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1296 was built by Whitcomb.

252, HE15, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1951, #14301, as Chicago & North Western 1534, a GP7. It was rebuilt at Oelwein on May 18, 1980, as 4200, as HE15. It was renumbered 4252 on May 14, 1951. It was sold to KJRy as 252 on February 8, 1991.  It was scrapped.

405, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1949, #6651, as Peoria & Pekin Union Ry 405, Class D-4.  It was sold to KJRy as 405 in 1986 and was transferred as Pioneer Railcorp 108.

406, F7A, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1949, #8576, as Chicago & North Western 4086-A. It was rebuilt for suburban service in 1959 and renumbered 406 in December 1971. It was sold to Regional Transportation Authority (Metra)  on December 31, 1977, and was leased back to C&NW. It was retired by RTA on May 2, 1983, and sold to St. Louis & Chain of Rocks RR as 406 in May 1985.  It later sold as KJRy 406 and then Gettysburg RR 402.

471, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1953, #17730, as Illinois Central 8971.  It was rebuilt at Paducah as 7971 in November 1968 and sold as Iowa Interstate RR 7971 in October 1984.  It was renumber 71 in 1986 and renumbered 471 in 1987.  It was sold as KJRy 471 in September 1994.

488, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1953, #17949, FN 6501-A2, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 337L, Class 325, an F7A.  It was rebuilt at Cleburne as 2488, Class 2417, in December 1974 and retired on June 26, 1987.  It was sold to National Railway Equipment in July 1987 and sold as KJRy 488.

RE1061, S2, was built by Alco in June 1947, #75239, as Chicago Great Western 10, Class D-3.  It became Chicago & North Western 1015 on July 1, 1968, and renumbered 1085 in December 1971.  It was renumbered 1094 in May 1973 and retired on May 21, 1975.  It was sold as Nekoosa Paper Co 17 and sold to Railway Equipment Co as 1061 in 1981.  It was leased to KJRy as RE1061,

1750, FP9A, was built by General Motors in October 1954, #A632, as Canadian National 6502, Class GPA-17a.  It became Via Rail Canada 6502, Class GPA-17a, in March 1978 and sold as Algoma Central RR 1750 in February 1995.  It was sold to Pioneer Railcorp as 1750 in 2003 and assigned as Peoria & Western Ry 1750 in 2007.  It was reassigned as KJRy 1750 in September 2011.

1752, FP7A, was built by General Motors in January 1955, #A641, as CNR 6511, Class GPA-17a.  It became Via 6511, Class GPA-17a, in 1978, and later ACRR 1752 in February 1995.  It was sold to Pioneer as 1752 in 2003 and assigned as PWRY 1752 in 2007.  It was transferred as KJRy 1752 in September 2011.

103, S3, was built by Alco in May 1952, #79774, as Brooks-Scanlon Inc 102.  It became Oregon & Northwestern RR 102 in January 1957 and sold as City of Prineville Ry 103 on September 25, 1968.  It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen in April 1972 and sold to D A Wilson Co in 1983.  It was sold as KWRR 103 in October 1983 and resold as Sisseton Southern RR 103 in 1988.  It became Dakota Southern RR 103 in 1989.

1, 20 Ton, was built by Vulcan in February 1942, #4354, as Corps of Engineers 2093.  It became United States Army 7714 and sold as Connor Land & Lumber Co 1.  It was sold as Otter Tail Power Co 1 and then LGCo 1.  It became Cargill Seed Sales 1 in 1985.

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This railroad opened in 1901 and was abandoned in 1951.

1 was a 4-4-0 purchased from the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul.

2 was a 4-4-0 built by Baldwin in December 1876, #4037, for the Northern Pacific. It was acquired by the CM&StP in 1879 and was numbered 226 "James Campbell". In 1899 it was renumbered 1433, Class H-2, and sold to the M&O as 2 in June 1904.

3 was a 4-4-0 purchased from the CM&StP.

4 was a 2-4-4T built in 1890 as Illinois Central 219. It was later renumbered 1419 and sold to the M&O as 4.

5 was a 4-4-0 built by Rhode Island in 1882, #1276, as CM&StP 617, Class H-7. It was renumbered 504 in April 1899 and 704 in December 1912. On July 30, 1932 it was sold to the M&O as 5. It was scrapped in 1951.

6 was a 4-4-0 built by Rhodes Island in March 1886, #1630, as Chicago Burlington & Northern 3. It was renumbered 918 in 1898 and became Chicago Burlington & Quincy 64, Class A-1, in 1904. It was rebuilt at Galesburg in 1916 as 379, Class A-2. It was sold to Atlantic Northern as 2 in June 1929 and to M&O as 6 in 1936. It was scrapped in 1951.

No number, 65 Ton, was built by General Electric in May 1942, #15269, as United States Army 7018.  It was sold as Marquette Cement Co no number and became Monarch Cement Co no number.  It was sold as American Steel Foundries Co. 9-G-11..

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This line was organized in 1902 and built a line from Newton to Rockwell City.  It was taken over by Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern in 1909.

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1, S3, was built by Alco in September 1950, #78391, as Boston & Maine 1175, Class DS-3b.  It was sold as Virginia Power & Light Co 1175 on January 22, 1965, and resold to Stone ^ Webster Co in 1965.  It was sold as Continental Forest Products Co 1175 and resold as OVRR 1.  It was sold as Seaview Transportation Co 3 in 1981 and leased as Cape Cod & Hyannis 3.  It was returned as Seaview 3 "Hamilton".

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RailWest Railroad Museum

The museum is in the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific station at Council Bluffs.  The station was built in 1899 and it was taken over for the museum in 1985.

Union Pacific 814, Class FEF-1, was built by Alco-Schenectady in July 1937, #68822.  It was retired in June 1961 and donated to City of Council Bluffs, IA, in August 1962.  It became RWRM  in 1985,

Unnumbered 45DE locomotive was built as Plymouth in 1953, #5700, as Iowa Electric Light & Power Co.  It became MidAmerica Energy and then Cal Energy and then Allient Energy.  It was donated to RWRM.

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