Notes

Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England

Past and Present

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Revised: 27 July 2017 Photo by: xxxx
Road No. Model & Date Bldr Nmbr Notes
7 SW1500 - 10/1967 EMD 33289 Ex-SB 7 < nee RF&P 7; sold to USSX Minn Tac 969 > TLLX 969, and lastly CP 1444
8 MP15DC - 12/1974 EMD 74741-1 Ex-GATX 621 < CR 9621< nee Reading 2771
09-11(2nd) Slug - .
11 SW1 - 3/1942 EMC 1854 Ex-PNNE 221; Sold to UMP 11
12 SW1 - 6/1940 EMC 1088 Ex-PBR 155; sold to CWL 12 (4/58) > to Iowa Electric Light & Power 52 > to Garden City Electric 52
13 SW1 - 8/1940 EMC 1169 Ex-PBNE 213 < nee PBR 151; sold to UMP 151 > Alan Wood Steel 151
14 SW1 - 8/1940 EMC 1151 Ex-PBNE 214, nee PBR 156; sold to CWL 14, to P&BR 156 then to Bethlehem Steel (Burns Harbor) 75
15-16 SW1 - 12/1940 EMC 1228-29 Ex-PBNE 215-16, nee PBR 152-153; #15 sold to UMP 15 and then to Alan Wood Steel 152; #16 sold to CWL 16 (4/58) then to Vulcan Materials 302
17-18 SW1 - 10/1941 EMC 1449-50 #18 sold to Barnes & Tucker Coal Co No #; ex-PBNE 217-18, nee PBR 153-54
19 SW1 - 3/1942 EMC 1853 Ex-220l, sold to UMP 19 (8/63)
19(2nd) & 20 MP15 - 8/1975 EMD 75627-1 & 2 Ex-Cambria & Indiana 19 & 20
21 NW2 (6/41) EMD -- Re-#d from 221
22 NW2 (6/46) EMD 3421 Re-#d from 222
223-225 NW2 (11/46) EMD 4069-4071 re-#d from 223-225
26(2nd) NW2 (4/49) EMD 8157 Ex-BAR 20 (800)< */70/TH>
26-27 NW2 (12/47) EMD 5147-48 Ex-CWL 100-101 (4/50); #100 sold to PBR 129
28 NW2 - 12/1948 EMD 8412 Sold to CBL 122 (4/65), scrapped 1970
28(2nd) NW2 (4/49) EMD 8158 Ex-BAR 21 (801) 8/70
31 & 32 SW7 (3/50) 11374, 11375 --
33 & 34 SW7 (10/50) 13565, 13566 --
35 Slug (1/52) 14095, 14096 Built from an SW9
37 & 38 SW9 (1/52) EMD 15133, 15134 --
39 SW1200 (6/56) EMD 21736 -
40-41 SW1200 (2/57) EMD 22903, 22904 #40 sold to LMI 203
42-43 SW1200 (2/57) EMD 23266, 23267 -
44 SW7 (3/50) EMD 11372 Sold to CWL 120 (100)
50 SW900 EMC 632 Ex-PBR 110 (10/71) < Steelton & Highspire SW900 21 < nee PBNE SC 204 (12/36)
51-52 NC (7/37) EMC 648, 650 Ex-PBNE 208-09; traded in on SW900s
51(2nd)-53(2nd) SW900 (12/55) 648, 649 Blt from NCs 51 & 52
53-54 NW - 9/1937 EMC 728-29 Ex-PBNE 210-11; re-blt with 8-567's (1956), to BS-Burns Harbor 8-9 (3/70)
55 Pre NC - 10/1935 518 Ex-EMCX 518/203; sold to Parrish Line 10 (12/54)
55 NC (5/37) EMC 650 Ex-EJE 402 (12/55), nee YN 201; rebuilt with 8-567 1956; sold to Bethlehem Steel (Burns Harbor) 10
70-71 VO1000 - 10/1940 BLW 62408-09 Re-#d to PBNE 326-327
73 VO1000 - 8/1942 BLW 64416 Re-#d to PBNE 329 (351)
90 SW7 EMD Ex-?
