C&NW Roster of Diesel Locomotives, Part 10

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6567-6575 were built as Great Northern 418-426, renumbered to BN 6448-6455 after 1970 Burlington Northern merger, retired by BN and returned to owner/lessor in August 1983.
2. C&NW 6576-6589 were built as Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 516-530, renumbered to BN 6457-6471 after the 1970 Burlington Northern merger, retired by BN and returned to owner/lessor in February 1984.
3. C&NW 6567-6575 were purchased by C&NW on 30 December 1983.
4. C&NW 6576-6589 were purchased by C&NW on 16 July 1984.
5. C&NW 6576-6589 were originally equipped with 60:17 gear ratio; changed by C&NW to 62:15 gear ratio.
6. C&NW 6567, 6568 equipped for service in Canada; used on unit potash trains, pooled with CN.
7. C&NW 6575 not operated by C&NW, used for parts.
8. C&NW 6589 operated during August and September 1984 as C&NW 6471 (same as ex-BN number).
9. All units equipped with dynamic braking.
10. C&NW 6567-6575 were EMD order number 7088.
11. C&NW 6576-6589 were EMD order number 7147.

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.
4. Wrecked (cab sheared off) at Port Washington, Wis.; traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6601, 6602 renumbered from 1701-1702 in July 1971.
2. C&NW 6602 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970, as C&NW 1702.
3. Held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
4. EMD order number 5339.

Notes:

1. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6603-6607 renumbered from 1703-1707 in May to August 1971.
2. C&NW 6606 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970, as C&NW 1706.
3. Held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
4. EMD order number 5326.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6608-6610 renumbered from 1708-1710 in June to August 1971.
2. C&NW 6608 received chopped short hood at time of renumbering from 1708.
3. C&NW 6609, 6610 received chopped short hoods by C&NW, as C&NW 1709, 1710, before 1970.
4. Held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
5. EMD order number 5338.

Notes:

1. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
2. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6611-6614 renumbered from 1721-1724 in June to August 1971. Originally equipped with dynamic braking, removed at time of renumbering.
2. C&NW 6611, 6612, 1114 received chopped short hoods at time of renumbering from 1700 series.
3. C&NW 6613 received a chopped short hood by C&NW before 1970, as C&NW 1723.
4. Held in C&NW accounts as CGW owned units.
5. EMD order number 5405.

Notes:

1. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6615-6619 rebuilt by C&NW from 1,500 horsepower SD7s between June 1971 and December 1972.
2. C&NW 6615-6619 received chopped short hoods at time of rebuilding to SD7Rs.
3. C&NW 6615 held in C&NW accounts as a CGW owned unit.

Notes:

1. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. Built as Minneapolis & St. Louis 852, 952, renumbered to M&StL 300, 301 in March 1956; acquired by C&NW through merger in November 1960. Rebuilt by C&NW at Oelwein, Iowa, from 1,500 horsepower SD7s in June and July 1971.
2. Both units received chopped short hoods by C&NW before 1970, as C&NW 300, 301, prior to being rebuilt at Oelwein, Iowa.
3. EMD order number 5181.

Notes:

1. Sold to Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern, 5 September 1986.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6622-6643 built as Southern Railway (SOU) SD24s, with high short hoods. Southern retired and sold 41 SD24s to Precision National Corp. in January 1978. PNC leased the units (lettered as PNC 6300s and still in Southern Railway black paint) to Milwaukee Road and later to BN. PNC had the Southern units rebuilt (by Milwaukee Road and Morrison Knudsen) during mid and late 1979 as 1,800 horsepower, non-turbocharged units. (previous SOU information changed from that previously shown, including data printed in the Withers book.)
2. C&NW 6644-6647 built as Union Pacific SD24s, with low short hoods. The Union Pacific SD24s were sold to PNC in November 1977 as part of the sale of 90 UP units. The UP SD24s were rebuilt to 1,800 horsepower, without turbochargers, by Morrison Knudsen in April 1980.
3. C&NW first leased 25 units (of the original 53 units in PNC 1800 class), beginning in late November 1980, and bought 26 units from PNC on 31 March 1982. PNC called the units SD10s, C&NW calls them SD18Rs. C&NW began painting the units in the then-current "Zito" yellow scheme in early August 1982.
4. C&NW 6622-6643 have EMD order number 5606; C&NW 6644-6647 have EMD order number 5602.
5. Not equipped with dynamic braking. All units equipped with dynamic braking when built; removed at time of rebuild for PNC; units retain original carbody dynamic braking hatch, with openings blanked over.

