C&NW Roster of Diesel Locomotives, Part 6

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1613 was wrecked in a derailment on August 24, 1959 at New Ulm, Minnesota (along with C&NW 1624) while assigned as motive power for train 480; both units repaired and re-powered by ALCO in March 1960, using a 12 cylinder, 1,800 horsepower ALCO 251 engine and a new RS-11 style long hood.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to C&NW 4250, 14 May 1981.
2. Converted to road slug BU-42; work not completed; incomplete hulk scrapped by C&NW during 1971.
3. Wrecked on 24 March 1968 at Elberon, Iowa; scrapped.
4. Scrapped by C&NW in 1976.
5. Sold to Michigan Northern Railway 1617, Cadillac, Michigan, October 1977; service suspended in January 1986.
6. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, in 1975.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service, located in raised short hood.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, in 1979.
2. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1624 was wrecked in a derailment on August 24, 1959 at New Ulm, Minnesota (along with C&NW 1613) while assigned as motive power for train 480; both units repaired and re-powered by ALCO in March 1960, using a 12 cylinder, 1,800 horsepower ALCO 251 engine and a new RS-11 style long hood.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, in mid September 1976.
2. Sold to Precision Engineering Co., Mount Vernon, Illinois, May 1969.
3. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, in 1972.
4. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, in 1980.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number 5270.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4283 (GP7R), 10 August 1981.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4292 (GP7R), 10 November 1980.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4310 (GP7R), May 1972.
4. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, during 1982.
5. Wrecked in 1965, traded to EMD, February 1965.
6. Traded to EMD in June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4494 (GP7R), 1 December 1978.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof of long hood due to extra large combination water and fuel tank.
2. C&NW 1639 was painted in an experimental solid green paint scheme.
3. EMD order number 5271.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4484 (GP7R), 12 July 1979.
3. Traded to EMD in June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4495 (GP7R), 1 December 1978.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof of long hood due to extra large combination water and fuel tank.
2. C&NW 1650 equipped with separate, auxiliary generating equipment for suburban service, located at rear of car body in a squared-off enclosure.
3. EMD order number 5272.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD in June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Wrecked on 18 March 1971 at Lake Geneva, Wis.; stored at Chicago until scrapped, after May 1972.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4319 (GP7R), July 1972.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4296 (GP7R), 5 January 1981.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof of long hood due to extra large combination water and fuel tank.
2. Equipped with separate auxiliary generating equipment for suburban service, located at rear of car body in a squared-off enclosure.
3. EMD order number 5186.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4483 (GP7R), 23 July 1979.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4481 (GP7R), 24 August 1979.
4. Wrecked in 1965, traded to EMD in 1965.
5. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4286 (GP7R), 9 September 1980.
7. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4485 (GP7R), 2 July 1979.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service.
2. EMD order number 5275.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4480 (GP7R), 30 August 1979.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1660-1664 rebuilt to 1,750 horsepower SD7R 6615-6619 in 1971 and 1972 by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa. Units were given chopped short hoods at the same time.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 6615 (SD7R), November 1971.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 6616 (SD7R), December 1972.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 6617 (SD7R), June 1971.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 6618 (SD7R), July 1971.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 6619 (SD7R), July 1971.

Notes:

1. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, June 1978.
2. Scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota, in 1979.
3. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981.

General Notes:

1. F-M order number LD-151.

Notes:

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

General Notes:

1. F-M order number LD-151.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 9 September 1975.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1686-1690 (5 units) equipped with steam generator.
2. C&NW 1686-1688 (3 units) equipped with dynamic braking; located in raised short hood, together with steam generator.
3. C&NW 1690 was painted in an experimental solid green paint scheme.

