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186, Class G-2, was built by Richmond in 1895, #2471, as 222, a compound. It was simpled in 1903 and renumbered 186. On September 22, 1938, it was sold to Virginia Blue Ridge Ry as 2. It was scrapped in 1947.

385, Class H-4, was built by November 1907, #32312.  It was sold as Virginia Blue Ry 6 in November 1985 and sold as Morris County Central RR 385 in May 1963.  It was moved to Newfoundland, NJ in March 1974 and sold to Delaware Otsego Corp in 1982 but only stored it.  It was donated to Bergen County Vocational & Technical High School in June 1990 and it was moved by J Supor & Son Trucking.  The program was dropped and Mr Supor planned to move it his offices.  It was never done and his son donated it to Whippany Railway Museum.

394, Class H-4, was built by Baldwin in 1907, #32438.

395, Class H-4, was built by Baldwin in 1907, #32439.  It was scrapped at Hayne Yard, Spartanburg, SC, in February 1948.

398, Class H-4, was built by Baldwin in 1907, #32468.

401, Class H-4, was built by Baldwin in December 1907, #32487.  It was sold as Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Co 401 in November 1949 and sold to SPUR (Society of the Perpetual of Unretired Railfans) in 1967.  It became Monticello & Sangamon Valley Railroad Historical Society in 1969 and renamed Monticello Railway Museum in 1982.

542 was built by Baldwin in August 1903, #35351.  It was donated to City of Winston-Salem and and acquired by North Carolina Transportation Museum.

568, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1906, #39285.

573, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1906, #39290.

585, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1906, #39302.

586, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1906, #39303.

594, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1905, #39311.  It was sold as Ligonier Valley RR 594 in 1950 and retired in 1952.

"604" was built by Baldwin in September 1926, #59472, as Ferrocarril Mexicano 200. It was never delivered to them and then was sold to the Buffalo Creek & Gauley later in 1926. After the BC&G quit running it was sold to the Quakertown & Eastern for excursion service as 4 in 1967.  It was sold to Carter-Cash Enterprises in February 1972 and sold to Southwest Virginia Scenic RR 4 in April 1975.  It ran 2 years and sold to North Carolina Transportation Museum and lettered as 604 in a Southern style in 1978.  It needed heavy repair and no funds in 2011 so it was sold to Durbin & Greenbrier Valley RR in 2015 where it is being restored .

 

607, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1903, #28423.

630, Class Ks-1, was built by Alco-Richmond in February 1904, #28446.  It was sold to East Tennessee & Western North Carolina as 207 in 1952 and sold as Southern Ry 630, Class Ks-1, in 1968 to Tennessee Valley Ry Museum.

656, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Pittsburg in 1904, #28946.

688, Class Ks, was built by Baldwin in 1904, #24330.

722, Class Ks-1, was built by Baldwin in October 1904, #24729.  It was sold to ETWNC as 208 in November 1952 and sold to Southern RR in December 1967.  It was sold to Georgia Industrial Real Estate Co in February 1968 and leased to TVRM as Southern Ry 722 in 1968.  It was later sold as Great Smoky Mountain RR 722 in December 2000.

741, Class Ks, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1905, #37632.

803, Class Ks, was built by Richmond in 1910, #35589.

842, Class Ks, was built by Baldwin in 1906, #29123.

2501, Class Ks-3, was built by Alco-Richmond in 1926, #66904.

New Orleans & Northeastern 6903, Class Ks-1, was built by Baldwin in 1907, #31724.

 

 

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