List of preserved GE locomotives

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A number of locomotives constructed by General Electric (GE) have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations across the world. Each locomotive is listed by serial number.

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Switchers

25-ton

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
30827Ellwood National Forge 188November 1950
  • Pennsylvania Power Company
  • Ellwood National Forge
December 2008Operational at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania
31561Hartford Electric Light 52April 1952Hartford Electric Light Company (HELCo)2005Display at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [1]
Central Texas Gravel Locomotive 210.jpg 31784 Central Texas Gravel 210 April 1953Central Texas Gravel2005Display at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas Added to the NRHP in 2007
Wabash Alloys Locomotive.jpg Unknown Wabash Alloys Locomotive ca. 1940Wabash Alloys2003Display at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas Added to the NRHP in 2007

44-ton

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Central of Georgia Railroad- Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities (08).jpg 15757United States Army 7069December 1942-Operational at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah, Georgia
NKP 91 at ITM 2009.jpg 30472Nickel Plate Road 91September 1950 Boyne City Railroad (BCRR)-Operational at Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, Indiana

70-ton

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Barre & Chelsea number 14 locomotive Vermont Granite Museum Barre VT June 2021.jpg 29088Barre & Chelsea Railroad 14October 1947
  • Barre & Chelsea Railroad (B&C)
  • Montpelier & Barre Railroad (M&B)
-Static display at the Vermont Granite Museum in Barre, Vermont
29466High Point, Thomasville and Denton Engine 202January 1948-Operational at Denton FarmPark in Denton, North Carolina [2]
30032Downeast Scenic 54December 1948-Operational at the Downeast Scenic Railroad in Ellsworth, Maine
Ex-Southern Pacific 5100, GE switcher, at ORHC in 2013.jpg 30034Southern Pacific 5100April 1949 Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)-Stored, serviceable at the Oregon Pacific Railroad, in Milwaukie, Oregon
30166Southern Pacific 5103May 1949July 1, 1975Stored at the Sumpter Valley Railway in McEwen, Oregon
Baltimore&Annapolis Locomotive -50.jpg 30437Baltimore & Annapolis 50January 1950 Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad (BA)-Displayed at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
32284Southern Pacific 5119May 1955October 1967Operational at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association in Campo, California [3]

132-ton

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
12569Wellsville, Addison & Galeton 1700March 1940Display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania

Universal Series

U23B

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
38398Ohio Central 4092July 1964B23-7S-Donated to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio.Built as a U23B, rebuilt into a B23-7S. Originally slated to be scrapped by the EPA, but was instead spared from scrap. [4]
40127CSX 95531975U23B
  • CSX
  • Louisville & Nashville (L&N)
Operational at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Georgia Central Macon 04-17-05 019.jpg 41518GC 39651977U23B
  • Georgia Central (GC)
  • Norfolk Southern (NS)
  • Southern (SOU)
Stored at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
41593Naugatuck Railroad 22031977U23BOperational at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut Last Universal Series locomotive built [5]

U25B

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
SP 3100 2024.jpg 34700Southern Pacific 3100March 29, 1963U25BESouthern Pacific Transportation Company (SP)December 17, 1986Operational at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, California.
NYC 2500, Lake Shore Railway Museum 2022.png 34986New York Central 25001963U25B
  • New York Central (NYC)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
-On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania [6]
35133Louisville and Nashville 1616July 1964U25B-Stored at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
35639Milwaukee Road 5056July 1965U25B
  • Milwaukee Road (MILW)
Awaiting restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [7]
35640Milwaukee Road 5057July 1965U25B
  • Milwaukee Road (MILW)
Under restoration by the Cascade Rail Foundation in Usk, Washington [8]
35733New Haven 2525November 1965U25B
  • New Haven (NH)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
In storage at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut.

U28B

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
2023-05-27 Illinois Railway Museum TTI No. 260.jpg 36119TTI 260January 1967U28B2019Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [9]

U30B

Works no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
36451Western Pacific 3051September 1967U30B Western Pacific Railroad (WP)1985Undergoing cosmetic restoration at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum [10]

U36B

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
CSX 7764.png 36451CSX 77641970U36B
  • Seaboard Coast Line (SCL)
  • Seaboard System (SBD)
  • CSX Transportation (CSXT)
  • Massachusetts Call Volunteer Firefighters Association (MCVX)
On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania [11]

U25C

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad No. 2501 at the Presque Isle Ore Dock, Marquette, MI - September 2011.jpg 35063Lake Superior and Ishpeming 2501July 1964U25C Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I)-On static display at Lake Shore Boulevard in Marquette, Michigan

U30C

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
36318RDG 6300June 1967U30CReading (RDG)On static display at the Reading Company Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Burlington Northern BN 5802 (U30C) (10569616465).jpg 38243Burlington Northern 5802January 1972U30C Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)On static display in Gillette, Wyoming
Department of Transportation locomotive 001.JPG 38090DOTX 1June 1971U30CUS Department of Transportation (DOTX)On static display at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.
GE U30C BN 5383.jpg 39942Burlington Northern 5383October 1974U30C Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)-Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [12]

U34CH

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Hoboken terminal (GE U34CH).png 37650New Jersey Transit 3372April 1971-Undergoing restoration, Owned by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey in Boonton, New Jersey [13]

