This is a "sub page" of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Survivors list. The main page, the list of surviving equipment, is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/scotlawrence/lvrr-survivors
This page, the "updates" page, contains a roughly chronological account of LV locomotives and equipment that is sadly no longer with us, scrapped. :( It contains data on the scrapped equipment, and timelines of events.
Here is some additional information on the U23B's:
All built November 1974
All retired by Conrail 05/09/91 - 3 units reactivated 11/92 and retired again on 03/08/93
None of the units have ever been rebuilt.
Build #
LV 501 CR 2777 40098 to RBMN 2396, 4/3/97
LV 502 CR 2778 40099 leased Wimpey Minerals
LV 503 CR 2779 40100
LV 504 CR 2780 40101 to Reading & Northern 2395, 4/3/97
LV 505 CR 2781 40102 to RBMN 2394 10/3/96
LV 506 CR 2782 40103 to RBMN 2393, 11/14/96
LV 507 CR 2783 40104 reactivated 11/92, retired 3/8/93
LV 508 CR 2784 40105
LV 509 CR 2785 40106 to Wimpy Minerals 2785
LV 510 CR 2786 40107 react 11/92, retire 3/8/93, Wimpey 2786
LV 511 CR 2787 40108
LV 512 CR 2788 40109 reactivated 11/92, retired 3/8/93
It was rumoured that 2 R&N units were sold to (now) defunct Quincy Bay Terminal RR, which is now Fore River Transportation, and are now possibly stored in New England somewhere. (possibly LV 501 and 505?) unfortunately this was found not to be the case..I have determined that Quincy Bay Terminal only owned one U23B, #21, and she was not a former LV U-boat. (see this thread)
Additional Locomotive Data
Some of the following information is from the book "Lehigh Valley Railroad, The New York Division" by MikeBednar. information is also from Extra 2200 South magazine, issues 76 & 77, published 1982.
EMD GP9
300 - (CR 7476) - scrapped Elizabethport 1985
301 (CR7477) Rebuilt 8/77 Altoona..assigned to Avon (Indianapolis) IN
Rebuilt at Altoona, outshopped 08 Nov 1977. Retired by CR 26 June 1985, scrapped at Hollidaysburg, PA L/85-M/87
EMD GP18 302, 303, 304, 305 - became Conrail 7496, 7497, 7498 (low nose, paducah rebuild),and 7499.
all 4 scrapped Elizabethport 1985.
Alco RS11 400, 401, 402, 403 - became Conrail 7609, 7610, 7611, 7612.- all scrapped
Alco RS11 8640-8648 (6 units) to Conrail 7640-7648
These 6 units were leased from the PRR in 1964, and were numbered in the 8,000 series from '64 - '67.
in 1967 they were renumbered to the 7,000 series to match the new Penn Central numbering scheme.
and thus, these units were the only LV engines not needing re-numbering by Contrail!
7644 - scrapped
the remaining 5 were converted to MT4 slugs in 1978-79. All former LV slugs retired in 1995.
7640 - slug 1023
7641 - slug 1016
7642 - slug 1015
7643 - slug 1017
7648 - slug 1013
210:1 - RS2 - bought new by LV - sold 6/1970 to PC - to PC 5461(2) - traded to GE by PC 3/71 - Final disposition unkown.
210:2 - RS3 - built as PRR 8461, then PC 5461(1) - bought by LV 6/1970 - to LV 210(2)- retired 10/76 without being renumbured by CR - scrapped.
211:1 - RS2 - bought new by LV - sold 6/1970 to PC - to PC 5569(2) - traded to GE by PC 9/70 - Final disposition unkown.
211:2 - RS3 - built as PRR 8445, then PC 5569(1) - bought by LV 6/1970 - to LV 211(2) -survives! see above
212:1- RS2 - bought new by LV - sold 6/1970 to PC - to PC 5401(2)- traded to GE by PC 3/71 - Final disposition unkown.
212:2 - RS3 - built as PRR 8601, then PC 5401(1) - bought by LV 6/1970 - to LV 212(2) - retired 10/76 without being renumbured by CR -scrapped.
213 - RS2 - bought new by LV - to CR 5200 (probably never renumbured by CR) retired 10/76 - scrapped
214 - RS2 - bought new by LV - to CR 5201- retired 6/28/78 - traded to EMD - scrapped
215 - RS3 - bought new by LV - to CR 5489- retired 1/17/79 - sold for scrap to NI&M 9/7/81 - scrapped.
216 - RS3 - bought new by LV - to CR 5490- rebuilt into a "dewitt geep" by Conrail, becoming #9990. last known assigned to Hartford, Conn in 1982
Retired by CR L/76-E/77. Rebuilt as "Dewiit Geep" 04/77 with EMD 12-567 prime mover. Renumbered 9990. Origionally equipped with steam generator. Again retired by CR 06 June 1984 Final disposition unknown.
217 - RS2 built as C&O 5500 - bought by LV 10/1950 - to CR 5202- retired 4/77 - scrapped
218 - RS2 - built as C&O 5501 - bought by LV 10/1950- to CR 5203 - retired 4/5/78 - traded to GE mid-1978 - Final disposition unkown.
219 - RS3 - to CR 5491 - Built as Tennessee Central 251, exx-Precision Engineering 251 - Aquired by the LVRR 19 Jan 1972 - To CR 5491 -
Set aside 31 July 1978, retired 24 Jan 1979. . . Rebuilt as a RS3m and renumbered 9917 as of 08 Sept 1979. Final disposition unkown.
EMD SW7 220-224 (5 units) to Conrail 8875-8879
EMD SW8 250-276 (27 units) to Conrail 8664-8690
13 SW8 have been found! see above.
257 confirmed scrapped.
274 confirmed scrapped.
3 mystery SW8m's..probably surviving! need to confirm.
SW8m 256 - First Miss Steel, Hollsopple, PA ex CR 8670 - was there in 1998
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
SW8m 257 - NJ Steel Sayreville, NJ (CR 8671) - was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
Update - LV 257 was confirmed scrapped at NJ Steel, late 1990's.
SW8m 273 - Midwest Metallics, formerly Calumet Shearing, Chicago IL ex CR 8687 - was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
also listed as "Scrap Corp of America 780" from another source.
