List of preserved EMD F-series locomotives

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This is a summary, listing every locomotive from the EMD F-series that are in preservation.

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FT

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
6437 EMD 103.jpg 1030AEMDX 103March 1939FTA Electro-Motive Diesel (EMDX)-On static display at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri [1] [2]
1824Southern 960603October 1943FTB Southern Railway (SR)-Stored at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri [3]
EMD FT-B, Southern Ry 960604.jpg 2674Southern 960604December 1944-Stored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina
Locomotora FSBC 2203.jpg 2843Ferrocarril Sonora–Baja California 2203January 1945FTA-On static display at the National Railway Museum in Puebla, Puebla [4]

F3

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Lackawanna 663 & 664 (6125343033).jpg 5174"Delaware Lackawanna and Western 663"May 1948F3A1984Operational at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania Never operated under DL&W [5]
Canadian National Railway (CN) locomotive 9000 EMD F3A at Alberta Railway Museum 02-Aug-2004.jpg 5888Canadian National 9000 Canadian National Railway (CN)October 1971Operational at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton, Alberta [6]
The Potomac Eagle Crosses WV Route 28 (6170081665).jpg 8479Clinchfield 800December 1948
  • Clinchfield (CCO/CRR)
  • Seaboard System (SBD)
  • CSX Transportation (CSXT)
  • Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad (PESX)
Owned by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Tennessee Formerly painted and numbered as C&O 8016 and has since been repainted in Clinchfield colors and given its original number.

F7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
5798Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis 814April 1949F7A-Stored at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee Privately owned
EMD F7 347C.jpg 8306Santa Fe 347C1949Santa Fe (ATSF)-Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California Sole surviving Santa Fe F7 not converted into a CF7.
Conway Scenic Railroad Engine New Hampshire.JPG 8476Boston and Maine 4266March 1949 Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)-Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire [7]
LVRR loco 576.JPG 8551Chicago and North Western 4073CAugust 1949-Stored, awaiting restoration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee [8] [9]
Niles Canyon Railway - 20180916015206.jpg 8973Western Pacific 918-DJanuary 1950 Western Pacific Railroad (WP)March 1981Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [10]
WP 913 Neil916.JPG 8976Western Pacific 913-Operational at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
Boston & Maine -4268 and -4266 June 2023.jpg 9932Boston and Maine 4268October 1949Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)-Operational at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire [7]
10151Chicago and North Western 4087CDecember 1949-Stored, awaiting restoration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee [8] [9]
Kansas City Southern engine 73D.jpeg 12322 Kansas City Southern 37D August 1950Kansas City Southern (KCS)-Static Display at the Former Station in Decatur, Arkansas Converted into a slug unit. Added to NRHP in 2006.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum 2025 Visit - MARC 7100.jpg 12655MARC 7100February 1951F7 APCU-Operational at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
15158NdeM 6328-BNovember 1951F7B Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM)-On static display at the National Railway Museum in Puebla, Puebla [4]
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 6378 at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum - November 2020 - 01.jpg 16559Southern Pacific 6378July 1952F7AJune 11, 1968Stored, serviceable at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [11]
Southern Pacific Railroad No. 6380 at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum - November 2020.jpg 16561Southern Pacific 6380June 10, 1968Stored, serviceable at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [11]
Southern Pacific 6402.jpg 16583Southern Pacific 6402August 1952Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)December 18, 1969Stored at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
16587Bessemer and Lake Erie 715AJune 1952-Stored, Awaiting restoration at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville, Tennessee Will operate as L&N 815 [12]
EMD F7A locomotive.jpg 16591Bessemer and Lake Erie 719A-Under restoration at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville, Tennessee Will operate as L&N 819 [13]
16598Bessemer and Lake Erie 715BF7B Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B&LE)-Operational at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville, Tennessee Operates as L&N 715 [14]
16602Bessemer and Lake Erie 719B-Operates as L&N 719
ARR old Diesel engine No 1500 2011.jpg 17710Alaska Railroad 1500December 1952F7A Alaska Railroad (ARR)1986On static display at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla, Alaska
Galveston Railroad Museum March 2022 46 (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD F7A No. 315 and Southern Pacific Railroad 1892 Cooke 4-6-0 No. 314).jpg 18157Southern Pacific 6443February 1953July 24, 1969On static display, serviceable at the Galveston Railroad Museum in Galveston, Texas As AT&SF 315
Wabash No. 671 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum - March 2024.jpg A139Wabash 671March 1951-Display at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio Built by GMD
Monticello Railway Museum 1.jpg A487Wabash 1189April 19531979Operational at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois Last F7A built for the Wabash. Built by GMD in London, Ontario. [15]

