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1, 100 Ton, was built by General Electric.

1, 100 Ton, was built by General Electric in September 1964, #35093, as Cyclops Steel Corp, Empire-Detroit Steel Div 6.  It became Armco Steel Corp Empire-Detroit Steel Div 1.  It was sold as LaFarge Corp 20052.

1, 110 Ton, was built by General Electric.

2, 110 Ton. was built by General Electric in June 1964, #35129.

6, 110 Ton, was built by General Electric in January 1973, #38904, as Empire Reeves Steel Co 6.  It became Empire Detroit Steel Co 6 and It became Armco Steel Corp Empire-Detroit Steel Div 6.  It was sold to Larry's Truck Equipment and then to Steel of West Virginia as 15 in November 1998.

8, 44 Ton, was built by General Electric in 1952, #30997.  It was sold as GST Steel Co 8.

9, 50 Ton, was built by General Electric in 1956, #32894, as Sheffield Steel Co 9.   It became  Armco 9 and was sold as Grinding Systems LLC 9.  It became AGS Steel Co 9 and became Onesteel Grinding Systems 9.

17, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1952, #15956, FN 6373-8, as Atlantic Coast Line 57.  It became Seaboard Coast Line 17 in July 1967 and sold to Graham County RR as 17 in May 1982.  It then was sold to Carolina Eastman as 17 and then to Atlantic Steel Corp as 17.  It then went to Armco as 17 and then to Warren Consolidated Industries as 830.

708, LS1000, was built by Lima-Hamilton in June 1949, #9308.

1202, SW900m, was built by Electro-Motive on May 20, 1936, #601, FN E136-1, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2301, Class 2301.  It was renumbered 2150 in 1937 and rebuilt as SW900m by Electro-Motive in May 1957, #23196, FN 7548-1, as 650, Class 650.  It was transferred as St Joseph Terminal Ry 3 on February 27, 1971, and sold to Wilson Ry Corp in 1973.  It was sold as Ashland Steel Co 1202

1219, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive.

3802 was built by Alco-Cooke in June 1910, #48052.  It was sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co in October 1926 and sold as Alabama Marble Co 3 in March 1927.  It was merged as Georgia Marble Co 3 in 1962 and donated as Heart of Dixie Railroad Club in August 1966..

4802, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive on January 9, 1940, #986, FN E284-5, as Illinois Central 9018.  It was renumbered 604 in October 1953 and sold to Precision Engineering Co in May 1969.  It was sold as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 4802 in February 1970 and sold to Chrome Locomotive in February 1981,  It was sold as Armco Steel Corp 4802 in June 1981.

B70, 70 Ton was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in April 1929, #60759,  It was rebuilt in March 1948 and given to Southeastern Railway Museum in 1963.

B71, 70 Ton, was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in June 1930, #61401.  In 1967 it was sold to Cadillac & Lake City.  Around 1985 it was moved to the Minnesota Transportation Museum where it is awaiting restoration.

B73, 70 Ton, was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in March 1930, #61264, as American Steel & Wire Co 1.  It became Armco Steel B73 in February 1942.  It was rebuilt in March 1942 and in 1947.  It was given to Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in 1970.

B-84, GP38-2, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1975, #756065-1, FN 756065-1.  It was sold as Midwest Locomotive Works 84 in July 2007 and leased as Blackwell Northern Gateway RR MWLX 84.

E-110, LS1200, was built by Lima-Hamilton in August 1951, #9560.  It went to Illinois Railway Museum.

E-169, SW1001, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1981, #806061-2, FN 806061-2.

 

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