Update Feb 2007 - LV 273 is found!
Retired 25 Sept. 1990. Sold to AG Processing as their number 6. Shipped 01/94. Shows up at Midwest Metallics M/96.
MM2 painted on cab.
Currently Midwest Metallics #2. still in CR blue.
SW9
EMD SW9 280-287 & 292 (9 units) to Conrail 8931-8938 & CR8939
282 found! - see above.
SW 9 283 - Peavey Grain East St. Louis, IL ex CR 8934 - was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
SW9 288 - Traded to GE in 1974, to Lake Terminal RR. Lake Terminal Ry (Lorain OH) #1201
( LT 1201) (DJPX 1201) (JTPX 1201 ) (found!)
SW9 289 - Traded to GE in 1974, to Youngstown & Northern #301. (Last reported sold from Youngstown & Northern in late 1981) also reported as Lake Terminal Ry (Lorain OH) #1202
SW9 290 - retired 1968.
SW9 291 - scrapped.
SW9 292 - Conrail 8939, was still on the Conrail roster in 1993! was the Hershey PA switcher for some time, retired by CR, disposition unknown.
SW900m
LV 120 to 130 started out as NW1's of 1937 and 1938 vintage.
in the 50's, they were all sent to EMD, over the span of a few years, (not all at once) and they returned as SW900m's..they were 90% rebuilt..Some consider them different engines after they came back, some consider them the same engines, but heavily rebuilt. its a grey area. To confuse it even further, the later ones received new builders numbers, but the earlier rebuilds didn't..
LV kept all the same road numbers, before and after the rebuilds.
EMD SW900m 106 - sold 1975 (Western Electric/Pittsburgh #76)
EMD SW900m 107 - sold 1976 (Republic Steel/Chicago #150)
EMD SW900m 110 - sold 1976 (Kaiser Steel/Fontana CA #1028:2)
EMD SW900m 120-130 (11 units) - to Conrail 8647-8657
SW900M 124 / CR 8651 - The Maryland & Delaware sold the unit to the Landisville Railroad in 2000.
trying to confirm if she is still there.
SW900M 125 - Jetplex/International Intermodal Center of Alabama/Huntsville - Madison
County Airport Authority #8652 (Conrail 8652). was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
found! still operating at IIC in 2005.
SW900m 126 Lady Jane Colliery, Penfield PA ex CR 8653 - was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition more info on 126, from Ron Stafford:
Originally Lehigh Valley #126.
Original order #E198-1.
REBUILT to an SW900a 7/19/65 by EMD @ (unknown location).
Rebuilt order #7531-2! (records indicate this unit should be #7531-1).
To Conrail #8653.
To Reddinger Coal, Incorporated #8653 @ New Bethlehem, PA.
"stenciled" for Kittanning Freeport Coal Company (a Reddinger subsidiary).
To Reddinger Coal, Incorporated #8653 @ Colwell, PA ??/92.
To Lady Jane Collieries, Incorporated #8653 @ Penfield, PA 8/93.
Unit was observed in transit on Conrail at Northumberland, PA a few
years back and is suspected to now be at the PP&L (Pennsylvania Power &
Light) steam generating plant near Sunbury (Lady Jane Collieries - now closed
- was owned, either whole or in part, by PP&L).
LV 126 was discovered surviving, and added to the list, in 2013.
SW900m 130 survives! (see above)
" This unit was involved in a horrible head-on wreck with a gas-electric car on the Rochester Branch in the 1940s. Was rebuilt by the LVRR, however. Retired by CR 11 April 1985. At Igloo Cellar Site (former U.S. Army Black Hills Ordnance Depot) near Edgemont, SD July, 1987. Numbered CMC (Consolidated Management Corp.) 8657 and painted a light tan. I drove over to the depot on lay-off from BN in Gillette, WY, hoping to photograph the 8657. Alas, the manager refused permission so I drove back home in disgust. Never got back over there to photograph the unit, however. Oh well." - Paul J. Templeton
EMC SW1 112 - Retired 1976 - sold in 1977 to "Direct Reduction Co." of Rockwood, TN.
Found! oldest known survivng LV engine, built 4/3/39. served with the LV 36 years, 112 and 115 had the longest service lives of any LV diesels.
EMC SW1 114 - traded to Alco 1965 - built 2/40 , found!
EMC SW1 115 - to Conrail 8419 - was the oldest LV engine that went to Conrail,
built 2/22/40. also served with the LV 36 years. retired by CR in 1981, last assigned to Dewitt.
Retired 16 Mar 1981. Stored pending disposition as of 10/82. - Final dispo unknown.
EMD SW1 119 - Retired 1974 - found!
EMD NW2 180-185 (6 units) to Conrail 9242-9247
Alco S1, S2, S4
Alco S1 117 - sold 1969 to Goldkist corp. last reported as Vulcan Materials #5789 (Geismar LA) 1978.
Alco S2 150 - traded to Alco 8/65, then to B&O. found! see above.
Alco S2 151 - sold to S. Buffalo railway in 1965.- found!
Alco S2 152 - scrapped at Sayre 1963
Alco S2 153 - traded to Alco 8/65, then to B&O, to PNC 4/79, then to YS&T RR.
Alco S2 154 - scrapped at Sayre 1963
Alco S2 155 - traded to Alco 8/65, then to B&O - scrapped
Alco S2 156 - traded to Alco 1965, on C628
Alco S2 157 - scrapped at Sayre 1963
Alco S2 158 -went to Lone Star Steel #12 (Lone Star, TX) after T-I to Alco in 1965
Alco S2 159 - sold to S. Buffalo railway in 1965. became BS 106 - scrapped in Buffalo. Engine was saved, might someday go into LV151/BS107
Alco S2 160 - scrapped at Sayre 1963
Alco S2 161 - traded to Alco 8/65, then to B&O, to PNC 4/79.
Alco S2 162 - traded to Alco 8/65, then to B&O, traded to EMD by B&O in 1970
Alco S2 163 - scrapped at Sayre 1963
Alco S2 164 - sold to S. Buffalo railway in 1965. (SB 104)
S2 164 Citi Steel (Formerly Phoenix Steel) Claymont Del. (Ex South Buffalo 104) was there in 1998.
info from the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
confirmed she is still there in 2004!
