List of preserved EMD E-series locomotives

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This is a summary, listing every locomotive from the EMD E-series that are in preservation. [1]

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EA/EB

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Capitol Limited EMD EA and Tom Thumb 1937.jpg 666Baltimore and Ohio 51May 16, 1937 EA Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)-On static display at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland GMC Class DE [2] [3]

E3

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Atlantic Coast Line 501.jpg 959 Atlantic Coast Line 501 November 1939E6A-Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum Originally built as an E3A, rebuilt as an E6A [4]

E5

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Nebraska Zephyr.jpg 968Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 9911A Silver PilotFebruary 1940E5A1968Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [5]

E6

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Rock Island locomotive 630.jpg 1424 Rock Island 630October 1941E6A-Owned by the under-construction Manly Junction Railroad Museum in Manly, Iowa [6]
L&N 770 19-10-18 751.jpg 1615 Louisville & Nashville #7701942E6A Louisville and Nashville Railroad Static display at the Kentucky Railway Museum

E7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
RR76.37 No. 5901 Front Side.jpg 3357Pennsylvania Railroad 5901September 1945E7A-On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, in Strasburg, Pennsylvania PRR Class EP-20 [7]

E8

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
9675Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway 100December 1949E9AM2014 (IC use)Operational (executive train)
Burlington EMD E9 Passenger Locomotive.jpg 9677Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 9939AJanuary 1950E9AM-On static display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MissouriNamed "Village of Westmont" by BN when rebuilt as an E9AM. [8] [9]
9679Canadian National 102January 1950E9AM-On static display at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois Named "City of Naperville" by BN when rebuilt as an E9AM. [10] [11] [12]
EMD E8.jpg 10425Pennsylvania Railroad 58881951E8A
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Amtrak (AMTK)
-Undergoing restoration at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
Norfolk Southern "Lawmen" Celebrate Steam Railroad Engines with Erie Railroad No. 833 - June 2015.jpg 12231Erie Railroad 8331951E8A
  • Erie Railroad (ERIE)
  • Erie Lackawanna (EL)
  • Conrail (CR)
  • New York & Greenwood Lake (NYGL)
-Operational, Based at the turntable in Port Jervis, New York.
PRR E8s in Altoona.jpg 13102Pennsylvania Railroad 5809January 1951E8A-Owned by the Juniata Terminal Company PRR Class EP-22
PRR 5898 Special, Corning, NY on October 9, 1987 02 (22423086857).jpg 13113Pennsylvania Railroad 5898March 1951E8A-Operational on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Jackson, Missouri PRR Class EP-22
Other displays @the NCTM Southern Railway No. 6900 - July 2012.jpg 14172Southern 69001951E8A
  • Southern Railway (SOU)
-Operational, Based at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.
SOU6901 Southeastern Railroad Museum (52270315839).jpg 14173Southern 69011951E8A
  • Southern Railway (SOU)
  • New Georgia Railroad (NGRR)
-Operational, Based at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia.
Wabash 1009 at the VTM.jpg 14420Wabash 10091951E8A
  • Wabash (WAB)
-Operational, Based at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia.10,000th Locomotive built by EMD.
Rock Island locomotive 652.jpg 15199 Rock Island 652February 1952E8A-Owned by the under-construction Manly Junction Railroad Museum in Manly, Iowa [6]
Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage Unit No. 5711 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC - May 2014.jpg 16780Pennsylvania Railroad 5711October 1952E8A-Owned by the Juniata Terminal Company PRR Class EP-22
16788"New York Central 4097"E8A-Private ownership in Connecticut.Never operated on the NYC. Previously on display in New York Central colors at Duanesburg, New York until previous owner passed.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad E8A Engine No. 796 - April 2013 - 01.jpg 18117 Chicago & North Western 5028AJune 1953E8A-Static display at The Historic Railpark and Train Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky Cosmetically altered to look like Louisville & Nashville 796, another E8A that was scrapped in the 70's. 5028A never operated for the L&N.
18319Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway 101September 1953E9AM
  • Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
  • Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH)
2014 (IC use) [13]
Njsr1 (190602642).jpg 19011Southern 69131953E8A
  • Southern Railway (SOU)
  • New Jersey Transit (NJT)
-Restoration, Based at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum.
Southern 6914 at Grand Junction.jpg 19012Southern 69141953E8A
  • Southern Railway (SOU)
  • New Jersey Transit (NJT)
-Restoration, Based at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
20494Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway 103January 1950E9AM
  • Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
  • Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH)
2014 (IC use) [13]

E9

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
North Shore 749 and BN 9908.jpg 18318Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9976September 1953E9AM
  • 1992 (BN)
  • 2005 (MARC)
Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [14]
Southern Pacific 6051.jpg 20100Southern Pacific 6051December 1954E9A Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)December 24, 1969 California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
20507 Wisconsin and Southern 102September 1955E9B
  • 1975 (as locomotive)
  • 1983 (as Amtrak steam generator car)
Rebuilt into a steam generator car in 1975, rebuilt back into a locomotive in 2008 [15]
Canadian National No. 103 - May 2009.jpg 20535Canadian National 103December 1955E9AM
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
  • Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
  • Canadian National Railway (CN)
-Donated to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin Named "James M. Gagen" by BN when rebuilt as an E9AM.
BN-3 August 2017.jpg 20541Burlington Northern 31956E9AM [16]
21608 Milwaukee Road 33C1956E9A Milwaukee Road (MILW)-Undergoing restoration to operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [17]
Yellow and Red.jpg 26567 Milwaukee Road 37A1961E9AMilwaukee Road (MILW)-Stored at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [18]
26673Amtrak 4037August 1961E9A
  • Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
  • Amtrak (AMTK)
-On static display at the Louisiana Steam Train Association in New Orleans, Louisiana [19]
NYC 4096 at Danbury Railway Museum, April 2015.jpg 28668"New York Central 4096"1963E9A-On static display in New York Central colors at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia Never actually operated on the NYC

Formerly preserved, scrapped

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
Two more classic restored locomotives, Pennsylvania Railroad model E8s power an excursion train in 1987.jpg 16775Pennsylvania Railroad 5706September 1952E8A- Grants Mill Station in Irondale, Alabama 2021Sat at a parking lot of a strip mall; strip mall decided to remove it for the needs of a new parking lotPRR Class EP-22

See also

References

  1. Toppan, Andrew (5 March 1997). "Surving E Units List". Archived from the original on 3 December 2024.
  2. "B&O No. 51". B&O Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  3. "Historic diesel locomotives saved by the 2020s". Trains. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  4. "Atlantic Coast Line #501". www.csx.com. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  5. "Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  6. 1 2 "Construction begins on Manly Junction Railroad Museum". Trains . 21 November 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. "Our Trains". Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  8. "9939 CB&Q E8A". stlouisnrhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  9. "#9939A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Locomotive". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  10. "Canadian National donates former Illinois Central E9 to Monticello museum". Trains. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  11. "CN 102". Monticello Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  12. "Canadian National repaints E9 in heritage colors | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  13. 1 2 "Aberdeen Carolina & Western E9A debuts". Trains. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  14. "Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9976". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  15. "Union Pacific 967B". Illinois Railway Museum.
  16. "Burlington Northern BN-3". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  17. "Milwaukee Road 33C". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  18. "Milwaukee Road 37A". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  19. "Rolling Stock - LASTA". 14 August 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2025.