Pataspsco & Back Rivers

All-Time Diesel Roster
(A Work In Progress)
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Revised: 25 Feb. 2018 Info by: R. Craig
Reporting Mark: PBR P&BR photo (Ted Grumbine collection)
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Builder Nmbr Model (& Date) Notes
6 -- -- EMD 33288 SW1500 - 10/67 Ex-RF&P 6
10 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #309
11 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #308
12 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #307
13 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #339
14 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #306
15 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #302
16 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #333
17 & 18 -- -- BLW Slug Built from PBR #343 & 340
54 -- -- Alco 68794 HH660 - 4/37 Sold
55 & 56 -- -- Alco 68805, 68806 HH660 - 8/37 Sold
57-60 -- -- Alco 69941-44 HH660 - 10/37 Sold
63 -- -- BLW 64189 VO660 - 8/41 -
70 -- -- BLW 62408 VO1000 - 10/40 -
101-103 -- 51-53 EMD 634-636 SC - 1/37 Sold to BSC (Burns Harbor) #5, 1 and 3
104 -- -- EMD 698 SW - 8/37 Sold to BSC (Burns Harbor) 4
105(1st) -- 61 EMD 699 SW - 8/37 Sold to S&H 26
105(2nd) -- -- EMD 618 SC - 11/36 Sold to BSC (Burns Harbor) 6; ex-SB 52(1st)
107 -- -- EMD 633 SW900m - 1/37 Sold to BSC (Burns Harbor) 2; ex-PB&NE SC 205
107 (2nd)-109 (2nd) -- -- EMD SW1001 -
108-109 -- -- EMD 516-517 Pre SC - 2/35 Sold to S&H 28 & 25; nee DL&W 425-426
110 -- -- EMD 532 SC - 12/36 Sold to PBNE 50; ex-S&H 21
111 -- -- EMD 617 SC - 11/36 Sold to BSC (Burns Harbor) 11; ex-S&H 27 < PB&NE 207(2nd) < nee South Buffalo 51(1st)
112 -- -- EMD 11635 SW7 - 1951 -
113 & 114 -- -- EMD 14509, 14508 SW9 - 7/51 Ex-??
115 -- -- EMD 16554 SW9 - 3/52 Ex-??
116 -- -- EMD 9918 SW7 - 11/49 Ex-??
117 -- -- EMD -- SW9 - xx/51 -
118-119 -- -- EMD 4591, 4590 NW2 - 2/47 Ex-T&P 1005 & 1006
121-122 -- -- EMD 11373, 13540 NW2 - 3/50 & 11/56 Ex-CWL 101 & 122
123-124 -- -- EMD 17227, 14744 SW9 - xx/52 & xx/51 Ex-S&H 42 & 41
125-126 -- -- EMD 21242-43 SW1200 - 4/56 Scrapped; ex-T&P 1005 & 1006
127-129 -- -- EMD 22081-83 SW1200 - 9,9,10/56 #127 & 129 sold to CI 40-41
129(1st) -- -- EMD 5147 NW2 - 12/47 Ex-PBNE 26 < nee CWL 100
130-134 -- -- EMD 22268-22272 SW1200 - 1,1,4,4/57 #133 sold to BDLX 1133; #134 sold to CI 44
135 -- -- EMD 14743 SW9 - 7/51 Sold to Vulcan Materials 175; nee S&H 40
140 & 141 -- & 130 356 & 358 BLW 64742, 64436 V01000 - 3/43 & 12/42 Ex-US Army 7464 & 7461
142-143 -- 328 & 329 BLW 72007-08 VO1000 - 4/43 Ex-PBNE 251-252
144-145 -- 359-360 BLW 72842-43 DS44-1000m - 5/47 Ex-Reading 27-28
146 351/329 73 BLW 72844 DS44-1000 - 5/47 Ex-Reading 29
147 -- 335 BLW 74640 S12m - 2/53 Loco wore customized-paint scheme during Bicentennial celebration; it was built as demonstrator DF100; sold to then to BMC 99, and lastly to Whitewater Valley RR Museum 99
150-151(2nd) -- -- EMD 35118-19 SW1500 - 9/69 -
151-152 -- -- EMD 1160, 128 SW1 - 8,12/40 Sold to UMP 151-52, then to Alan Wood Steel 151-52; nee PBNE 13 (213) & 14 (214)
153-154 -- -- EMD 1449-1450 SW1 - 10/41 EX-PBNE 17 (217) & 18 (218); #154 sold to Barnes & Tucker Coal
155 -- -- EMD 1088 SW1 - 6/40 Sold; ex-CWL 12 < nee PBNE 12 (212)