Alco S2 165 - sold to S. Buffalo railway in 1965. - found!.
Alco S4 166 - sold to Steelton & Highspire RR #66 in 1969. refitted with blunt trucks
Alco-GE model S-4, serial 78725, ship date 5/1/51
Originally Lehigh Valley #166.
To Precision Engineering (Dealer) - 1969.
To Steelton & Highspire #66. - 1969.
Refitted with Blunt style trucks (making it appear to be an S-2, but it is not).
To South Buffalo #66.
To Michigan Southern #66.
currently leased to "Darling International" (2004) - found!
Alco S4 167 - sold to Steelton & Highspire RR #67 in 1969. cut down to slug #67 in 1977.
South Buffalo railway auctioned off some Alco switchers around 1990.
at least one was a former LVRR Alco S2. (Redden)
More Alco switcher information, from "Pontiac 59"
there's a few more on the Buffalo Southern - they have a string of former South Buffalo Alco S-types stored and one operable, believe at least one is a former LV unit (SB had 151, 159, 164, 165 r/n as 107-106-105-104). The other potential survivors include: one of the 5 that went to the B&O (150) went to Silcott and then to Southeast Coal, Irving KY (as #500), in 1974 (unknown past that point) and another (153) went to Youngstown Sheet & Tube in 1979 after serving as B&O 9146. Another one (158 ) went to Lone Star Steel #12 (Lone Star, TX) after T-I to Alco in 1965. S1 #117 last reported as Vulcan Materials #5789 (Geismar LA) 1978. Steelton & Highspire 66 was LV S4 166 (167 to S&H 67, then to a slug). From X2200S #76 for July-Aug-Sept 1982. Lehigh Valley disposed of all 539-engine power in the early to mid '60's; anything I didn't list either is listed as cut up or traded in with no further disposition.
The WNY Railway Historical Society's Alco S2, former South Buffalo #77, is not a former LV unit. -Scot
update - February 2, 2004.
I recieved a note from Patrick Connors. of the Buffalo Southern RR . concerning BSOR 104 & 106
"There has been much question as to the whereabouts of 104 and 106. 106 was indeed purchased by the BSOR when South Buffalo auctioned off their fleet of Alcos. It was dismantled at the steel plant. I say it this way because it was not completly cut up. The trucks and wheels were taken from underneath for spares on the other BSOR S2s and 4s. The block was removed for possible use in 107. While it was sitting on blocks with parts removed, it tipped over on its side....thus sealing it's fate. The remains were cut up...some parts taken to BSOR shops, while most of the frame and heavy metal scrap. The front nose and cab section are still together, though may get scrapped soon.
The 104, I am not sure of. There is an effort in the works to write a history of the South Buffalo with a complete roster. As the details are worked out, more light may be shed on this locomotive. It is possible that this unit ended up with Winter's Railroad Services S2's that are stored at North Collins, NY and may also have been cut up."
- Patrick Connors.
(note..LV 164 / SB 104 has been found! at Citisteel in Claymont, DE, )
LVRR Baldwins
The LV retired, scrapped or traded in all her Baldwin locomotives before Conrail.
the odds of any surviving today are very slim, so I didnt include them among the potential survivors,
although there is no disposition info for 6 LV Baldwins! so its (very remotely) possible a LV baldwin still lurks somewhere out in the wide world.
139 - VO1000 - traded to Alco in 1967
141 - 148 (8 units) DS 4-4-1000
141 - traded to EMD 11/72
142 - traded to GE 12/74
other 6 units confirmed scrapped.
200 - DRS 4-4-15 LV's only Baldwin road switcher. traded to EMD 1972. scrapped at pielet bros.
230 - 243 (14 units) S-12
232 - sold to Precision National 3/75
234 - retired 12/74
240 - retired 12/74
other 11 units confirmed scrapped.
GE 44 ton centercabs. 60, 61 and 62. (3 units) all 3 built 1942.
60 - served with LV 1942-1964. sold 1964 to" Acton Limestone Quarry Ltd" Acton, Ontario.
company later renamed Indusmin Industries. was their #60, was still there in 1982.
61 - sold by LV after only 4 years service, in 1946. to Rio Grande & Eagle Pass, Laredo, TX, scrapped late 60's in Oakland CA.
62 - sold by LV after only 4 years service, in 1946. to Warner Sand & Gravel Co. Morrisville PA, their #12.
last seen in 1976 at Morristown & Erie RR shops, possibly sold to now defunct National Locomotive Co.
LV Diesels that are known to have no survivors of the class - all scrapped.
Alco PA - All scrapped in Sayre or traded in. All gone by 1965.
Alco FA - All scrapped or traded in. All gone by 1966.
EMD F-units - All scrapped or traded in. None survived to Conrail, the last made it to 1972.
Alco C-628 - All went to Conrail in 1976. All scrapped by 1980.
EMD GP9 - Both scrapped mid-80's.
EMD GP18 - All four scrapped 1985.
Alco RS11 - All scrapped or cut down to slugs.
Alco S4 - The last surviving LV S4, No. 166, was scrapped in 2011.
There are also No surviving Lehigh Valley Steam Locomotives.. sadly, not one.
1987:
LV Alco C420 #404 (D&H 404) (to A&M) Sold to A&M in 1987, but never on A&M property. went to CNY, NRHS for parts for 408. had no trucks, could not be moved on D&H. Parted out and scrapped at Colonie, NY
1992:
LV GP38-2 #316 (D&H 7316) wrecked at SW Cabin Dec 7, 1983. stored at Colonie, then remains shipped to CP's Ogden Shops on 23 March 1992, then parted out and scrapped. never actually recieved a Guilford number.
1992:
LV GP38-2 #321 - (D&H 7321) (Guilford 227) wrecked at Elnora, NY April 1989. shipped to M-K at Mountaintop, PA. for parts. then shipped to CPs Ogden shops on flatcars, arriving 23 March 1992, remains then parted out and scrapped.
1997:
LV U23B 504 (CR 2780) (R&N 2395) Wrecked on the Reading & Northern. Scrapped in Hamburg, PA in 1997.
1997:
LV U23B 505 (CR 2781) (Reading & Northern 2394) (TUGX 2394)
sold by R&N in 1998 - to RMDI, sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI (2003)
Current Status Unknown.
