C&NW Roster of Diesel Locomotives, Part 9

General Notes:

1. Built as jointly owned UP/C&NW SF-4 for pool service on the 1941 City of San Francisco, renumbered to UP/C&NW/SP 904A in August 1946, renumbered to UP/C&NW/SP 985J ("J" for jointly owned) in March 1948; acquired by C&NW on 1 December 1948, numbered as C&NW 5004A, when joint pool was dissolved and distributed to the owners, based on percentage of operating mileage.
2. EMD order number E341A.

General Notes:

1. Built as jointly owned UP/C&NW 927 for pool service on the City of Los Angeles (order as LA-7, delivered after Streamliner fleet renumbered), renumbered to UP/C&NW 988J ("J" for jointly owned) in March 1948; acquired by C&NW on 1 December 1948, numbered as C&NW 5004B, when joint pool was dissolved and distributed to the owners, based on percentage of operating mileage.
2. EMD order number E690A.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E394A.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E536A.

Notes:

1. Wrecked on 12 November 1951 at Wyuta, Utah (near Wyoming/Utah border on Union Pacific); purchased by UP, retired and sent to EMD as direct trade-in for UP E8A 925.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E652A.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E744A.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, April 1966.
2. (disposition unknown)
3. Sold to List-Clark Construction Co., Kansas City, Missouri, in 1961.

General Notes:

1. EMD order number E781A.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1969.
2. (disposition unknown)
3. Traded to EMD, April 1966.
4. Scrapped by Missouri Valley Steel, Leavenworth, Kansas, March 1962.
5. Sold to Precision Engineering Co., Mount Vernon, Illinois, October 1971.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 5019B was rebuilt by EMD to an E8AM (2,000 horsepower from two 12-567BC engines) in June 1953.
2. C&NW 5019B rebuilt with Cummins diesel generator set for 440VAC auxiliary power for Chicago suburban service in August 1961.
3. EMD order number E1013A.

Notes:

1. (disposition unknown)
2. Sold to Precision Engineering Co., Mount Vernon, Illinois, October 1971.
3. Traded to EMD, January 1969.
4. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 400 (not renumbered); renumbered to RTA 5019; retired in 1981; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, May 1985.

General Notes:

1. All 4 units rebuilt with Cummins diesel generator set for 440VAC auxiliary power for Chicago suburban service in 1959.
2. EMD order number 6095.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 401; not renumbered.
2. Renumbered to 522, 30 December 1974.
3. Renumbered to 519, 30 September 1974.
4. Renumbered to 520, 31 October 1974.

General Notes:

1. All 4 units rebuilt with Cummins diesel generator set for 440VAC auxiliary power for Chicago suburban service in 1960 and 1964.
2. EMD order number 2034.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 521, 29 November 1974.
2. Renumbered to 514, 22 April 1974.
3. Renumbered to 517, 17 July 1974.
4. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 402, not renumbered; renumbered to RTA 5024; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.

General Notes:

1. Both units rebuilt with Cummins diesel generator set for 440VAC auxiliary power for Chicago suburban service in 1960 and 1964.
2. EMD order number 2043.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 403, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.
2. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 404, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.

General Notes:

1. All 11 units rebuilt with Cummins diesel generator set for 440VAC auxiliary power for Chicago suburban service in 1960 and 1961 (5030A in November 1963).
2. EMD order number 2056.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 405, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.
2. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 406, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.
3. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 407, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron & Metal, Naporano, N.J., December 1985, scrapped in August 1986.
4. Rebuilt in-kind and renumbered to 512, 12 March 1974.
5. Rebuilt in-kind and renumbered to 513, 4 April 1974.
6. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 408, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.
7. Rebuilt in-kind and renumbered to 516, 22 June 1974.
8. Rebuilt in-kind and renumbered to 515, 24 May 1974.
9. Rebuilt in-kind and renumbered to 518, 28 August 1974.
10. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 409, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron & Metal, Naporano, N.J., December 1985, scrapped in August 1986.
11. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA road number 410, not renumbered; retired in 1983; sold to Naporano Iron and Metal, June 1985, scrapped.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 5031B-5033A were purchased second hand in January 1970 (delivered in April 1970) for Chicago suburban service. C&NW 5031B was built in June 1940 as Kansas City Southern E3A 3, direct trade-in to EMD for KCS E8A 23 in January 1952. C&NW 5032A was built in January 1942 as a Kansas City Southern E6A, rebuilt by EMD in June 1959.

