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Gold Coast RR Museum
153 was built by Alco-Schenectady in May 1922, #63262, as Florida East Coast 153. It was sold as United States Sugar Corp 153 in January 1940 and donated to University of Miami in February 1957. It was donated as GCRM 153 in November 1966.
106, RS1, was built by Alco in June 1951, #79051, as Savanna River Site 106. It was donated as GCRM 106.
904, ACPU, was built by General Motors in June 1952, #A384, FN C321A-8, as Ontario Northland RR 1513, FP7A. It was sold as Government of Ontario Transit 9852 in 1973 and rebuilt as ACPU on August 17, 1974. It was renumbered as 904 in 1975 and sold as Tri County Commuter Rail Authority 904 on November 1, 1991, It was retired in 1995 and given as GCRM 904..
4033, FP10, was built in December 1946, #3586, FN E695-A1, as Alton RR 800. It became Gulf Mobile & Ohio 800-A in June 1947 and Illinois Central Gulf 1601 in 1972. It was rebuilt on June 24, 1977, at Paducah as Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority 1101 and sold as Cape Cod RR 1101 in February 1992. It was sold to GCRM as Seaboard Air Line RR 4033.
W. B. Hardeson Lumber Co.
19 was built b Baldwin om February 1920, #52918, as Florida & Alabama RR 19. It was sold as WBHLCo 19 and sold as Roscoe Snyder & Pacific RR 5. It was donated to City of Snyder.
Jaxport Terminal Ry.
Jacksonville Port Authority
51, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1951, #14687, FN 5072-24, as Chicago Burlington & Quincy 223. It became Burlington Northern 1579, Class GP-7, in 1970 and retired in September 1983. It was sold to MidContinent Railway Museum in December 1983 and sold as Indiana & Ohio Ry 51 in March 1985. It was sold as JTR 51 in October 1993.
56, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1950, #10133, FN 6010-5, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5704, Class MRSE-15. It was reclassified Class GP-7 in 1964 and sold as INOH 56. It was sold as JTR 56 in October 1993.
102, DS44-1000, was built by Baldwin in April 1949, #74597, as Atlanta & West Point 677. It was sold as JPA 102.
1056, GP18, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1960, #26114, FN 5626-1, as Seaboard Air Line 400. It became Seaboard Coast Line 1056 in July 1967 and became Seaboard System 1056. It was sold as JXPT 1056.
2054, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1953, #18560, FN 5288-7, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2855, Class 2650. It was rebuilt in July 1973 at Cleburne as 2054, Class 2050. It was sold as JXPT 2054 and sold to Watco as WAMX 2054. It was renumbered 7016.
Jupiter & Lake Worth Ry.
There is a wonderful site which includes the history on this line. Tap Lines.
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Lee Tidewater Cypress Lumber Co.
1 was built by Baldwin in August 1914, #41649, as Carpenter-O'Brien Corp 1. It became Brooks-Scanlon Corp 1 in 1917 and transferred as LTCL 1 in 1947. It was sold to F Nelson Blount in 1962 and moved to North Walpole, NH. It was moved to Bellows Falls, VT, and then sent to Scranton, PA as Steamtown National History Site.
18 was built by Baldwin in May 1920, #53234, as Redman Lumber Co 12. It was sold to Georgia Car & Locomotive and resold as LTCL 18. The company was sold to J C Turner Co in 1958 and sold to Edaville Corp in 1962. It was sold to George Silcott in 1968 and sold to John Thompson in May 1968. It was donated to Illinois Railway Museum in 2008.
3, 25 Ton, was built by General Electric in April 1956, #32246, It was sold as Altra RR 3 in 1984,
Live Oak Perry & Gulf RR
100 was built by Baldwin in September 1913, #40630. It was scrapped in May 1955.
Manatee Crate Co.
2 was built by Baldwin in November 1913, #40861, as Taylor County Lumber Co 2. It was sold as Brooks-Scanlon Corp 2 and resold as MCCo 2. It was sold to City of Bradenton in 1954.
Marco Polo Park
35 was built by Orenstein & Koppel in 1933, #12444, as Buescher & Sohn 35. It was sold to L&M Mfg co. in April 1967 and sold to MPP in 1967. It went bankrupt in 1975 and sold to Eureka Springs & North Arkansas.
Marianna & Blountstown RR
1, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1941, #1537, FN E443-1, as Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis 20, Class DEM-600. It was renumbered 15 and became Louisville & Nashville 2115, Class S-30. It was renumbered 11 in 1965 and sold as M&B 11 in 1971. It was renumbered 1 and sold to Inman Service Co as ISCX 1939. It was sold to Watco as WAMX 105.
Maule Industries, Inc
55, 45 Ton, was built by Vulcan.
Monnah Park & Schilling Industries
No number, 44 Ton, was built by General Electric.
Moosehaven Central RR
0616, Class M5, was built at Waycross Shop, as Atlantic Coast Line 0616. It became Seaboard Coast Line 0616 in July 1967 and sold to Moosehaven, FL, and lettered as Moosehaven Central RR 0616.
Mount Dora, Tavares, & Eustis RR
4 was built by Baldwin in December 1913, #40958, as Laurel River Lumber Co. 22. It was sold as Carter-Kelley Lumber Co 4 and sold as W T Carter & Brother Lumber Co 4 in 1930. It was then donated to Grigsby Foundation in 1970. It was sold as Reader RR 4 in 1984 and leased to Mount Dora, Tavares & Eustis RR with various identifications. It was returned to Reader and does movie work.