1997:
LV U23B 506 (CR 2782) (Reading & Northern 2393) (TUGX 2393)
sold by R&N in 1998 - to RMDI, sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI (2003)
Current Status Unknown.
February to July 2003, Started this LV survivor list in 2003, and foolishly didnt think to keep track of updates as survivors rolled in! oh-well. 41 locomotives found as of July 2003.
July 8, 2003 - added info about the 2 possible SW9 survivors.
August 8, 2003, one of the SW9 confirmed surviving! added LV282 to the list. Total is now 42.
August 14, 2003 - added Baldwin and GE centercab info. added new locomotive chart/table.
August 18, 2003 - added SW9 292 to the 1976 roster, I hadnt accounted for her before. (her survivor status is unknown)
September 3, 2003 - added some links to some excellent current C420 and GP38-2 photos.
September 7, 2003 - added the LV tugboat "Cornell" to the survivors list.
September 12, 2003 - confirmed 4 U23B survivors! 501, 509, 510, 511. raising the survival total from 42 to 46.
and dropping the "unknowns" from 80 to 76!
September 17, 2003, added SW8 261 and 271 to the survivor list! both are in Canada. total is now 48. unknowns 74.
ALSO! 7 LVRR doodlebugs still survive! As Sperry Rail cars! added them to the "others" list!
October 14, 2003 - added LV gondola # 34317 to the freight car survivors list.
also added 3 passenger cars: "queen anne" and 1553 & 1554.
October 20, 2003 - added 2 new pages! LV408 and LV95011
November 2, 2003 - added the page about the LV and Erie coal transfer trestle in Waverly.
November 15, 2003 - added info for several engines from "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" 1998 edition
added LV 268 as a survivor!! survivor total is now 49!
also confirmed Amtrak 749 is actually LV 267.
added Joshua Blay and Tom Hannon's tours to the "tours page"
December 14, 2003 - A sad update. for the first time, I have had to reduce the number of survivors!
C420 409 & 415 have been confirmed scrapped. (click here for more info)
Survivor total dropped from 49 to 47.
But! another survivor found! SW8m 272 has been discovered in Lansing, NY.
total back up to 48.
C420 409 (D&H 409) (D&H 419) (sold to A&M, then sold to Indiana Hi-Rail,
was never on A&M property.)
Was with Indiana HI-Rail. "in bad condition" at Evansville, Indiana
status change, 12-14-2003, confirmed 409 & 415 have been scrapped.
C420 415 (D&H 415) (sold to A&M) (Indiana HI-Rail)
Was stored at Indiana HI-Rail. "in bad condition" at Evansville, Indiana
status change, 12-14-03, confirmed 409 & 415 have been scrapped.
C420 410 (D&H 410) (A&M)
Sold to A&M, Cut up for parts at Springdale, Arkansas. see this link
Also found a forum post that claims 410 was scrapped by CNY Locomotive
in Colonie, NY in 1987.
I have confirmed this is untrue. She was scrapped on the A&M in Arkansas.
(410 was the unit with the notched nose from a RS11)
January 01, 2004 - 2 new engines found! total reaches 50 survivors!
and, for the first time, the total confirmed surviving is greater than the total confirmed scrapped! :)
Added U23B 512, on the Blacklands Railroad in Texas.
and the first SW900 survivor, LV 130, on the Pecos Valley Southern, also in Texas.
January 16, 2004 - added info about LV diner 1000, currently in Marietta, GA as the "Tuscurora Club"
also added NS retirement of GP38AC 310, 312, 313.
February 2, 2004 - Another unit confirmed scrapped. :( LV Alco S2 159 / BSOR 106. scrapped at the steel mill in Buffalo.
March 1, 2004 - Another survivor found! Alco S4 #166, survivor total is now 51.
Also! added the "Sayre U23B" page!
And! added new aerial photos of Sayre to the "Tour of Sayre" page.
but wait! theres more! added new survivng structures to the "others" page.
March 14, 2004 - Added a bunch of Alco S2 and S4 photos! on the S2 page, and the S4 page.
Also added more RS11 Slug photos.
And, more photos of SW900m 126.
April 19, 2004 - Added LV boxcar 66523 to the "others" page.
also added a new photo of Transmodal U23B 2778
June 1, 2004 - a new survivng caboose! LV 95047, Canastota, NY
LV Alco S2 164 confirmed still surviving in Claymont, Delaware
July 1, 2004 - Added a new tour to the "tours page" - Towanda Monroeton Shippers Lifeline.
Added a new link, LVRR Historical Society.
July 11,2004 - New survivor found! SW8 259. survivor total reaches 53!
Added new photo of U23B 503 (WIMX 2779)
Gave the updates their own page..
September 1, 2004 - added new photo and webpage for LVRR Tugboat "Cornell" confirmed SW8m 252 is in fact operating at Dresden NY, lettered as CR 8666. survivors goes up by one more! 54 found.
LV U23B 509 confirmed opearting in Anneville, PA, as Pennsy Supply 2785.
2005
501 (CR 2777) (Reading & Northern 2396, sold by R&N in 1999)
Was stored at RMDI, Pittston PA, not operating- (2003)
Wrecked by R&N- scrapped at RMDI in 2005, Pittston, PA (from railpace)
January 14, 2005 Added Rochester junction tour by Joseph Muto to the tours page.
February 16, 2005 added Paige Miller's "Spring Creek Trestle" tour to the tours page.
February 22, 2005 Added RDC 40 & 41 to the "others" list.
June 22, 2005 Made new lists for the LV Caboose survivors.
December 5, 2005 Did a much needed makeover for the surviving locomotives list..prettied it up.
January 3, 2006 Sad news...several of the U23B's are falling to the torch..
501 was scrapped in 2005
510 was in line to be scrapped in January 2006, might have a reprieve, uncertain as of 1/3/2006.
a third unit is not long for this world..
the survivor count falls by one..from 54 to 53.
Sadly, we cant save them all..its just business..these units are too far gone.
but at least one of the U23B's is being preserved! should arrive in Sayre in 2006.
January 16, 2006 New Survivor found!! SW8 275 is stored in Minnesota, as Amtrak 750.
Survivor total jumps back up to 54.