FP7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelBuilderFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
WP 805A and train 2 Sparks NV 2004 WPRRHS Convention e.jpg 9004 Western Pacific 805-A January 1950FP7AEMD Western Pacific Railroad (WP)1972Operational at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [16]
Soo Line 2500 Streamliner.JPG 11012Soo Line 25001949Soo Line (SOO)1986Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota Built as demonstrator unit no. 7001.
Southern Railway 6133.jpg 11510Southern 6133April 1950
  • Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific (CNOTP)
  • Southern Railway (SOU)
-Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina
Railroad59.jpg 11515Southern 6138May 1950-Operational on the My Old Kentucky Dinner Train in Bardstown, Kentucky Owned by R.J. Corman, numbered 1941.
12337Southern 6141October 1950-Owned by R.J. Corman, numbered 1940.
Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad No. 6143, March, 2011.jpg 12339Stone Mountain Scenic 6143November 1950-Operational at the Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad in Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad No. 6147 - March 2014 - 01.jpg 12343Stone Mountain Scenic 6147-
CGW 116-A in front of the Oelwein Tower.jpg 13559Chicago Great Western 116-ADecember 19501993Display in Oelwein, Iowa
Verde Canyon Railway F units Clarkdale, Arizona (15683393564).jpg 19064Alaska Railroad 1510December 1953-Operational at the Verde Canyon Railroad in Clarkdale, Arizona
Verde Railroad - FP7 1512 - 1510 - 01.jpg 19065Alaska Railroad 1512
  • Alaska Railroad (ARR)
  • Wyoming and Colorado Railroad (WYCO)
  • Arizona Central Railroad (AZCR)
-Operational at the Verde Canyon Railroad in Clarkdale, Arizona
CP4038Minnedosa.png A242Canadian Pacific 4038September 1951GMD Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)December 1982On static display in Minnedosa, Manitoba CP Class DFA-15d
Canadian Pacific Railway diesel locomotive EMD FP7A 4069 (2015-Aug-27).jpg A370Canadian Pacific 4069August 1952
  • Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
  • Via Rail (VIA)
-Operational at the West Coast Railway Association (WCRA) in Squamish, British Columbia CP Class DFA-15.

F9

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateBuilderModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
BN F-Units (1).jpg 19056Burlington Northern 1January 1954EMDF9A
  • Northern Pacific (NP)
  • Burlington Northern (BN)
-Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [17]
19741Northern Pacific 7003-DSeptember 1954
  • Northern Pacific (NP)
  • Burlington Northern (BN)
-Operable at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Currently painted as Frisco 814 [18]
Crm california zephyr.jpg 20527Denver and Rio Grande Western 5771September 1955Denver and Rio Grande Western (DRGW)-Static Display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado
Erie Mining 4211.JPG 20831Erie Mining 4211May 1956Erie Mining (EMCO)2001Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railway No. 7012A - September 2017.jpg 21108Northern Pacific 7012AMarch 1956
  • Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
  • Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
-Operational at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad in Elbe, Washington

