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001, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1970, #36128, FN 7252-1. It was sold to Helm Leasing Co as HLCX 5001.
002, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1970, #36125, FN 7252-2. It was sold as HLCX 5002.
004, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1970, #36128, FN 7252-4. It was sold to Maine Central as 601 in February 1986 and later as HLCX 5055. It was rebuilt later as a slug to Terminal RR Association of St Louis as 2206.
005, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1870, #36126, FN 7254-1. It was sold as HLCX 5003.
006, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1970, #36129, FN 7254-2. It was sold to MeC as 602 in February 1968. It later sold to Helm as 5057 and was rebuilt as 6071, SD40M-2.
007, U30C, was built by General Electric in February 1972, #38237.
008, U30C, was built by General Electric in February 1972, #38239
011, U30C, was built by General Electric in February 1972, #38235. It was sold as Ohio Central 9011 in 2007 and sold to WABCo in 2008. Two employes restored it as Colorado & Southern 890 in February 2009 and scrapped in March 2009.
012, U30C, was built by General Electric in February 1972, #38236. It was sold as Boston & Maine 640 in February 1986 and renumbered 663 in January 1987. It was retired in October 1995 and scrapped..
013, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1972, #5817-1, FN 5817-1. It was sold to Helm as HLCX 5004 and sold as Nebraska Kansas & Colorado RailNet 5004. It was sold to Motive Power Resources Inc as MVPX 5004. and sold as Bulkmatic de Mexico 5004.
015, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1972, #5818-1, FN 5818-1. It was sold to Helm as HLCX 5005 and sold as MVPX 5005.
016, SD40, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1972, #5518-2, FN 5818-2. It was sold as MeC 603 in February 1986 and sold to Helm as HLCX 5006.
019, U30C, was built by General Electric in July 1975, #40738.
208, 65 Ton, was built by General Electric in May 1942, #15239. It was sold to Motive Power Inc in March 1996 and sold as Adrian & Blissfield RR 4 in December 1998.
DTE Transportation Services, Ltd.
536, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1951,
#13707, FN 3078-A1, as
549, SD7u, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1952, #15622, FN 5201-2, as Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific 2210, Class 15E-RS6. It was renumbered 510 in 1959 and rebuilt at West Milwaukee in April 1974 as 549, Class 18E-RS6. It was assigned Soo Line 6108 in 1985 but was not renumbered before it was sold to Dakota Minnesota & Eastern as 549 "City of Watertown" on September 5, 1986. The name was changed as "City of Harrold" and sold to Indiana Rail Road as 549 in December 1997. It was sold as DTE 549 in 2006.
553, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1951, #13798, FN 3084-A11, as AT&SF 257C, Class 200, an F7A. It was retired on January 14, 1973, and was rebuilt at Cleburne as 2553, Class 2417, in September 1973. It was sold to Tennken RR as 2553 and later as N&E as 2553. It was again sold as R-L 553 and then DTE as 553.
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