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All-time N&W Diesel Roster

Compiled by Robert G. Bowers

Abbreviations Used

HP ------------Horsepower

Gal. ----------U.S. Gallons

MU Cont -------Multiple Unit Control

MODS ----------Modifications

Builders

ALCO ----------American Locomotive Company (Alco Products)

ALCO/GE -------American Locomotive Company (General Electric)

EMD -----------Electro-Motive Division

BLH -----------Baldwin-Lime-Hamilton Corporation

BLW -----------Baldwin Locomotive Works

EMD -----------Motive Division of General Motors

F-M -----------Fairbanks-Morse, Inc.

GE ------------General Electric Company

GMD -----------General Motors of Canada Limited, Diesel Division

L-H -----------Lima-Hamilton

RLW -----------Republic Locomotive Works

Control Stand

Single --------Single Control Stand with short hood forward

Dual ----------Dual Control Stands with log hood forward

BI-DI ---------Bi-Directional Single Control Stand with long hood forward

And capable of operation in either direction

Modifications

HC ------------Hump control equipped with manual speed control rheostat.

HM ------------Hump master equipped with Vapor Pacesetter automatic speed regulation.

HP ------------Equipped with head end power, 500 KW electric generator.

HS ------------Hump slug for use with hump master units.

RC ------------Remote controlled locomotive.

RM ------------Road master equipped with Vapor Pacesetter automatic speed regulation.

RS ------------Road slug for use with road master units.

SG ------------Equipped with steam generator.

Slug Models

RP-A6 ---------Remote powered slug, ALCO, 6 axles.

RP-E4 ---------Remote powered slug, EMD, 4 axles.

RP-E4D --------Remote powered slug, EMD, 4 axles with dynamic Brakes.

RP-E4C --------Remote powered slug, EMD, 4 axles.

RP-E6 ---------Remote powered slug, EMD, 6 axles.

RP-F6 ---------Remote powered slug, F-M, 6 axles

RP-G4 ---------Remote powered slug, GE, 4 axles.

Railroad Abbreviations

A&BB ----------Akron & Barberton Belt

AC&Y ----------Akron, Canton & Youngstown

CR-------------Conrail

CW ------------Chesapeake Western

DH ------------Delaware & Hudson

DMU -----------Des Moines Union

EL ------------Erie Lackawanna

FP&E ----------Fairport, Painesville & Eastern

IT ------------Illinois Terminal

LE&FW ---------Lake Erie & Ft. Wayne

NFD -----------Norfolk, Franklin & Danville

NJI&I ---------New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois

NKP -----------New York, Chicago & St. Louis

NPBL ----------Norfolk, Portsmouth Belt Line

PPU -----------Peoria & Pekin Union

P&WV ----------Pittsburgh & West Virginia

TRA -----------Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

VGN -----------Virginian

WAB -----------Wabash

WSSB ----------Winston-Salem Southbound

W&LE ----------Wheeling & Lake Erie (new)

General Notes

1. ------Nickel Plate (NKP) locomotives No. 11 thru No. 910 was renumbered into N&W No. 2011 thru 2910. There are exceptions to this general rule.

2. ------Wabash (WAB) locomotives No. 2 thru No. 906 was renumbered into N&W No. 2011 thru 2910. Wabash locomotives No. 1000 thru No. 1015 was renumbered into N&W No. 3800 thru 3815. There are exceptions to this general rule.

3. ------Pittsburgh & West Virginia (P&WV) locomotives No. 50 thru No. 93 were renumbered into N&W No. 50 thru No. 93.

4. --==--All EMD Model GP18 were derated to 1750 horsepower in 1965 and 1966.