Notes:

1. C&NW 1684 was rebuilt to snowplow X263000, using the former RSD-5's frame, trucks, cab, and most of the carbody. Work completed by Oelwein Shops. Snowplow is 27 feet long, 12 feet high, and with wings extended, 11 feet wide, and is used to clear snow on the Chicago suburban districts. Completed during early 1980.
2. C&NW 1685 was scrapped by C&NW at Huron, South Dakota in 1980.
3. C&NW 1686, 1688 and 1690 were sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, February 1981; resold to B&K Engineering in Wisconsin
4. C&NW 1687 was wrecked on 24 March 1968 at Elberon, Iowa; sold to Precision Engineering Co., Mount Vernon, Illinois, scrapped.
5. C&NW 1689 was traded to Precision National Corp, Mount Vernon, Illinois, January 1981 and sold to Gary Baloun (General Foreman, C&NW Proviso Diesel Shop) of B&K Engineering; leased to Chicago Madison & Northern Railroad no.1689; loaned to Central of Wisconsin Railroad no. 1689; operated on Indian Erie no. 1689; leased to Western Maryland Scenic Railroad no. 1689, Cumberland, Maryland; leased to Northern Central Railway no. 1689, New Freedom, Pennsylvania; leased to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad no. 1689, Peninsula, Ohio (paint restored as Chicago & Northwestern no. 1689 for her 50th anniversary). C&NW 1689 was shipped to the Illinois Railroad Museum in 2014 for donation by Gary Baloun. (Gary Baloun, email dated June 24, 2022)

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1691-1693 had 324,800 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1694 and 1695 had 316,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1696-1699 had 295,000 pounds operating weight; C&NW 1700 had 321,300 pounds operating weight.
2. C&NW 1691-1695 equipped with dynamic braking, disconnected by 1969.
3. C&NW 1691, 1692, 1693, 1700 equipped with steam generator for passenger service.
4. C&NW 1698 was painted in an experimental solid green paint scheme.
5. F-M order number LD-182.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, on 9 September 1975.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1702, 1706, 1709, and 1710 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970(C&NW 1710 prior to August 1966)
2. C&NW 1701 had 298,000 pounds operating weight.
3. C&NW 1702 had 307,000 pounds operating weight.
4. C&NW 1703-1710 equipped with steam generator for passenger service, removed when renumbered to 6600 series.
5. C&NW 1703-1710 equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to C&NW 6601, 19 July 1971.
2. Renumbered to C&NW 6602, July 1971.
3. Renumbered to C&NW 6603, June 1971.
4. Renumbered to C&NW 6604, June 1971.
5. Renumbered to C&NW 6605, July 1971.
6. Renumbered to C&NW 6606, 7 July 1971.
7. Renumbered to C&NW 6607, 8 May 1971.
8. Renumbered to C&NW 6608, and given a chopped short hood, July 1971.
9. Renumbered to C&NW 6609, June 1971.
10. Renumbered to C&NW 6610, August 1971(short hood chopped prior to slide dated 27 June 1966; update from Steve Timko via email dated 11 August 2014)