June 19, 2006 Sad update.. LV GP38AC 310 has been scrapped. :(
She must have been too far gone for the NS GP38 rebuild program.
The following note appeared on the railfan lists:
"i noticed Cr #580374 with the sad duty of carrying ex lv/cr/ns #2881
cut up in same gon. it went over the hump,according to hump cndr carded for
roanoke va,which mean s a 15t/35q trip. I climbed up into the car,(hope no
bosses reading this)to verify the number,and did get disposable camera
photo's of it's hump trip,but if we're correct on the number Ex-lv gp-38ac # 311
is no more. proably a victim of a worn out frame. suprisingly the top of the cab
was cut off & put in the gondola upside down,with the horn still attached.
soneone did remove the two numberboards though."
(the poster mistakenly called the until LV311, but we confirmed it was NS 2881/ LV 310)
Survivor total drops by one..from 54 to 53.
LV 311 and 312 have already gone through the NS rebuilding program, so their future is secure
for many more years to come.
313 is still stored..hopefully she will also be rebuilt and get a new lease on life.
July 3, 2006 LV GP38AC 310 is NOT, repeat NOT, scrapped afterall! :)
There was a good deal of confusion for a few weeks, but in the end it was only her CAB that was seen,
No the whole scrapped engine. And the NS GP38 rebuild program gives the locos NEW cabs!
See this thread for the whole saga.
All FOUR of the LV GP38AC's are now confirmed going through the NS rebuild program!
October 2, 2006 Added two new survivors to the list! SW900M 125 and SW9 288.
Survivor total jumps up to 56.
March 19, 2007 - added the sad info that GP9 301 was in fact scrapped..I suspected it all along, but now we know.
added info that all four GP38AC's are now confirmed rebuilt and in operation with NS!
LV SW8 273 Found! :) Survivor total jumps by one to 57 units.
August 2007 - LV U23B 510 reported moving from Annville, PA to RMDI, Pittston, PA. no further details. renumbured to BDLX 2786.
2009:
LV U23B 512 (CR 2788) (to Texas Utilities 6/23/93 ) (Blacklands Railroad 2788)
Was operating with the Blacklands Railroad in Sulpher Springs Texas - (2004)
Sad news from Texas..Blacklands Railroad sold 512 to a mexican company in 2007..
The company tried to move the unit to Mexico, but could not get Union Pacific to move it, so they scrapped it. :( LV 512 was scrapped in April-May 2008.
March 12, 2008 - Added new information about LV 112 being sold and future plans for her restoration!
May 13, 2008 - Added info about LV U23B 508 being sold and repainted, now with "Lafarge" in Alliance, Ohio.
June 10, 2008 - Added info about U23B 512, scrapped in early 2008. Survivor count drops from 58 to 57 units.
November 18, 2008 - added info about LV U23B 510 moving to RMDI, and added new photos of LV 510 and 511 at RMDI.
November 19, 2008 - One of the "status unknown" units was confirmed scrapped. LV SW8 257 was confimed scrapped in NJ in the late 1990's.
October 2009 - FIVE! big updates for the LV survivors list:
LV 1000, passenger car, was sadly scrapped..I moved her data here:
LV 1000 - Dining car , located in Marietta, GA. -(2003)
The following is from "The Route of the Weekend Chief", by Mike Boland, published in the Autumn 1995 issue of The Keystone.
posted here by "jhdeasy"
In August 1961, the LIRR purchased Lehigh Valley # 1000, an arch-roof diner with an aluminum kitchen and a charcoal stove. During the late 1961 summer season, it saw brief service with white-coated waiters on train # 28, "The Weekender." The car was later named TUSCARORA CLUB. Dining car service was upgraded for its inauguration during the 1962 season. Service was offered on Fridays on train # 26, "The East Ender." On Sunday evening, it returned to the city with full-course dinners available. At other times, when the car was in service, evening snacks and continental breakfasts were served."
"At the end of the 1964 season, dining car service was discontinued. While it was a clever idea, it was an expensive proposition. McNamara went ahead with it because his able assistant, Willie Wilson, oversaw its operation. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more trouble than it was worth; the railroad was not adequately prepared to operate it. Stocking the car with provisions for two dinner runs a week that began over 100 miles apart (Jamaica and Montauk) proved to be too difficult. Still, it lasted for three seasons and the car was used as a 48 seat lounge after its kitchen was closed."
Diner TUSCARORA CLUB, various heavyweight parlor cars and open platform observation car JAMAICA were used for a New York Chapter NRHS excursion from New York to Montauk and return on Sunday September 30, 1962. The excursion ticket was $12; a buffet dinner was available on TUSCARORA CLUB for an additional $4.
In 1963, leaving Montauk at 6:43 PM on Sunday nights, "The Sundowner" had two or three Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 diesels, eight parlors, a diner and at least six P72 coaches.
In 1964, diner service (presumably on TUSCARORA CLUB) was offered on the following trains:
-- train # 16 "The Advance Cannonball" on Thursday
-- train # 26 "The Weekender" on Friday (first section)
-- train # 4011 "The Sundowner" on Sunday
-- train #3 "The Cannonball" on Monday
The car was deadheaded east to Montauk on Sunday night train # 4020 to position it for its westbound revenue run to Jamaica on train # 3 on Monday morning.
TUSCARORA CLUB was used by the PRR in the consist of an all-parlor car special train from New York to Philadelphia and return for the 1964 Army-Navy football game.
click here: http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/heavyweight_tuscarora_club.html
for more info on this car.
Update! LV 1000, now known as the "Tuscarora club" was sold at Auction on October 29, 2008.
here are some details from her auction listing:
Tuscarora Club 2037 heavy-weight dining car
· Approximately 80' long and 9' to 10' wide
· Originally built in 1917; wheel stamp March 1917
· Rebuilt in 1953 by Lehigh Valley as 48-seat dining car
· Acquired by Long Island Rail Road in August 1961
· Briefly numbered 2005 before being assigned number LIRR2037
· Removed from service in 1964
· Car has been side tracked since early 1970s
· For more information on the history and noteworthy reference in publications, see this document.