156 -- -- EMD 1161 SW1 - 8/40 Sold; ex-CWL 15, nee PBNE 15 (215)
157 -- -- EMD 1229 SW1 - 12/40 Sold; ex-CWL 16 < nee PBNE 16 (216)
201 -- 54 Alco 68794 HH600 - 4/37 Sold
201(2nd) & 202(2nd) -- -- EMD SW1200 -
202-203 -- 55 & 56 Alco 68805-06 HH600 - 8/37 Sold to S&H 48 & 42
204-207 -- 57-60 Alco 69041-44 HH600 - 10,11/37 Sold
205(2nd) -- 8911 EMD 9950 SW9 - 1/51 (Data unconfirmed); ex-CR 8911 < PC 8911 < nee NYC 8911
206 (2nd) -- 8945 EMD 15491 SW9 - 1/51, 2/52 Ex-CR 8945 < PC 8945 < nee NYC 8945
212 -- -- EMD 35219 SW1500 - 7/69 Ex-SP 2526
213 -- -- EMD 4608-86 SW1500 - 7/72 Ex-SP 2676
215 -- -- EMD 34121 SW1500 - 6/68 -
217 & 218 -- 160 & 161 EMD 35118 & 19 SW1500 - 9/69 -
226(2nd) & 227(2nd) -- -- Alco 74983, 74985 S2 - 5, 6/47 Sold to S&H 79-80
301 -- 63 BLW 64189 VO1000 - 8/42 --
306-309 -- -- BLW 73034-37 DS44-660 Converted to Slugs 14, 12, 11 & 10
325 -- 300 BLW 62334 VO1000 - 4/40 Ex-MStL D-340
327 -- 71 BLW 62409 VO1000 - 12/40 Sold
328(1st) -- 72 BLW 62565 VO1000 - 8/41 Rrblt as DS44-1000 #354
328(2nd) -- 142 BLW 72007 VO1000 - 4/43 Ex-PBNE 251
329(2nd) -- -- BLW 62404 VO1000 - 9/40 Ex-Union RR 500
330 -- 143 BLW 72008 VO1000 - 4/43 Ex-PBNE 252
331-332 -- -- BLW 70132-33 VO-1000 - 1/44 Ex-Canton 30-31
333 65 303 BLW 67719 VO-1000 - 4/42 Ex-PBR 303 ; converted to slug 16
335(2nd) -- -- BLW 73776 DS44-1000 - 9/48 Ex-Reading 702
336 & -- 302-303 64 & 65 BLW 62451 VO1000 - 4/42 Built as VO660
336 -- 65 BLW 64252 VO1000 - 4/42 Ex--American Compressed Steel #? < nee US Army 7138
337-39 & 341 -- -- BLW 73571-75 DS44-1000 - 2-3/48 #339 & 340 converted to slugs 13 & 18; #341 sold to Nucor Steel 341
342-344 -- -- BLW 74648-50 DS44-1000 - 12/49 #343 converted to slug 17; #344 sold to Striegel Supply
345-347 -- -- BLW 75234-36 S12 - 9/51 #346 sold to BMC 346 > lastly to Whitewater Valley RR Museum 346
348 -- -- BLW 73953 DS44-1000 - 10/48 Ex-Ironton 750
352 -- 333 BLW 67719 VO1000 - 6/43 Ex-American Compressed Steel #? < nee US Army 7138
353 -- -- BLW 64206 VO1000 - 8/41 Ex-Union RR 505
354 72 328 BLW 62565 DS44-1000 - 8/41 --
355 -- -- BLW 69656 VO1000 - 9/43 Re-engd with an EMD; re-# 147; ex-P&WV 30
357 -- -- BLW 62405 VO1000 - 9/40 Ex-Union RR 501
362 -- -- BLW 71428 VO1000 - 3/43 Ex-US Navy 13 (65-00129) < nee Naval Weapons Station Earle 13
712 -- -- BLW 77768 DS44-1000 - 10/48 Ex-Rdg 712
904 -- -- EMD SW9 -
936 -- -- EMD SW7 -
8873 -- -- EMD SW7 Ex-?
9327 -- -- EMD 23768 SW1200 - 5/57 Ex-CR 9327 < EL 463 < nee DL&W 568

Abbreviations
  • BMC - Bethlehem Mines Corp.
  • BSC - Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  • CR - Conrail
  • DLW - Delaware Lackawanna & Western
  • NYC - New York Central
  • Pittsburgh & West Virginia
  • PBNE - Philadelphia Bethlehem & New England
  • PC - Penn Central
  • Rdg - Reading
  • RF&P Richmond Fredricksburg & Potomac
  • S&H - Steelton & Highspire
  • SP - Southern Pacific
  • SB - South Buffalo
Reference Sources: Extra 2200 South, Diesel Era, Railpace, and American Shortline Railway Guide (by Edward A. Lewis).

Additional corrections and revisions from: Ted Grumline, Nicholas Zmijewski, and Bob Van Derveer

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