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof of long hood due to extra large combination water and fuel tank.
2. Equipped with separate auxiliary generating equipment for suburban service, located at rear of car body in a squared-off enclosure.
3. EMD order number 5337.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4320 (GP9R), November 1972.
2. Wrecked 1970, scrapped August 1975.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4321 (GP9R), October 1972.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4322 (GP9R), November 1972.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4323 (GP9R), October 1972.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service; air reservoirs mounted on roof of long hood due to extra large combination water and fuel tank.
2. Equipped with separate auxiliary generating equipment for suburban service, located at rear of car body in a squared-off enclosure.
3. EMD order number 5404.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4324 (GP9R), June 1972.
2. Traded to EMD on GP35, February 1964.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4325 (GP9R), August 1972.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1719 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970.
2. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service.
3. EMD order number 5410.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4326 (GP9R), October 1973.
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4301 (GP9R), November 1971.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1723 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970.
2. Equipped with steam generator for passenger service.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 5405.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to C&NW 6611 (including chopped short hood), 30 July 1971.
2. Renumbered to C&NW 6612 (including chopped short hood), 16 June 1971.
3. Renumbered to C&NW 6613, July 1971.
4. Renumbered to C&NW 6614 (including chopped short hood), 12 June 1971.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1729, 1730, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1750 received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1970.
2. C&NW 1725 had a high short hood as late as October 1977. (update from Steve Timko via email dated August 20, 2014, citing a slide dated October 13, 1977)
3. C&NW 1739 was painted in an experimental solid green paint scheme.
4. EMD order number 7542.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4538 (GP9R), 4 July 1979. (Included a chopped short hood)
2. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois; rebuilt to Amtrak 770, April 1978.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4543 (GP9R), 12 November 1979.
4. Traded to EMD, February 1964.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4532 (GP9R), 3 July 1978.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4542 (GP9R), 18 October 1979.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4533 (GP9R), 10 July 1978.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4534 (GP9R), 17 July 1978.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4560 (GP9R), 21 August 1981.
10. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
11. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4501 (GP9R), September 1972.
12. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4540 (GP9R), 6 August 1979.
13. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4544 (GP9R), 14 November 1979.
14. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4503 (GP9R), November 1972.
15. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4535 (GP9R), 26 July 1978.
16. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4536 (GP9R), 2 August 1978.
17. Sold to Alter Incorporated, St. Paul, Minn., scrapped.
18. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4546 (GP9R), 23 September 1980.
19. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4547 (GP9R), 7 October 1980.
20. Scrapped by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa.
21. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4561 (GP9R), 25 August 1981.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1772 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970.
2. C&NW 1771 received a chopped short hood by C&NW during 1974.
3. EMD order number 7568.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4545 (GP9R), 28 December 1979.
3. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4529 (GP9R), 28 September 1978.
4. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4541 (GP9R), 24 August 1979.
5. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4548 (GP9R), 4 November 1980.
6. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4562 (GP9R), 10 July 1981.
7. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4549 (GP9R), 18 November 1980.
8. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4530 (GP9R), 22 August 1978.
9. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4537 (GP9R), 22 August 1979.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 1773 built using C&NW F7A 4093C as direct trade-in.
2. EMD rebuild order number 8065.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt and renumbered to C&NW 4531 (GP9R), 28 September 1978.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with 16-567BC engines rather than normal for GP18 16-567D1 engines. Also equipped with four 3-foot radiator fans rather than two 4-foot radiator fans, as on a normal GP18. This change in design configuration is explained by the use of several components from the six 6500 class F3s that were used as direct trade-in units. At least one unit, C&NW 1779, was wrongly stenciled during its career as a GP9.
2. C&NW 1776 painted in a red, white, and blue scheme in August 1975 to commemorate the 200th birthday of the United States of America. Repainted back to normal C&NW yellow and green in early December 1978.
3. EMD order number 7585.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD in June 1985, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois

General Notes:

1. F-M order number LD-197.

Notes:

1. Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 9 September 1975, scrapped.

General Notes:

1. Originally equipped with 65:12 gear ratio.
2. EMD order number E1305A.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to C&NW 1009, 25 June 1973.
2. Renumbered to C&NW 1010, 25 September 1973.

General Notes:

1. Originally equipped with 65:12 gear ratio.
2. EMD order number E1305B.

Notes:

1. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-4, completed on 15 December 1961.
2. Rebuilt to yard slug BU-5, completed on 26 June 1962.

