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416, Class ERS-15B, was built in January 1953, #17091, FN 5134-4. It became Norfolk & Western 2416 in March 1966 and retired on April 22, 1981. It was traded in to General Electric in 1982.
417, Class ERS-15B, was built in February 1953, #17092, FN 5134-5. It became N&W 2417 in March 1966 and became Norfolk Southern 1417, Class GP-7. in 1983. It was retired on April 9, 1984, and traded in to General Electric. It was sent to Pielet Brothers for scrap in August 1984.
426, Class ERS-15C, was built in July 1953, #18594, FN 5296-4. It became N&W 2426 in March 1967 and sold as Peabody Coal Co 600. It was sold to Indiana Transportation Museum and restored as NKP 426.
428, Class ERS-15C, was built in July 1953, #18596, FN 5296-6. It became N&W 2428 in March 1967 and retired on June 28, 1982. It was sold for scrap to Naporano Iron & Metal Co on August 19, 1983.
431, Class ERS-15C, was built in July 1953, #18599, FN 5296-9. It became N&W 2431 in October 1966 and retired on December 26, 1976. It was sold to Naporano Iron & Metal Co and resold as Morrison-Knudsen Corp. It was rebuilt as Weyerhaeuser Timber Co 765 in 1977 and transferred as Chehalis Western RR 765 in 1981. It was transferred as Columbia & Cowlitz Ry 701 in 1989 and renumbered 702 in 1998. It was sold as Larry's Truck Equipment Co 702 in December 2011.
435, Class ERS-15C, was built in July, 1953, #18603, FN 5296-13. It became N&W 2435 in August 1966 and was leased to the Akron Canton & Youngstown in the early 1980s. It became NS 1435, Class GP-7, in 1983 and retired on April 9, 1984. It was traded in to General Electric in July 1984 and sent to Pielet Bros for scrap in August 1984.
439, Class ERS-15C, was built in August 1953, #18607, FN 5296-17. It became N&W 2439 in November 1966 and became NS 1439, Class GP-7, in 1983. It was retired on April 9, 1984, and traded in to General Electric. It was sold for scrap to Pielet Bros in August 1984.
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