· Small kitchen in rear of car with original coal-burning oven; coal still in oven from last use
· Modernized with central air ducts and electric baseboard heating
· Extensive baseboard electrical outlets
· Hyatt M-3383 stamp on wheel
· No restroom
· Previously used as a dining room for restaurant with kitchen in adjacent building
· Last owner's ancestors brought the rail line to Marietta in the 1800s
· Car is side-tracked adjacent to the Marietta Depot Building circa 1899
· No restaurant or kitchen equipment is included
· Needs restoration
· Sits on CSX railroad right-of-way with active CSX track approximately 20ft. away
No real estate is included in this sale, only the train car and contents as listed above
Marietta, GA
Condition = 3 Sold as pictured, item has not been tested. We have made no attempt to evaluate this merchandise other than picturing it.
1911 - Built new for the Lehigh Valley by Pullman as baggage club car LV 1000.
1929 - Rebuilt by the LV to a full club car.
1939 - Rebuilt by the LV in 1939 for assignment to the "John Wilkes"
1953 - Rebuilt by the LV with 24 dining seats and 22 club seats. modernized with streamlined appearance.
1961 - Sold to the Long Island Railroad, august 1961. Briefly numbered 2005 before being assigned number LIRR 2037,
named TUSCARORA CLUB by the LIRR.
1970 - May - rebuilt to full parlor car by LIRR, Kitchen removed. rebuilt using parts from retired 2011 MONTAUK, and renumbured
LIRR 2037 ONTEORA (2nd). The new name (ONTEORA) was applied to the car at a later date, sometime between
June 1971 and 1972.
1972-1974 - sold to private owner.
1974 - Moved to Marietta GA and made part of a restaurant complex.
2008 - The owner of the former restaurant needs to sell the car, the city of Marietta tells her they want her to get rid of the car, claiming it is "deteriorated, unsightly and detracts from the community." The owner puts out pleas to the railfan community, asking for help in finding it a home, and letting us know the car needs to be sold at auction.
2008 - October 29 - LV1000 is sold at auction for $423, bought by GVT, future plans of her owners are as yet unknown.
2009 - October - the car is scrapped in place, never moved from the restaurant in Marietta. CSX would not move the car on its own wheels, citing its age and condition. GVT offered the car "as is where is" plus $2500 to anyone who wanted to relocate the car and save it. they had no takers. Moving the car out by truck was not an option, not economically sound..only option remaining was to scrap the car.
data above from these sources:
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr
viewtopic.php?f=63&t=4088&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos/LVRR.html
2009:
LV U23B 511 (CR 2787)
Never operated after Conrail, "in very bad shape" at RMDI, Pittston PA. - (2003)
Update, October 2007 - 511 is still at RMDI. - (2007)
Update, October 2009 - Sadly LV 511 was scrapped at RMDI in October, 2009.
September - October 2009 - The 2nd October update:
Sadly another LV U-boat is scrapped!
LV 511, stored for many years at RMDI in Pittston, PA (at the former LV coxton yard) is scrapped.
The unit was in bad shape..
501 was scrapped at RMDI in 2005.
511 was scrapped at RMDI in 2009.
This leaves only one LV U23 remaining at RMDI, LV 510.
which is good shape! and was last operating in 2007.
the unit is now BDLX 2786. Will this be the LV U23B to go to Sayre?? hopefully!
LV Surviving locomotive count drops from 57 to 56 units..
Thanks to Travis Prevost for keeping an eye on the status of LV 511, and confirming when she was finally scrapped.
October 2009. - the Third update for October 2009, LV "Tool Car" 94141 exists in Ithaca NY.
with the small display at the LVRR Ithaca station. (was once the "Station Resturant", is now (in 2009) a Chemung Canal Bank branch
Faint "Lehigh Valley" lettering is visible across the top, under the paint, and a road number is faintly visible on both sides..(you can see the raised outline of the old lettering under the newer green paint..the lettering was simply painted over, but thankfully not removed before painting..)
It is LV car 94140...
looking through "Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger Cars, photo and diagram book No.1 " LV 94140 ended its LV career as a "service car"..its a coach converted to work train service at Sayre..
94140 began life as an 800 or 900 series coach, built by Pullman in 1914.
I dont yet know its original number..
Click here: http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=LV;action=display;num=1256836046 for photos of LV 91414
The fourth update for October 2009..could these be two of the missing Texas U-boats???
Their exact identity is not yet confirmed..but they could be LV 505, 506 or 507!!
click here:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=89&p=726658
For more details..
And the Fifth update for October 2009..
a new LV wood caboose has been discovered! :)
It is LVRR caboose # 97566.
Original a wood baggage car, converted to a Caboose at Sayre.
it was sold at auction on October 10, 2009, in Kempton, PA.
Caboose will be moved to _________ in November 2009.
check here:
http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=LV;action=display;num=1254916193
for details and photos.
UPDATE January 2009
LV Alco S1 #117 has been found! In January 2009 it moved from it's long-time home in Geismar LA to a new owner in Hudson Colorado. See the following two links for details:
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1852336
https://groups.io/g/Colorado-Railfan/topic/geismar_s1_alco_move_to/52883604
UPDATES March 14, 2011
Update!
New LV caboose found! a few weeks ago Roger Kirkpatrick sent me this link:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8Q ... Lee_MA_USA
showing a mystery LV caboose in Lee, Massachusetts.
I did a little digging, and discovered its located at the "Sullivan Station Restaurant"
I emailed the restaurant, asking if they knew the Conrail number, or any other numbers..
they wrote back and said their caboose was Conrail 18679.
which according to: http://crcaboose.railfan.net/renum.htm
makes it LV 95004!
Another LV caboose found! but its LV number is currently unknown.
again, thanks to Roger Kirkpatrick for tracking this one down.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tall_dude/5503268503/in/pool-73276185@N00
This caboose belongs to the "Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway." of Iowa.
and it is their caboose No. 755? (cant tell the middle digit from the photo, I think its a 5)
AAR reporting marks CIC.
CIC also has two ex-Reading North Eastern cabooses.
Big news! one of the parade float models built at the Sayre shops has been FOUND! in California:
see this thread for details:
http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?bo ... 1287897981
I assumed it was steel, but it might be made of wood.
(although it looks like metal..)
Dominic, the owner, never did respond with his plans for it..
but its continued survival at this point is probably quite secure.
see the "other" page for more detail.
LV 414 has been sold! To the Delaware-Lackawanna railroad.
see the locomotive page for more details.
