 12 June 1976 at Iron Mountain, Michigan; scrapped by C&NW during 1976.
2. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.
3. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, July 1980.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1510 was the first H16-66 built.
2. C&NW 1510-1514 were equipped with dual control stands for operation in either direction with the engineer located on the right-hand side.
3. F-M order number LD-93.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1969.
2. (disposition unknown)

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1515-1517 were equipped with dual control stands for operation in either direction with the engineer located on the right-hand side.
2. C&NW 1515-1517 were equipped with steam generators for passenger service.
3. C&NW 1515 was the first RSD-4 built by ALCo.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1518-1520 built as EMD GP7 demonstrators 100, 200, 300.
2. C&NW 1518 was the first GP7 built, as EMD 922, later renumbered to EMD 100.
3. EMD 100, 200 sold to C&NW, August 1950.
4. EMD 300 sold to C&NW, September 1950.
5. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service, with combination fuel and water tanks, and air reservoirs mounted under locomotive.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4311 (GP7R), October 1972.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4312 (GP7R), September 1972.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4313 (GP7R), August 1972.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof due to extra large combination fuel and water tanks.
2. EMD order number 5114.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4314 (GP7R), May 1972.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4315 (GP7R), June 1972.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4316 (GP7R), September 1972.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4327 (GP7R), 25 October 1973.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1526 mated with yard slug BU-1; 1532 mated with yard slug BU-3; 1548 mated with yard slug BU-2.
2. EMD order number 5089.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4328 (GP7R), 31 October 1973.
2. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4329 (GP7R), 9 December 1973.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4330 (GP7R), 30 November 1973.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4331 (GP7R), 11 November 1973.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4289 (GP7R), 13 October 1980.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4318 (GP7R), January 1973.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4476 (GP7R), 25 September 1979.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4332 (GP7R), 21 November 1973.
10. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4200 (Cummins powered HE-15), completed on 18 May 1980.
11. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4486 (GP7R), 12 June 1979.
12. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4290 (GP7R), 20 October 1980.
13. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, in mid 1982.
14. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4297 (GP7R), 10 December 1980.
15. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4487 (GP7R), 28 September 1978.
16. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4482 (GP7R), 27 July 1979.
17. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4334 (GP7R), December 1974.
18. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4284 (GP7R), 2 September 1980.
19. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4335 (GP7R), December 1974.
20. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4298 (GP7R), 13 January 1981.
21. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4488 (GP7R), 28 September 1978.
22. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4505 (GP9R), 12 December 1973.
23. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4489 (GP7R), 28 September 1978.
24. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4477 (GP7R), 13 September 1979.

Notes:

1. Sold to Erie Western 1601, June 1978.
2. Sold to Erie Western 1600, June 1978.
3. Traded to ALCO, August 1962.
4. Rebuilt to road slug BU-11 (1st), completed on 6 November 1970; renumbered to BU-41 before entering service.
5. Wrecked (fire damage) on 4 July 1975; scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, during August 1975.

General Notes:

1. Built as Litchfield & Madison 302, 303; acquired by C&NW through merger in January 1958, renumbered to 1500 series in December 1971. C&NW 1554 (2nd), as L&M 303, was the last RS-3 built.

Notes:

1. Sold to Erie Western 1602, June 1978.
2. Sold to Michigan Northern Railway 1554, Cadillac, Michigan, November 1977; service suspended in January 1986; ex-C&NW 1554 later resold to Pete Smykla, a private individual living in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof due to extra large combination fuel and water tanks.
2. EMD order number 5198.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, in mid 1982.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1557-1559 shared EMD order number 5205 with C&NW 1562-1564.
2. EMD order number 5205.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4299 (GP7R), 26 December 1980.
2. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, during mid 1982.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1560 and 1561 were equipped with dual control stands for operation in either direction with the engineer located on the right-hand side.
2. C&NW 1560 and 1561 were re-engined by EMD in 1962, using new EMD 16-567C, 1,500 horsepower engines and new EMD design long hoods. EMD rebuild order number 8570.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa. Long EMD hood used to replace wreck damaged long hood on GP9 1760 when that unit was rebuilt to GP9R 4529 in September 1978.
2. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1562-1564 shared EMD order number 5205 with C&NW 1557-1559.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, during mid 1982.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1565, 1567 received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1970.
2. EMD order number 5206.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4490 (GP7R), 2 November 1978.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4288 (GP7R), 1 October 1980.
3. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4478 (GP7R), 14 September 1979.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4279 (GP7R), 8 July 1981.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4479 (GP7R), 27 August 1979.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4291 (GP7R), 28 October 1980.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4285 (GP7R), 2 September 1980.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4491 (GP7R), 2 November 1978.
10. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4317 (GP7R), September 1972.

General Notes:

1. C&NW number 1600 is blank and not used; for unknown reasons.
2. C&NW 1587, 1603 received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1970.
3. EMD order number 5123.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4294 (GP7R), 4 December 1980.
2. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, during mid 1982.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4492 (GP7R), 2 November 1978.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4295 (GP7R), 19 December 1980.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4493 (GP7R), 1 December 1978.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4287 (GP7R), 16 September 1980.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4280 (GP7R), 30 July 1981.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4336 (GP7R), December 1974.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4281 (GP7R), 6 August 1981.
10. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4201 (Cummins powered HE-15), completed on 19 August 1980.
11. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4282 (GP7R), 2 July 1981.
12. Rebuilt and renumbered to 4293 (GP7R), 26 November 1980.

General Notes:

General Notes:

1. F-M order number LD-137.

Notes:

1. (disposition unknown)
2. Traded to EMD, March 1969.
3. Traded to EMD, May 1969.
4. Traded to EMD, December 1970.