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5 was built by H K Porter in September 1942, #7466, as United States Army 5006.  It was sold as Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co 5 in January 1947 and donated to ORM in 1979/

48, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1951, #15029, FN 7008-33. as United States Army 2034, Class D-SD-8.  It was rebuilt in September 1987 and it was retired in 2015.  It was donated to ORM and restored as Missouri-Kansas-Texas as 48.

90, FP45, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1967, #33189, FN 5731-1, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 100, Class 100.  It was renumbered 5940, Class 5940, in March 1970 and rebuilt at San Bernardino in  September 1982 as 5990, Class 5990.  It was renumbered 100, Class 100, in July 1989 and renumbered 5990, Class 5990 in May 1990.  It was renumbered 90, Class 90, on May 18, 1990, and retired on January 3, 2001.  It was given to ORM on December 21, 2000.

301, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric on May 1941, #13059, as United States Army 1202.  It was sold as Dodge City Ford & Bucklin RR 301 and sold to Vulcan Chemicals, division of Vulcan Materials 301.  It was donated as OKRX 301 in 2000.

643, Class 640, was built by AT&SF at Cleburne in 1897, #GC774, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 933,  It was renumbered 643 in 1900 and donated to City of Oklahoma City in April 1953.  It is at Oklahoma Railway Museum.

743, S2, was built by Alco in May 1943, #70817, as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 743, Class S-62.  It was sold to Hyman-Michaels Co in March 1968 and resold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co in 1968.  It was sold ac Chattahoochee Valley Ry 743 in 1968 and sold as Birmingham Southern RR 743 on September 3, 1973.  It was renumbered 243 in October 1973 and resold as South Hopkins Coal Co 243 "Jiggs".  It was then sold to George R Silcott Co and resold as Sidney & Lowe RR  243.  It was sold to ORM in 1989 and restored as Rock Island 743.

814, F9A, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1954, #19741, FN  3179-A4, as Northern Pacific 7003D.  It became Burlington Northern 814, Class F-9, in 1970 and donated to ORM in July 1982.  It was painted as St Louis-San Francisco 814.

1045 was rebuilt at Denison in 1973 from a Pullman-Standard steel box car as Missouri-Kansas-Texas 1045.  The Union Pacific decided not to use it in 1988 and offered it to city of Denison.  It was delayed and sold to United States Army at Fort Sill, OK, as as shipping office loading flat cars. It was repainted in red and then donated to ORM in 2012.  It was repainted to the original green.

2571, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1949, #7746, FN E1095-A1, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 202L, Class 200, a F7A. It was retired on November 11, 1973, as was rebuilt at Cleburne as 2563, Class 2417i, in May 1973. It was sold to Los Angeles Junction RR as 2571 to ORM in 2012.

 

 

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