FP9

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateBuilderModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
NdeM 7020.jpg 22651NdeM 7020October 1956EMDFP9A Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM)-On static display at the National Railway Museum in Puebla, Puebla [4]
A1044Canadian National 6514January 1957GMD-Operational at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton, Alberta.
Locomotive 125 Texas State Railroad 2024.jpg A1051Texas State Railroad 125March 1957 FP9ARM -Operational at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas.
ViaFP9ARM-6300.jpg A1196Via Rail 6300April 1957
  • Canadian National Railway (CN)
  • Via Rail (VIA)
-Operational at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber City, Utah. [19] [20]
VIA GM FP9.jpg A1200Via Rail 6309May 1957
  • Canadian National Railway (CN)
  • Via Rail (VIA)
-Display at the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec.
A1393Texas State Railroad 126May 1958-Operational at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas.

FL9

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Maine Eastern FL9.jpg 21962New Haven 2016October 1957-Operational, Owned by Webb Rail. [21]
Maine Eastern (Morristown & Erie) 489 at Morristown Shops.jpg 21967New Haven 2021- [22]
EMD FL-9 Danbury 1.jpg 21972New Haven 2026November 1957-Display at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut.Currently numbered 2006 [23]
EMD FL-9 NYC 2013.jpg 21986New Haven 2040October 1960
  • New Haven (NH)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
  • Metro-North (MNCR)
-Repainted by Metro-North into New York Central colors despite never operating for the railroad. Currently numbered 2013 [24]
Grapevine - 53648825377.jpg 21987New Haven 2041-Operational at the Grapevine Vintage Railroad in Grapevine, Texas.Currently Grapevine Vintage 2014
21990New Haven 2044-Currently Grapevine Vintage 2016
20181229 161039 optimized.jpg 21995New Haven 2049-Awaiting repairs at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut.Currently numbered as 2019 [25]
Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum (Willimantic, Connecticut) (44521391865).jpg 22003New Haven 2057November 1960-Display at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, Connecticut.Currently numbered as 2023
22004New Haven 2058-Operational, Owned by Webb Rail.Renumbered to 2024 by Metro-North, has been renumbered back to 2058. [26]
22005New Haven 20591995Stored at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut.Final F-Unit that EMD built. Currently Metro-North 2033. [27]

F40C

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Metra 614.jpg 73689-2Metra 614May 1974F40C
  • Milwaukee Road (MILW)
  • Metra (METX)
-Awaiting restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [28]

F40PH

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
AMTK 231 Fun Train Soda Spgs Cr - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg 777001-2Amtrak 231September 1977F40PHR
  • Amtrak (AMTK)
  • Daylight Locomotives & Machine Works (DLMX)
  • Dynamic Rail (DYRX)
2001Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum. [29] [30] [31]
777018-15Ohio Central 460December 1977F40M-2C-Display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio Built as Amtrak 269
Amtrak 281.jpg 777063-2Amtrak 281April 1978F40PHR Amtrak (AMTK)2001Operational at the California State Railroad Museum.
NCTM Roundhouse2.jpg 786140-8Amtrak 307May 1979F40PH-Stored at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.
796391-2Ohio Central 452November 1980F40M-2C-Display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio Built as Amtrak 348
Coaster at Santa Fe Depot (San Diego).JPG 1193-03Coaster 21031994F40PHM-2C Coaster (SDNX)2021Operational as cab car at Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California.Built by Morrison–Knudsen (M–K) [32]
THE COASTER AT OCEANSIDE.jpg 1193-05Coaster 2105Operational as cab car at Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California. [33]

F45

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Great Northern -441 @ Izaak Walton Inn Essex, Montana..jpg 34046Santa Fe 5960June 1968F45/SDF45March 1994On static display at Glacier National Park in Essex, Montana Used as a lodge at the Izaak Walton Inn. [34]
Montana Rail Link 390 at Western Rail Inc. on February 20, 2023.jpg 37184Montana Rail Link 390April 1971F45/SDF45-Stored in Airway Heights, Washington