Notes:

1. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA number 411, not renumbered; retired in 1983; RTA 5031B sold to Smoky Hill Museum, Kansas City, Kansas, March 1985.
2. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA number 412, not renumbered; retired in 1981; scrapped by C&NW at Chicago, Illinois
3. Wrecked on 18 March 1971 at Lake Geneva, Wis.; scrapped by C&NW in April 1972.
4. Sold to Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on 31 December 1977, leased back to C&NW for operation. Assigned RTA number 413, not renumbered; retired in 1981; scrapped by C&NW at Chicago, Illinois

General Notes:

1. C&NW 5050-5099 were the first GP50s built by EMD.
2. Equipped with Automatic Train Control
3. Equipped with Union Pacific Coded Cab Signals (CCS), for use on Union Pacific lines between Fremont and North Platte, Nebraska. The CCS equipment installed on C&NW's GP50s came from retired Union Pacific DDA40Xs and SD45s. Equipment installed in odd numbered GP50s was removed in mid 1991 and re-installed in SD40-2s. By late 1991 the CCS equipment had been removed from most of the even-numbered GP50s as well.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking.
5. EMD order number 786257.

Notes:

1. Wrecked in 1987, retired on 16 June 1989, sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990, still stored at Oelwein, Iowa.
2. Wrecked, retired on 16 June 1989, sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990, stored at Oelwein, Iowa, until moved to Dixmoor in mid 1993.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with dynamic braking.
2. EMD order number E653A.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 4051A in 1947.
2. Renumbered to 4052A in 1947.
3. Renumbered to 4053A in 1947.
4. Renumbered to 4054A in 1947.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with dynamic braking.
2. Equipped with steam generators.
3. EMD order number E653B.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 4051B in 1947.
2. Renumbered to 4052B in 1947.
3. Renumbered to 4053B in 1947.
4. Renumbered to 4054B in 1947.

General Notes:

1. Built as New York Central 3010-3035, renumbered to PC 3010-3035 after merger of New York Central and Pennsylvania in 1968 which formed Penn Central. Renumbered to CR 3010-3035 after formation of Conrail in 1976. Returned by CR to lessor/owner in 1980 upon expiration of 15 year lease. The original owner/lessor sold all 25 units (PC 3024 wrecked and retired by PC) to Precision National Corp. in July 1980.
2. C&NW leased the units from PNC in late 1980 and purchased all but 5502 on 10 March 1981. C&NW 5502, ex CR 3012, was taken into C&NW accounts on 1 July 1981. All 25 units were rebuilt between June and December 1981 at Oelwein shops, using new electrical cabinets and modifications to the throttle and dynamic braking controls. These were among the first, if not the actual first locomotves to receive the new Safety Yellow paint scheme, also known as "Zito Yellow."
3. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking.
5. EMD order number 7831.

Notes:

1. C&NW 5514 was sold to Helm Financial, reconditioned and leased to UP as UP 886 in December 1989.
2. C&NW 5519 was sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990, resold to Helm Financial, reconditioned at CN's Montreal shops and leased to UP as UP 882 in February 1990.
3. C&NW 5523 was wrecked (roll-over), sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990, wreck damage repaired, resold to Helm Financial, reconditioned and leased to UP as UP 871 in December 1989.

General Notes:

1. Built as New York Central 3036-3049, renumbered to PC 3036-3049 after merger of New York Central and Pennsylvania in 1968 which formed Penn Central. Renumbered to CR 3036-3049 after formation of Conrail in 1976. Returned by CR to lessor/owner in 1980 upon expiration of 15 year lease. The original owner/lessor sold all 13 units (PC 3043 wrecked and retired by PC) to Precision National Corp. in July 1980.
2. C&NW leased the units from PNC in late 1980 and purchased the 13 units in March 1981. All 13 units were rebuilt between June and December 1981 at Oelwein shops. These were among the first, if not the actual first locomotves to receive the new Safety Yellow paint scheme, also known as "Zito Yellow."
3. C&NW 5525, as NYC 3036, was the first production GP40 using EMD's new 645 engine.
4. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
5. Equipped with dynamic braking.
6. EMD order number 7851.

Notes:

1. C&NW 5530 was sold to Helm Financial, reconditioned at CN's Montreal shops and leased to UP as UP 883 in February 1990.
2. C&NW 5536 was wrecked (roll-over), sold to Helm Financial, reconditioned and wreck damage repaired and leased to UP as UP 870 in December 1989.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6000 built as PRR SD45 6224, renumbered to PC 6224, renumbered to CR 6224, sold to C&NW 6547, rebuilt by C&NW to SDCAT, using a 12-cylinder Caterpillar 3612 engine, completed in February 1986. Derated to 3,000 horsepower because of limitations of EMD AR-10 alternator.
2. Stored out of service, since January 1990, because of odd combination of CAT 3612 engine and EMD AR-10 alternator; the unit is also extremely heavy, at 410,300 pounds.
3. Equipped with high pressure air starter system.

Notes:

1. At GE-Erie during November 1993, returned to C&NW.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 6000 series; acquired by C&NW by control in January 1957.
2. Equipped with steam generators for passenger service.
3. Previously published as being F-M model ALT 100.3. Research has found that this was merely the form number of the original advertising literature, "ALT" being an abreviation of Advertising Literature Technical. Early researchers assumed the designation was a kind of specification number for the locomotive.
4. F-M order number LD-12.

