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4, SW8, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1952, #15872, FN 4140-1, as Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical Co 4.  It became Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley RR 4 and sold as Shenango Mold Co 4.  It was sold as Vulcan Materials 4 at Akron, OH, and later transferred to Geismer, LA.  It was sold as SILX 101 and later renumbered 4.

204, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1949, #10084, FN 6041-2, as Galveston Wharves RR.  It was sold to Bunge Corp as B-204 and sold to Island Stevedoring in 1988.  It was leased to Elders Grain and sold to Inman Service Co as 204 in September 1991 and sold to Watco assigned as WAMX 103.  It was sold instead as SILX 204 and leased to Masterfoods USA in November 2004.

235, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1949, #8519, FN E1181-1 as Elgin Joliet & Eastern 435.  It was sold as IEI Container Services 435 in November 1987and resold RailLink Inc as RLIX 235.  It was resold to as SILX 235.

1245, SSB1200, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1951, #13827, FN 6214-A1, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 22419L, Class 2418, TR4A.  It was renumbered 1418A, Class 1418, in 1974 and retired in April 1979.  It was rebuilt as 1244, Class 1214, SSB1200, in 1979 and retired in 1985.  It was sold as Cooperative Farm Chemical Assn 1244 on May 1, 1985, and retired on June 16, 1989.  It was sold to Greenbrier Management Services LLC as FLIX 1244 and sold as SILX 1245.

1500, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1968, #33993, FN 7109-14, as Southern Pacific 2506, Class ES415-2.  It became Union Pacific 1099, Class SW1500, on July 13, 1997, and retired on February 24, 2009.  It was sold to S&I Locomotive Servics and renumbered as SILX 1501.  It was leased as El Dorado & Western 2nd 1501.

2036, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1968, #33520, FN 4527-1, as Toledo Peoria & Western 303.  It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in December 1983, and later sold as National Aeronautical & Space Administration 1 in 1985.  It was sold to Natchitoches Parish Port in 2014 and made arrangements with S&I Locomotive Services so that it was SILX  2036.

 

 

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