Notes:

1. Sold to St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois, scrapped.

General Notes:

1. C&NW 6650-6659 generally assigned to hump service at Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois
2. EMD order number 75618.

General Notes:

1. Built as Norfolk and Western 1100-1129, leased to C&NW 6701-6730 on 1 February 1973, purchased on 29 June 1973.
2. Equipped with high short hoods.
3. Units last operated in late December 1986, replaced by EMD SD50s.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1. Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Iron and Scrap Metal, McCook, Illinois, September 1990.
2. Retired and used for parts, sold to a Wisconsin metal salvage dealer for scrap.
3. Traded to EMD, August 1986, scrapped by St. Louis Auto Shredding, Madison, Illinois
4. Sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, April 1990.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number 73639.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number 73665.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop.
2. C&NW 6836-6850 not equipped with Automatic Train Stop.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 74609.

Notes:

1. Wrecked in 1984; retired on 25 September 1987. Sold to Helm Financial (HLCX) 6200; used in national lease fleet.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number 74639.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control.
2. C&NW 6921-6925 equipped with Pacesetter speed control, for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
3. C&NW 6910 and 6922 painted with "Falcon Service" logo in early July 1976.
4. Equipped with dynamic braking.
5. EMD order number 74661.

Notes:

1. C&NW 6910 was wrecked on 13 September 1986 at La Moille, Minn., retired on 19 November 1987, sold to National Railway Equipment Co., Dixmoor, Illinois, February 1990; wreck damage repaired, unit used in NRE's national lease fleet as NRE 6910, sold to CP 5447.
2. C&NW 6912 was wrecked on 15 July 1976, retired on 8 December 1980.
3. C&NW 6922 was in-shop undergoing normal scheduled maintenance in mid 1987 when its long hood was used to repair UP SD40-2 3579, which had been damaged while in service on C&NW. UP 3579 was repaired by C&NW and returned to UP in September 1987, with the long hood from C&NW 6922, with its C&NW number spray-painted out and UP 3579's number painted over the C&NW patch. UP 3579 was sent directly to North Little Rock to be repainted in full UP colors. C&NW 6922 was returned to service with the long hood from UP 3579, after the damage had been repaired.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Pacesetter speed control, for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.
3. EMD order number 766032.

General Notes:

1. Built as Reading 7600, 7601, 7603, 7604 (equipped with dual controls), 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 renumbered.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 7992.

Notes:

1. Renumbered to 6558, 14 April 1983.
2. Renumbered to 6559, 14 April 1983.
3. Renumbered to 6560, 14 April 1983.
4. Renumbered to 6561, 14 April 1983.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Pacesetter speed control, for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
2. Equipped with Union Pacific Coded Cab Signals, for use on Union Pacific lines in Nebraska.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. C&NW tested four newly completedD&RGW SD50s in late September and early October 1984. Delivered with builder dates of September 1984, the D&RGW units were tested on coal trains in C&NW's recently completed Powder River Subdivision. C&NW's own SD50s were delivered just over a year later. (part from CTC Board, December 1984, page 4)
5. EMD order number 847049.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Pacesetter speed control for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
2. Equipped with Union Pacific Coded Cab Signals, for use on Union Pacific lines in Nebraska.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.
4. EMD order number 867147.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Pacesetter speed control for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
2. Equipped with Union Pacific Coded Cab Signals, for use on Union Pacific lines in Nebraska.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Pacesetter speed control for slow speed loading of unit coal trains.
2. Equipped with Union Pacific Coded Cab Signals, for use on Union Pacific lines in Nebraska.
3. Equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1. C&NW 8542 painted with commemorative Wyoming Centennial logos on each side of the carbody.

General Notes:

1. Equipped with dynamic braking.
2. C&NW 8550-8553 were equipped with Locotrol II in 1993 for Escanaba iron ore service, along with receiving Operation Lifesaver logos.

General Notes:

1. C&NW calls these units "C42-8A"; the GE model is "Dash 8-40C". The units were specially modified by GE to 4150 horsepower.
2. Equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1. Painted with Mechanical Department Safety and Reliability slogan and logo on each side of carbody.