Notes:

1. Scrapped during 1958-1959.

General Notes:

1. Ordered as NP 3630-3649, delivered after Burlington Northern merger as BN 6472-6491 (20 units). Returned to lessor in June 1985 upon expiration of 15 year lease. Twenty units stored on BN until mid October 1985 when they were moved to C&NW's Proviso Yard for storage. Four units were sold to New York, Susquehana & Western; remaining 16 units (along with 12 former BN F45s) moved by C&NW in December 1985 to Oelwein, Iowa, for storage.
2. C&NW leased the 16 SD45s in December 1985, purchasing 12 units in September 1986. Some of these units may not have actually received a C&NW number prior to being retired.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 7261.

Notes:

1. Sold to VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, October 1989.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, June 1994.
3. Sold to Scrap Service, Joliet, Illinois, scrapped. Ex-BN 6483 and 6487, not purchased by C&NW, were scrapped at the same time.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 6500 series; acquired by C&NW by control in January 1957.
2. CStPM&O (later C&NW) 6500A,C-6502A,C (6 units) shared EMD order number E1188A with C&NW 4072A,C-4087A,C (32 units).

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, January 1959.
2. Traded to EMD, January 1959. Rebuilt by EMD as locomotive component test bed 462; scrapped at Pielet Bros. in 1998.

General Notes:

1. Built as Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 6500 series; acquired by C&NW by control in January 1957.
2. CStPM&O (later C&NW) 6503A,C-6505A,C (6 units) shared EMD order number 6035A with C&NW 4088A,C-4102A,C (30 units).

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, March 1960.

General Notes:

1. Built as Pennsylvania Railroad units, renumbered to Penn Central, then to Conrail; returned to lessor by Conrail.
2. Purchased by CNW in February 1983, renumbered to C&NW during March 1983 to January 1984.
3. Ex-CR 6211 numbered as C&NW 6535 (1st), 27 August 1983; renumbered to C&NW 6534, 13 October 1983.
4. Ex-CR 6233 numbered as C&NW 6557 (1st), 28 August 1983; renumbered to C&NW 6556, 9 October 1983.
5. C&NW 6500 completely rebuilt at Oelwein, Iowa, shops in 1983 (released on 22 August 1983), as prototype of SD45 rebuild program.
6. The renumber dates shown above are from C&NW records and actual sightings. Many units were only assigned C&NW road numbers but never carried the numbers prior to their retirement. Some may have actually operated as C&NW units, but with their former CR road numbers. Those units that did not receive C&NW numbers are shown with parentheses, "()". C&NW 6525, 6546 and 6555 were renumbered from their ex-CR numbers, but were not in service as C&NW units.
7. C&NW 6512 used as display unit for "Operation Lifesaver". Unit stored out of service with broken crankshaft and used to prevent an operable unit from being tied up as a static display.
8. Equipped with dynamic braking.
9. EMD order number 7993, except as noted: C&NW 6525, 6527, 6529, 6531, 6532 were EMD order number 7090; C&NW 6526, 6528, 6530, 6533 were EMD order number 7091.

Notes:

1. Sold to VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, October 1989. Some resold to Morrison Knudsen, Boise, Idaho, and rebuilt to SP and CSXT SD40M-2s. See Appendix for specific unit dispositions.
2. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, June 1994.
3. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990.
4. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, April 1990.
5. C&NW 6539 and 6544 retired by C&NW in early 1995; still on C&NW property at UP merger and retired by UP on 14 May 1996.
6. C&NW 6547 was rebuilt with Caterpillar engine and renumbered to C&NW 6000 (SDCAT), February 1986.
7. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois

General Notes:

1. Built as Reading 7600, 7601, 7603, 7604, to Conrail 6100, 6101, 6103, 6104.
2. Purchased by C&NW in October 1982; to be numbered as C&NW 6950-6953, only C&NW 6953 was actually numbered; renumbered to C&NW 6558-6561 on 14 April 1983; some units not operated by C&NW, used for parts.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 7992.

Notes:

1. Used only for parts; traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois

General Notes:

1. Built as Pennsylvania Railroad units, renumbered to Penn Central, renumbered to Conrail; returned to lessor by Conrail.
2. Purchased by C&NW on 4 January 1984.
3. C&NW 6563 and 6565 assigned these numbers but retained their ex-CR numbers until retirement.
4. C&NW 6564 was rebuilt in January 1986 as an SD40R, with a 16-cylinder EMD 645F3B, 3,000 horsepower engine. Originally equipped with a high pressure air starting system, requiring two large air compressors in rear of carbody. The air start system was removed in 1987 (due to repeated air turbine failures) and replaced with standard EMD, DC electric starter motors. (See also: the unit's later history after the UP merger and retirement by UP.)
5. Equipped with dynamic braking.
6. EMD order number 7125.

Notes:

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