200 20-ton (5/41) Whitcomb 60069 to South Buffalo for shop switcher, then to BS-Lackawanna 138
201 49-ton (1/23) GE 8754 originally battery-electric, rebuilt with Buda diesel for battery charging 9/30, sold to NYC 505 3/33
202 68-ton (3/31) GE 11255 battery with Buda diesel for charging, rb 11/40 diesel-electric with 4 Cummins diesels - 600hp, sold to Steelton & Highspire 1 12/45, scr 12/49
203 EMC Pre-NC (3/35) EMC 518 ex demo 518, r# 55 6/48, sold Parish Line RR 10 12/54 (this is the correct name, by the way, as line was located along Parish Line Rd!)
204 SC (12/36) EMC 632 to S&H 21 (3/46), traded to EMD for SW900 S&H 21 (10/56)
205 SC (1/1937) EMC 633 Sold to PBR 107 (6/46), then re-engined with 8-567, to Behtlehem Steel (Burns Harbor) 2
206 SW (3/1937) EMC 654 Sold to Steelton & Highspire 23 (1/47), re-engine with 8/567
207(2nd) HH900 (3/37) Alco 68703 To South Buffalo 70; scrapped 1958
207(2nd) SC - 11/1936 EMC 617 Ex-South Buffalo 51 (circa 1938); then to P&BR 106 (12/46), then to S&H 27, re-engine with 8-567
208-209 NC (7/37) 648, 649 Re-#d 51 & 52 (1/49)
210-211 NW (9/37) 728, 729 Re-#d 53 & 54 (1/49) (see #10-11)
213-214 SW1 - (see #13-14)
212 SW1 (6/40) EMC 1088 re-#d 12 (5/48)
213-214 SW1 EMD (8/40) 1160-1161 re-#d 13-14 (5,6/48)
215-216 SW1 (11, 12/40) EMD 1228-1229 re-#d 15-16 (7,6/48)
217-218 SW1 (10/41) EMD 1449-1450 re-#d 17-18 (2,6/48)
219 NW2 (6/41) EMD -- re-#d 21 (4/48)
220 & 221 SW1 (3/42) EMD 1853-1854 re-#d 19,11 (8/47,6/48)
222 NW2 (6/46) EMD 3421 re-#d 22 (6/48)
223-225 NW2 (11/46) EMD 4069-4071 re-#d 23-25 (7/47)
251-252 VO1000 (3/46) BLW 72007-08 Sold to PBR 328(2nd) & 330 (12/46); re-engine with 567's, re-#d 142-143
261 S2 (6/45) Alco 73375 to South Buffalo 78 (1947)
326, 327, 329 VO1000 - (see #70-71 & 73)
351 VO1000 - Re-#d from 329; (see #70-71 & 73)
Steam Operation
49 0-6-0T - 2/1913 BLW 39239 Ex Didier-March Co 3
50 0-6-0T - 2/1913 BLW 41372 Ex-Lehigh Coke Co 4
52 0-6-0 - 10/1895 BLW 11497 Ex-Bethlehem Steel Co 19
53 0-6-0 - 4/1903 BLW 21982 Ex-Bethlehem Steel Co 22
58-60 0-6-0 - 3/1910 BLW 34007-09 Ex-Bethlehem Steel Co 34-36
Abbreviations:
  • BAR - Bangor & Aroostook
  • CBL - Columbia
  • CP - Canadian Pacific
  • CR - Conrail
  • CWL - Cornwall
  • P&BR - Patapsco & Blach River
  • S&H - Steelton & Highspire
  • SB - South Buffalo
  • TLLX - Trinity Industries Leasing
  • UMP - Upper Marion & Plymouth

Thanks to the following contributors/sources: The Short Line, LocoNotes, and Bob Van Derveer; and to Andre Kristopans for a major expansion.

New: 23 July 2004

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