FP45

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
33189Santa Fe 90December 1967FP45u/SDFP45December 1999On static display at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [35]
ATSF 92.jpg 33191Santa Fe 92Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF)January 1997Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [36] [37]
Diesel Locomotive.jpg 33192Santa Fe 931999 Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kansas [38]
USA 2012 0289 - Barstow - Western America Railroad Museum (6934386044).jpg 33194Santa Fe 95-Display at Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California
Santa Fe EMD FP45 diesel -97 at Fair Park 09.2006.jpg 33196Santa Fe 97
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF)
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
-Under restoration at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas To be renumbered back to 107.
ATSF 108 at Southern California Railway Museum.jpg 33197Santa Fe 108September 1997Operational at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California [39] [40]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Works no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateCause of scrappingNotesReferences
3600Gulf, Mobile and Ohio 880ADecember 1946FP10- Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut 2024Poor condition

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Though the Great Northern Railway went defunct in 1970, ATSF 90 was operated under BNSF and operated as a GN locomotive

References

  1. ↑ "General Motors #103 "The Diesel That Did It"". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  2. ↑ "EMD 103". stlouisnrhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  3. ↑ "Southern 960603 FTB". stlouisnrhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  4. 1 2 3 "Preserved Standard Gauge Diesel Traction in Mexico, 2012". www.internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  5. ↑ "DL&W F3 Locomotive #663". Tri-State Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  6. ↑ "Special Interest Equipment | The Alberta Railway Museum". railwaymuseum.ab.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  7. 1 2 Franz, Justin (2022-05-09). "Former Boston & Maine F7A Reenters Service Following Restoration". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  8. 1 2 "URHS Closes on Sale of F7s 576 and 578". United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Chicago Northwestern 576 & 578". Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Western Pacific #918D". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  11. 1 2 "SP 6378 & 6380". www.ggrm.org. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  12. ↑ ""L&N" F7A 815". Tennessee Central Railway Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  13. ↑ ""L&N" F7A 819". Tennessee Central Railway Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  14. ↑ ""L&N" F7B's 715 & 719". Tennessee Central Railway Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Wabash #1189". Monticello Railway Museum. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "WPRM - WP 805A". WPLives.org. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  17. ↑ "Burlington Northern BN-1". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  18. ↑ "OKRX 814 – EMD F9A". Oklahoma Railway Museum. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  19. ↑ Greenlaw, Chris; Greenlaw, Christopher C. N. (2007). VIA Rail. Voyageur Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN   978-1-61060-562-5.
  20. ↑ Bytown Railway Society, Inc. "Canadian Trackside Guide 2017". Canadian Trackside Guide: 1–85. ISSN   0829-3023.
  21. ↑ "FL9 488". Webb Rail. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "FL9 489". Webb Rail. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  23. ↑ "New Haven #2006 - EMD FL-9". Danbury Railway Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "New York Central #2013 - EMD FL-9". Danbury Railway Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "New Haven FL9 2019". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "FL9 2024". Webb Rail. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  27. ↑ "Metro-North FL9 2033". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "Metra 614". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  29. ↑ "Amtrak 231". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  30. ↑ Franz, Justin (2025-07-07). "Historic Amtrak Locomotives Donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  31. ↑ "Two former Amtrak diesels donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Trains. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  32. ↑ "Historic Coaster Locomotive 2103 Arrives at Campo". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  33. ↑ Franz, Justin (2022-07-20). "Coaster F40 Bound for Southern California Railway Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  34. ↑ "GN 441 Luxury Locomotive Lodge and its Long, Strange Trip". www.gn441.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  35. ↑ "Santa Fe 90 – EMD FP45". Oklahoma Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  36. ↑ "Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 92". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  37. ↑ "Restore Santa Fe 92". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  38. ↑ "SANTA FE 93 History". gptm. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  39. ↑ "Santa Fe Railway 108". Southern California Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  40. ↑ "Santa Fe Roster". Southern California Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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