General Notes:

1. Built as part of group MP 734-753 (20 units), renumbered to MP 3034-3053 in May 1978; acquired by UP through merger on 22 December 1982 (none painted yellow and gray or assigned UP numbers); 15-year lease expired in July 1984, returned by UP to owner/lessor, U. S. Leasing Corp.; all 20 units sold by U. S. Leasing to VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, during 1984. VMV added the units to its national lease fleet, lettered for either VMV or Paducah and Louisville Railroad (P&L), both owned by the same parent Corp.
2. Above 14 units leased by CNW from VMV between mid September 1988 and mid August 1989. The units had previously been leased to the SP, from mid 1987 to mid 1988. At least two units were painted in VMV's blue and silver "Paducahbuilt" scheme. Those units still in MP blue paint while on lease to CNW were nicknamed "Blue Devils". Many of these leased VMV units had a C&NW herald applied to their cab sides.
3. EMD order number 7144.

Notes:

1. Returned to VMV, August 1989; sold to Morrison Knudsen, Boise, Idaho; rebuilt to CSXT SD40-2s during July through October 1990. For specific unit numbers, see Diesel Era, Volume 2, number 5 (September/October 1991), p.20.

General Notes:

1. Built as the A-units in two FT sets, C&NW 5401, 5402; renumbered to 4000 series in 1947.
2. The four FT cab units served as direct trade-in to EMD in 1955 for new 1,500 horsepower FP9s, equipped with steam generators, being the only FP9s sold to a domestic railroad.
3. The FP9s had 1,500 horsepower, instead of the 1,750 horsepower for an EMD F9, due to the few FT components that were used in the FP9s.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking as FTAs; the FP9s did not have dynamic braking.
5. C&NW 4052A, as an FP9, was equipped with Cummins train-lighting generator for suburban service in March 1969, removed by March 1970.
6. EMD order number E653A.
7. EMD rebuild order number 7521A.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to C&NW 221 (2nd) in 1971.
2. Renumbered to C&NW 222 (2nd) in 1971.
3. Renumbered to C&NW 223 (2nd) in 1971.
4. Renumbered to C&NW 224 (2nd) in 1971.

General Notes:

1. Built as the B-units in two FT sets, C&NW 5401, 5402; renumbered to 4000 series in 1947.
2. The four FT booster units served as direct trade-in to EMD in 1955 for new 1,500 horsepower F9Bs, equipped with steam generators.
3. The F9Bs had 1,500 horsepower, instead of the 1,750 horsepower for an EMD F9, due to the few FT components that were used in the F9Bs.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking as FTBs; the F9Bs did not have dynamic braking.
5. EMD order number E653B.
6. EMD rebuild order number 7521B.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1966.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 4055A, 4055C had 236,500 pounds operating weight.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number E743A.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1959.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with dynamic braking.
2. EMD order number E743B.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1959.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 4056A, 4056C, 4064A, and 4064C were Phase I F3 locomotives. The following comes from Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Volume 6:
2. "Additional information has been received regarding the EMD F3A Phase I locomotives, and the F3A roster shown on page 76 of RP CYC Volume 5 requires correction. The CNW purchased four additional F3A locomotives that have been confirmed as Phase I units when built. They were the road numbers 4056A/C (builder's numbers 4461-4462) and 4064A/C (builder's numbers 4463-4464). The units were originally ordered by Monon, but the order was canceled. The units were sold to CNW per EMD Order No. E867 and delivered February 1947. Unlike other F3 Phase I units built for CNW, these came with large 45° number boards and lacked dynamic brakes. They were equipped with dual headlights, exposed coupler pilots, and high fans, but lacked steam generators. The tally of F3A Phase I units should be changed to add these four CNW locomotives." (The information in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia included a photo of C&NW 4056A and 4064A taken at Butler, Wisconsin, on June 21, 1948.)
3. This corrects the information presented in the caption of the photo on page 186 of Diesels Of The Chicago and North Western published in 1995 by Withers Publishing Company. That photo showed C&NW 4056C with a note that it was "rebuilt with a host of parts from several sources, including an F7 style nose".
2. EMD order number E867A.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, November 1957.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 4057A,C-4063A,C, 4065A,C,4066A,C equipped with dynamic braking.
2. EMD order number E782A.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, November 1957.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 4064B is blank and the number not used.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number E782B.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, November 1957.