December 17, 2011
Sadly, another LV locomotive has met the torch:
Lehigh Valley Alco S4 #166.
built new for the LV May 1951
b/n 78725
To Precision Engineering (Dealer) ??/1969.
To Steelton & Highspire #66.
Refitted with Blunt style trucks by S&H (making it appear to be an S-2, but it is not).
To South Buffalo #66.
To Michigan Southern #66.
cut up over the past week (December 2011) in White Pigeon, Michigan.
2012:
LV U23B 507 (CR 2783) (to Texas Utilities in 6/23/93)
Update! 2012! LV 507 was found!
LV 507, one of the long-mysterious "Texas U-boats" was found in 2012! unfortunately, she left Texas only to be scrapped. :(
LV 507, last known as Texas Utilities 23012, (yes, that is correct, 23012, a 5-digit number) left Texas for Kansas City and was scrapped there in May of 2012. The fate of her two Texas sisters, LV 505 and 506, still remains unknown. They are no longer with Texas Utilities, but where they went, and their fate, remains a mystery. It is likely they are also scrapped, but never give up hope! 507 magically appeared in 2012, even though her appearance was brief and she didnt survive long..her sisters 505 and 506 could still be out there somewhere.
LV 507 - CR 2783 - TUGX 23012 - Scrapped May 2012, Kansas City Mo.
2012:
LV U23B 510 (CR 2786) (WIMX 2786) (Pennsy Supply 2786) (BDLX 2786)
Was operating at Millard Quarry, Anneville PA,
Was owned by Pennsy Supply (formerly Wimpey Minerals) - (2003)
Retired by Pennsy Supply as of January 2006, being considered for scrap, but fate is uncertain.
Was operating at Millard Quarry, Anneville PA,
Was owned by Pennsy Supply (formerly Wimpey Minerals) - (2003)
Retired by Pennsy Supply as of January 2006, being considered for scrap, but fate is uncertain.
Update, she still exists as of February 2007! but still OOS, and still in danger of being scrapped.
Update, August 2007 - unit reported sold, and will move from Anneville, PA to
RMDI in Pittston, PA.
sold and renumbured to BDLX 2786.
Moved to Temple, PA (north of Reading) in late 2007. still in CR blue. (2008)
Update, March 2008 - 510 (as BDLX 2786) is now stored at RMDI in Pittston, PA
Update, October 2009 - with the scrapping of 501 (in 2005) and 511 (in 2009) LV 510 is now the only
LV U23B at RMDI. 510 is in good shape, and last operated in 2007..
will 510 be the unit to go to Sayre?? lets hope so! :) - (2009)
Update,Sadly 510 was scrapped by RMDI in January of 2012 in Pittston, PA
photo here: http://www.fwarailfan.net/community/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2579
October 2012 - big update! some sad news, some good news!
The scrapping of LV U-boats continues!
Since I started this LV survivor list in 2003, FIVE LV U23B's have been scrapped! The two latest victims:
The sad saga of LV U23B 510.
510 was the last (of three) LV U23B's that were stored at RMDI in Pittston, PA.
It was hoped that 510 would be the locomotive that would be preserved in Sayre! Perhaps someday soon to be painted up in Cornell Red and displayed alongside the Sayre station, home of the Sayre Historical Society.
However, sadly it was not to be..
The Sayre Historical Society had a LV U23B donated to them by RMDI in Pittston, PA, back in 2004. Exactly which U-boat was never quite certain..(there were three different LV U23B's at RMDI at different times) In 2004, at the time of the donation, the Sayre Historical Society had just recently formed, and was just getting their museum underway.
The museum was not yet formally open, and priorties were given to actually opening the museum, and so the "locomotive project" went into a fund-raising mode. (the SHS needed to raise the funds to move the locomotive to Sayre) Finally, in 2011, the SHS again contacted RMDI about the locomotive..
Things had changed..due to circumstances beyond the control of the Sayre Historical Society, the project fell through, and the locomotive was scrapped in January of 2012.
LV 507, one of the long-mysterious "Texas U-boats" was found in 2012! unfortunately, she left Texas only to be scrapped!
507, last known as Texas Utilities 23012, (yes, that is correct, 23012, a 5-digit number) left Texas for Kansas City and was
scrapped there in May of 2012. The fate of her two Texas sisters, LV 505 and 506, still remains unknown. They are no longer
with Texas Utilities, but where they went, and their fate, remains a mystery. It is likely they are also scrapped, but never give up hope!
507 magically appeared in 2012, even though her appearance was brief and she didnt survive long..her sisters 505 and 506 could
still be out there somewhere.
This leaves only four surviving LV U23B's in 2012! (and two still unknown, 505 and 506)
502 - Last operated around 2006, Is now stored OOS in Camden, NJ, in 2012.
503 - Still operating, November 2011, as VULX 2779 in Annapolis Junction, MD
508 - 508 was refurbished and returned to operating condition by Larry's Truck and Electric in 2012! repainted, and sold to Shelly Materials.
LV 508 (as Shelly Materials 2784) is working at a Shelly aggregate plant in Cleveland Ohio in 2012.
509 - No new news on LV 509, she last operated around 2006, and was still stored in Millards PA, as Pennsy Supply 2785, as of January 2009.
And finally, some good news! :)
The happy story of a LV Caboose that was actually trucked to the scrap yard, was days away from being scrapped,
but at the last minute was rescued and will now be restored and live a happy retirement at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum!
Click here:
http://rgvrrm.org/about/railroad/lv95100/index.htm
and here:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=86155
For the story of how they rescued LV 95100 in October of 2011.
And! a new LV Survivor found! :)
Sometimes I like to do some google searches, to see if anything new turns up..
and I found a previously un-documented LV survivor! She has been there all along, but hadnt yet made the list.
LV SW8 Number 265 is alive and well as North Shore Number 366 in Northumberland, PA.
And, the LV Bicentennial caboose has been found! LV caboose 1776, aka LV 95085, is for sale in Maine.
Tugboat Capmoore
The Capmoore is currently out of service in Charlestown, Mass. (August 2005)
Her future is uncertain, and she could possibly be scrapped.
see this thread for more info:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=670
Update - Sadly the Capmoore was scrapped in 2010.