M-201 was built by Brill in June 1927, #22529, as Philadelphia & Western Ry 63. It was rebuilt as 163 in 1931 and became Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co 163 in 1948. It became Southeastern Pennnsylvania Transportation Authority 163 in 1970. It was sold to Keokuk Junction Ry as Trans-Mississippi Trolley Co 163 in 1991 which had a stepwell added. It was sold and rebuilt by Edwards Co as a gas dining car, MDTE M-201 in 1999. There were mechanical problems and it was stored in Alabama.
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Gulf Coast RR Museum also got Alco S-2 #1 from the KSC/NASA. At the time of your picture of
#2 all three ALCOs were out of service being replaced by the newer EMD locos #
1, 2, & 3. I was there in Nov of 87 and had inquired about the fate of all three
ALCOs at the time. In 1988 we got the #1 as the group that was going to get it
could not make the needed arrangements. #2 ended up in GA and # 3 ended up at
Jax Port Authority.
All of these were acquired by GCRM thru my efforts at the time. All three were
prepped by me or other members with me for movement and were funded by myself or
with one other member of GCRM at the time.
1, S2, was built by Alco in September 1943, #70220, as U S Army 7102. It was rebuilt by Johnson Railway Service in December 1978 as NASA 1. It was donated to Gulf Coast RR Museum in 1988.
2, S2, was built by Alco in August 1943, #70080, as USA 7111. It was rebuilt by Johnson Railway Service in December 1978 as NASA 2. It was sold as Great River RR 2 in 1988.
3, S2, ws built by Alco. It was sold to Jax Port Authority in 1988.
1, 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 NASA 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
2, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1970, #36164, FN 4578-1, as TP&W 305. It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in December 1983 and later sold as NASA 2 in 1985. It was donated to Gulf Coast RR Museum in February 2014.
3, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1970, #36165, FN 4578-2, as TP&W 306. It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in December 1983 and later sold as NASA 3 in 1985. It was sold to City of Madison Port Authority as Madison RR 3 in October 2014.
150 was an office and tool car. It was built as United States Army 89449, hospital car and rebuilt as USA 87325 "General Albert J Myer". It was rebuilt as SC-1. The array that you see on the roof of the car is the comm antennas that were installed while it served as SC-1 and was the Communications Car for Presidential service from 1951 to 1973. Those antennas were install in the late 60s replacing the wire antennas and then the copper tube antennas from the 50s. It went to NLAX 150 and then to Gulf Coast Railroad Musem. It wasl sent to Steamtown for restoration after Hurricane Andrew hit the GCRM. The museum management decided the car wasn't historic and so they took the restoration money and left the car at Steamtown. From there it went to a nearby scrapper. It was not scrapped and was bought by Donald Nichols. The car was then reclaimed by another Florida group under dubious circumstances and currently sits in Miami minus its trucks.
Osceola Cypress RR
3.
Port Everglades Belt Ry.
300, 435 Ton, was built by General Electric in March 1939, #12502. It was purchased by Charles City Western as 201 in 1944. In December 1964 it became IowaTerminal 45. It was sold to Whisler Equipment in April, 1968, and later sold as Mound City Terminal Ry 1. It was sold as Danville Industries Inc as DANX 5.
400, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive on February 12, 1943, #2384, FN E5957-1. It was sold as Black River & Western 400 in April 1968 and later sold as Garvey International Inc 400 "Jean".
410, S1, was built by Alco in September 1943, #71260, and later became Empire Coke Co 410.
Port Manatee RR
Manatee County Port Authority
230, S4, was built by Alco in October 1954, #81094, as
1004, S2, was built by Alco in August 1943, #70273, as Newburgh & South Shore RR 11. It was renumbered 1004 and sold as MAUP 1004. It was sold as Withrow 1004 and sold as LSR 146 in June 1994.
7063, GP9RM, was built by General Motors in April 1959, #A1671 as Canadian National 4314, Class GR-17u. It was rebuilt as 7093, Class GS-418c, in 1992 and retired on August 30, 2007. It was sold to Progress Rail Services as PRLX 7063 on October 22, 2007, and sold as MAUP 7063 in August 2011.
7972, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1953, #17731, FN 6495-5, as Illinois Central 8972. It was rebuilt as 7972 in August 1969 and sold as MAUP 7972.
7974, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1953, #17733, FN 6495-7, as IC 8974. It was rebuilt as 7974 in July 1969 and sold as MAUP 7974.
Port of Palm Beach
West India Fruit & Steamship Co.
238, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive on September 26, 1941,
#1396
239, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1941, #1397, as Elgin Joliet & Eastern 239. It was sold as West India Fruit & Steamship Co 239 in July 1959 and became Port of Palm Beach 239. It was sold as Union States Sugar Co 157 and sold as Naporano Iron & Metal 157. It was sold as U S Phosphoric Products 157 and became Cities Service Chemicals 157. It became Gardinier Big River Inc 157 and sold as Cargill Inc 157.
"Sea Level" was built by Pullman in 1930. It was sold as Seaboard Air Line "Miami" and became Seaboard Coast Line 322 in July 1967.
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