Wabash

Diesel Locomotives
Somebody's photo here
Revised: 20 November 2023 Wabash (N&W) 3542 @ Fostoria, OH (a Dennis Smolinski photo)
Reporting Mark: WAB Formatted by: R. Craig

* * * Road Power * * *

Wabash No. N&W No. Model Bldr & Date Bldr No. Notes
450-452 3450-3452 GP7 EMD 8-9/1950 11993-11995 -
453 3453 GP7 EMD 1/1951 A148 -
454-463 3454-3463 GP7 EMD 7-8/1951 14408-14417 #454-458 S/G equipped
464-473 3464-3473 GP7 EMD 2/1952 15048-15057 #464 was S/G equipped
474 3474 GP7 EMD 8/1952 17080 S/G equipped
475-478 3475-3478 GP7 EMD 8/1952 17076-17079 -
476-483 3476-3483 GP7 EMD 1/1953 17571-17575 #479-482 were S/G equipped
484-489 3484-3489 GP9 EMD 1/1954 18871-18876 S/G equipped
490-492 3490-3492 GP9 EMD 9/1956 21216-17, 21215 -
493-495 3493-3495 GP9 EMD 9/1956 21212-21214 S/G equipped
500 & 501 3529, 3501 U25B GE 5 & 8/62 34254, 34522 -
502-503 3520, 3522 U25B GE 5/1962 34256-34257 -
504-505 3518, 17, 24 U25B GE 5/1962 34258-34259 -
506-508 3526, 23, 21 U25B GE 8/1962 34519-34521 -
509-512 3516, 25, 28, -- U25B GE 8/1962 34524, 23, 25-27 #512 wreckd prior to merger with N&W
513-514 3519, 3527 U25B GE 8 & 5/62 34527, 34255 -
515 3515 U25B GE 8 & 2/65 35581 Ordered as replacement for 512; delivered as N&W unit
540-547 3540-3547 GP35 EMD 4/64 29468-29475 -
550-551 3598, 3599 H24-66 FM 2/54 24L730, 73 Ex-FM Demonstrators; Re-engined by Alco & re-#d 598, 599
552-557 3592-3597 H24-66 FM 4 & 5/56 24L891, 93, 95, 92, 94 & 96 Re-engined by Alco & re-#d to 592-597
600-603 - F7B EMD 8/49 7616-18, 7621 Re-#d from 1100B-1103B
604-607 - F7B EMD 8/49 7615, 7628-30 Re-#d from 1104B-1107B
608 - F7B EMD 6/50 11295 Re-#d from 1108B
609-625 (odd only) - F7A EMD 8/49; 6/50 - Re-#d from 1100B-1107B, 1108B
610-626 (even only) - F7A EMD - Re-#d from 1100A-1107A: 1108A
627-655 (odd only) - F7A EMD - Re-#d from 1140-1154
#629 Wreck damages #1141 rebuilt by EMD as F9A 1141(2nd) and later re-#d 629
628-656 (even only) - F7A EMD - Re-#d from 1140A-1154A
657-676 3657-3676 F7A EMD 12/50-3/51 A125-A144 * Built by GMDD of GM in Canada; re-#d from 1155, 1155A to 1164, 1164A
677-691 & 693 3657-3676 F7A EMD 6-7/51 9020-9036 Re-#d from 1165, 1165A to 1172 & 1173
(#692) #1172A was slated to be #692, but loco was wrecked and retired beforehand
694-700 3694-3700 F7A EMD 7/51 12612-12618 Re-#d from 1173A & 1174, 1174A to 1176, 1176A
701-712 3701-3712 F7A EMD 1/52 15036-15047 Re-#d from 1177, 1177A to 1182, 1182A
713-720 3713-3720 F7A EMD 9/52 17068-17075 Re-#d from 1183, 1183A to 1186, 1186A
721-724 3721-3724 F7A EMD 1/53 17576-17579 Re-#d from 1187, 1187A, 1188 & 1188A
725-726 3725-3726 F7A EMD 4/53 A487-A488 Built in Canada; re-#d from 1189 & 1189A
800-803 - FB-1 Alco 1; 3/49 76212; 76724-76726 Ex-Wab 1200B-1203B
804 - FB-1 Alco 3/49 76866 Ex-Wab 1204B
805-814 - FA-1 Alco 1-3/49 76694-76703 Ex-Wab 1200A-1204A
820-823 - FA-2 Alco 12/1950 78384, 78481, 78380 & 78479 Ex-Ann Arbor #52A, 55A, 50A, & 55
1000 - E7A EMD 8/46 3226 Re-#d to 1002A > then to 1017
1000 (2nd) 3800 E8A EMD 10/1951 15063 -
1001-1001A - E7A EMD 4/1947 4084-4085 #1001A re#-d to 1016
1002 - E7A EMD 3/1949 6499 --
1002A - E7A EMD 8/1946 3226 Re-#d to 1017
1003-1008 3803-3808 E8A EMD 11/1949 7812-7817 -
1009-1013 3809-3813 E8A EMD 6/1951 14420-14424 #1009 was 10,000th EMD unit built
1014-1015 3814-3815 E8A EMD 1/1953 17565-17566 -
1016 - E7A EMD 4/1947 4084-4085 Re-#d from 1001A
1017 - E7A EMD 8/46 3226 Re-#d from 1002A < nee 1000
1050-1053 - PA-1 Alco 5/1949 77081-77084 Re-#d from 1020, 1020A, 1021 & 1021A
1100,A-1189, 1189A Re-numbered 600 to 726
1200 & 1200A - FA-1 Alco 3/1949 76664 & 76665 Re-#d to 805-806
1200B - FB-1 Alco 1/1949 76712 Re-#d to 800
1201, 1201A-1204, 1204A - FA-1 Alco /1949 76696-76703 Re-#d to 807-814
1201B-1203B - FB-1 Alco 3/1949 76724-76726 Re-#d to 801-803
1204B - FB-1 Alco 3/1949 76866 Re-#d to 804
B900-B906 3900-3906 C424 Alco 3/1964 3372-01 to 07 Built for NdeM, but delivered to Wabash