Updated the information about LV SW8 moving from Lansing, NY to Cleveland, Ohio.
June 2013
We often think "there cant be that many "undiscovered" LV survivors out there anymore."
afterall, this survivor list is now 10 years old! We might think we have found just about all of them..
but there are still lurkers out there! :)
THREE new previously unknown LV survivors were added to the list with this update!
LV 124, 126 and 256.
124 and 126 are SW900m's (originally NW2's) and 256 is a SW8 "pup"..
all three are operating, and 126 was painted in this fabulous scheme!
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=439252&nseq=20
LV survivor list jumps from 55 to 58 units.
June 2013
Concerning the heritage of two LV SW8's..LV 268 and 273.
Originally on this LV Survivors list I had the 273 as being AG Processing #6. Turns out that was incorrect!
It is actually 268 that was AG Processing #6.
The correct heritage of the two units is:
LV 268 - CR 8682 - AG Processing #6 - ADMX 8682
LV 273 - CR 8687 - Midwest Metallics #2
Below are notes and links that prove it:
LV 268 - CR 8682 - ADMX 8682
Many photos show this unit in the same ADMX grey paintscheme, lettered as ADMX 8682, going back to (at least) 2003:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48892&nseq=3
Photos also show that meanwhile LV 273 remains in Conrail blue to this day: LV 273 - CR 8687 - Midwest Metallics #2
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1595493
The number 8687 is visable in the headlight numberboard, and its still lettered "MM2" Midwest Metalics 2. (the number 780 is also believed to be Midwest Metallics No. 780)
So now its clear for all the various numbers..except "AG Processing #6"..Which unit was AG Processing #6? We dont know yet..
Here is a recent AG Processing No. 6
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=842370
aaaaand! here we go, google knows all!
AG Processing No. 6 is LV 268 - CR 8682 - ADMX 8682, photographic proof:
http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr2389.htm
She was Grey in 1998, not Conrail blue! Which means the info I had on the LV survivors page was incorrect..I will make the correction! Here is the correct info, proven by photos:
LV 268 - CR 8682 - AG Processing #6 - ADMX 8682
LV 273 - CR 8687 - Midwest Metallics #2
2016:
Lehigh Valley additions:
Nicholas Todd <nbtodd@gmail.com>
Sep 2, 2016 at 3:13 AM
Lehigh Valley
LV 60:2 GE 44t Acton Limestone (4/64); Andrew Merilees (4/74), scr
(9/74)
LV 61 GE 44t Petaluma & Santa Rosa 2 ( /46), SP 1905:1 ( /58), rtd (7/64),
s/f/s Purdy Metals no# [Oakland CA](10/64); A.D. Schrader Construction [W
Oakland CA]( / ); scr ( /68)
LV 118 SW1 [CR 8422], rtd (5/78) not renumbered
LV 120 SW900m CR 8647, scr ( /87)
LV 121 SW900m CR 8648, scr ( /87)
LV 123 SW900m CR 8650, scr ( /87)
LV 127 SW900m CR 8654, scr ( /87)
LV 140 DS4410 scr PNC (4/74)
LV 143 DS4410 to KCS for EMD t/i SD40-2
LV 161 S2 Alco t/i ( /65); BO # ( / ); EMD t/i ( /70)
LV 182 NW2 CR 9244, rtd (8/86)
LV 183 NW2 CR 9245, EMD t/i ( / ); scr Pielet Bros (7/83) in LV paint
LV 184 NW2 CR 9246, scr Midwest Steel & Alloy ( /81)
LV 210:2 RS2 rtd (10/76), GE t/i (10/77), scr
LV 212:2 RS2 rtd (10/76), GE t/i (10/77), scr PNC (11/77)
LV 213 RS2 rtd (10/76), GE t/i (10/77), scr not renumbered
LV 217 RS2 EMD t/i (5/77)
LV 220 SW7 rtd (4/86), scr [Holladaysburg PA](3/87)
LV 223 SW7 CR 8878, EMD t/i ( / ), scr Pielet Bros (7/83) in blue
*LV 225-236 SW7 ORDER CANCELLED
LV 258 SW8 CR 8672, rtd/scr (8/86)
LV 263 SW8 CR 8677, Transco Ry Prod # (5/86)
LV 269 SW8 CR 8683, scr
LV 274 SW8 CR 8931, scr Naporano
LV 280 SW9 CR 8931, scr Naporano
LV 284 SW9 CR 8935, rtd (8/95)
LV 290 SW9 scr
LV 292 SW9 rtd (8/95), to AE Staley
Note EVERYTHING traded to EMD before the early 90's was required to be scrapped,
this was done almost exclusively, if not so, at Pielet Bros. Only one or two
units have ever escaped.
From Nicholas Todd, thanks Nicholas!
2017 - Another survivor found! LV 292, EMD SW9, Found by Eddie Toombs, Operating at the Pillsbury General Mills plant in Murfreesboro Tennesee. thanks!
survivor count goes up one, from 58 to 59.
2022
Sadly LV GP38-2 317 was scrapped by CP in 2022. scrapped at NRE.
LV 317 (D&H 7317) (Guilford 223) (D&H 7303) (CP 7303) (still in the D&H Lightning Stripe scheme - 2007)
Scrapped by CP, at NRE, in 2022
2024 -May
V 323LV GP38-2 323 (D&H 7323) (Guilford 229) (D&H 7310) (CP 7310)
1972: Built new as LV 323
1976: to D&H 7323
1984: to Guilford 229
1988: to D&H 7310
1991: to CP 7310
2022 - May: CP sold 7310 at auction
2024: sadly, 7310 was scrapped in early 2024
(photo of 7310 being scrapped was provided by Bhanu Gaur, email from 7/9/2024)
2024 - June
(LV GP38-2 325) (D&H 7325) (Guilford 231) (D&H 7312) (CP 7312)
still in the D&H Lightning Stripe scheme - (2008)
LV 325 was repainted by CP in her D&H "lightning stripe" scheme in 2000, as one of the CP "Heritage Units"
2024, June - Sadly LV 325/CP 7312 was scrapped in St. Paul MN.
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Last updated July 10, 2024
Please email sscotsman@yahoo.com with any corrections or updates, thanks!
Scot Lawrence, 2003 - 2024.
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