* * Yard Power * *

Wabash No. N&W No. Model Bldr & Date Bldr No. Notes
1 - S-1 Alco 5/1940 69190 Ex-Des Moines Union Rwy #1
2 - S-1 Alco 8/1940 69196 Ex-New Jersy, Illinois & Indiana #1
51 - 43-tonner (side-rod) GE 1939 12496 Built in Canada
100 - HH660 Alco 4/39 69083 -
101-103 - SW1 EMD 4/39 880-882 -
104-106 - SW1 EMD 2,5,11/40 1024, 1075, 1197 -
107-108 - SW1 EMC 4/1941 1388 Loco acquired by WAB in 1945; engine block is a 6-567V #1388 also; unit sold to Granite City Steel in 1961
109-110 3109-3110 SW1 EMD 6/1949 7533, 7741 -
111 - SW1 EMD 7742 -
120-121 3120-3121 SW8 EMD 10/1950 9045-9046 -
122-124 3122-3124 SW8 EMD 12/50-1/51 A145-A147 Built by GMDD in Canada
125-126 3125-3126 SW8 EMD 9/1951 14418-14419 -
127 3127 SW8 EMD 8/51 A278 Built by GMDD in Canada
128-132 3128-3132 SW8 EMD 2/1953 17589-17593 -
150 - HH660 Alco 3/1940 69254 -
151 - HH660 Alco 7/1941 69495 -
152 - S-1 Alco 1/42 69607 -
153 & 154 - S-1 Alco 9-10/1944 72695, 72696 #153 to Green River Steel
155 - S-1 Alco 10/1944 72839 -
156-157 - S-1 Alco 2/1947 75127-75128 #156 to Lone Star Steel
158-159 - S-1 Alco 3/1948 75646-75647 To Lone Star Steel
200 - VO-660 BLW 7/1941 62497 To Lake Erie & Ft. Wayne 1
201-202 - VO-660 BLW 3-4/1947< /th> 73363-73364 -
300 - VO-1000 BLW 9/1942 64425 -
301-302 - VO-1000 BLW 3,2/1944 70151-70152 -
303 - VO-1000 BLW 6/1946 72229 -
304 - DS 44-1000 BLW 1/1949 73995 Wrecked, converted to cabless calf
305-306 - S-12 BLH 4/1951 75062-75063 -
307-309 - S-12 BLH 2/1953 75823-75825 -
310-311 - S-2 Alco 8/1942 69910-69911 -
312 - S-2 Alco 11/1943 70226 -
313 - S-2 Alco 3/1944 70245 -
314-315 - S-2 Alco 4/1944 70201-70202 -
316-317 - S-2 Alco 6/1944 720631-72064 #317 was Alco's 1000th diesel locomotive
318-19 - S-2 Alco 7/1946 74491-74492 -
320-321 3320-3321 S-2 Alco 5/1949 76762-76763 -
322-324 3322-3324 S-4 Alco 6/1953 80610-80612 -
325 - S-2 Alco 7/42 69929 Ex-Nickel Plate #6
346-350 - NW2 EMD 1423, 998, 1089, 1422 #347-359 are ex-NKP 98, 95, 96 & 97 < nee W&LE D4 D1, D2 & D3
351-352 3351-3352 NW2 EMD 7/1949 7531-7532 -
353 - NW2 EMD ? Ex NJI&I #2, nee Indiana Northern #100
355-362 3355-3362 SW7 EMD 7/1950 9037-9044 -
363-366 3363-3366 SW9 EMD 4-5/1951 12622-12625 -
367-371 3367-3371 SW9 EMD 4-5/1951 15058-15062 -
372-374 3372-3374 SW9 EMD 3/1953 17580-17582 -
375-378 3375-3378 SW1200 EMD 1/1954 18877-18880 -
379 3379 SW1200 EMD 1/1957 23297 -
380-381 3380-3381 H10-44 FM 11/1946 L1021-22 -
382-383 3382-3383 H10-44 FM 3/1949 10L101-102 -
384-386 3384-3386 H12-44 FM 3/1953 12L744-746 -
400 - H12-44 LH 12/1949 9395 Ex-Lima Hamilton Demonstrator 1002
401-406 - LS 1000 LH 4-5/1950 9417-9422 -
407 - LS 1000 LH 12/1949 9397 Ex-Lima Hamilton Demonstrator 1003
408-411 - LS 1200 LH 11/1950 9508-9511 -


* * NOTES * *

Miscellany
Thanks to the following contributors for updates and corrections: Martin Baumann, Ed Cooper, Bob Finan and Craig Walker.

Reference sources:

  • Extra 2200 South (Issues: #1 - 1968 and #90 - )
  • Wabash in Color (by David Sweetland)
  • The Diesel Builders: Volume 2 (by John Kirkland)
  • Passenger Alcos (by Jim Body)
  • Alco FA: Running in the Shadow (by R. Craig Rutherford)
  • Other contributors: Ken Ardinger and Ed Cooper

Original upload: 20 February 1999

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