U36C

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
38890Minnesota Commercial 501973SF30C
  • Minnesota Commercial (MNNR)
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
2022Under ownership of the Arizona Railway Museum Built as a U36C, rebuilt into an SF30C [14]

Dash 7 line

B30-7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
42248Southern Pacific 7863April 1979B30-7January 29, 2001Stored at Revolution Rail Company in South Fork, Colorado
Chessie 8272, Lake Shore Railway Museum 2022.png 42777Chesapeake and Ohio 8272January 1980B30-72009On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania [14]

B32-7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
41740Providence and Worcester 2201March 1978B32-7 Providence and Worcester (PW)2019Stored at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut [15]

C30-7

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
CSX 1837 LOC highsmith photo 31740v.jpg 43064Louisville and Nashville 7067August 1980C30-7
  • Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N)
  • Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
  • CSX Transportation (CSX)
1999Operational, under ownership of Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in Irvine, Kentucky [16] [17]

Dash 8 line

B32-8

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
539 Frostburg.jpg 46134Western Maryland Scenic 5391989B32-8-Operational at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. [18]
NIWX (WM) 558 Woodcock Hollow.jpg 46153Western Maryland Scenic 5581989B32-8-Operational at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. [19]
WMSR 561 Interchange Bridge.jpg 46158Western Maryland Scenic 5611989B32-8-Operational at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. [20]
NS 3563, Lake Shore Railway Museum 2022.png 46158Norfolk Southern 35631989B32-8 Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)-On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania [21]

B40-8

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Up 1848 (1).jpg 45697Union Pacific 18481988B32-8
  • St Louis Southwestern (SSW)
  • Union Pacific (UP)
2014Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [22]

B40-8W

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
46441ATSF 5371990B40-8W
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
  • BNSF
2024Operational at Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, IL [23]

C40-8CM

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
46313BCOL 46181990C40-8CM
  • British Columbia Railway (BCOL)
  • Canadian National (CN)
Under ownership of the Alberta Railway Museum [24]

AC series

AC6000CW

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
GE 6002, Lake Shore Railway Museum 2022.png 50945GE Transportation 60022000AC6000CW-On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania [25]

Electric

Little Joe

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Milwaukee Road Little Joe.jpg 29927Milwaukee Road E70December 1948 Milwaukee Road (MILW)-On static display in Deer Lodge, Montana
SSL 802, Lake Shore Railway Museum 2022.png 29931Chicago, South Shore and South Bend 802May 1949 Chicago, South Shore and South Bend (CSS)-On static display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum (LSRM) in North East, Pennsylvania
Little Joe locomotive at IRM.jpg 29932Chicago, South Shore and South Bend 803May 1949Chicago, South Shore and South Bend (CSS)-Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union, Illinois [26]

GG1

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
RR2000.20 GG1 PRR 4800.jpg 11646 Pennsylvania Railroad 4800 August 1934Pennsylvania GG1-Static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Built as the prototype for the GG1.

E60

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
38413Black Mesa and Lake Powell 6001December 1972E60C Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BLKM)-Display at the Arizona State Railroad Museum
39536New Jersey Transit 958November 1975E60CH-Awaiting cosmetic restoration at the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
0387 Strasburg - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - Flickr - KlausNahr.jpg 39542Amtrak 603June 1976E60MAAmtrak (AMTK)-Static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

EF

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Milwaukee Road Electric Locomotive No. 10200.jpg 5022AMilwaukee Road 10200A+BSeptember 1915EF-1 Milwaukee Road (MILW)-Static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
The Milwaukee Road Engine E57B on display in Harlowton, Montana.jpg 5110BMilwaukee Road 10211BFebruary 1916ES-3Milwaukee Road (MILW)-Static display in Harlowton, Montana

S-Motor

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
NYC-100-front-quarter.jpg 29935New York Central 100October 1904S-1 New York Central Railroad (NYC)-Awaiting restoration at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut Prototype for the S-Motors
New York Central -113, Class S-2 Electric Locomotive, American Locomotive Co. and General Electric, 1906.jpg 29948New York Central 113September 1906S-2New York Central Railroad (NYC)-Static display at the National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri
29950New York Central 115October 1906S-2
  • New York Central Railroad (NYC)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
-Static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [27]

T-Motor

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
NYC-278-no2-end-angle.jpg 66710New York Central 278September 1926T-3a New York Central Railroad (NYC)-Awaiting restoration at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut

EL-C

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Conrail 4601, April 22nd 2024.jpg 32544Conrail 4601October 1956EL-C-Static display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [28]
Virginian135.jpg 32548Virginian Railway 135November 1956EL-C
  • Virginian Railway (VGN)
  • Norfolk and Western (N&W)
  • New Haven (NH)
  • Penn Central (PC)
  • Conrail (CR)
-Static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia

E44

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
PRR 4465 Brick.JPG 34011Pennsylvania Railroad 4465July 1963E44-Static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania

EP-2

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
E-2 Bi-polar.jpg 6979Milwaukee Road E-2November 1918EP-2 Milwaukee Road (MILW)-Static display at the National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri

Gas Turbine

PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Union Pacific 18.jpg 34069Union Pacific 18August 1960 Union Pacific Railroad (UP)February 1970Display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [29]
UP GTEL -26.jpg 34085Union Pacific 26February 1961Union Pacific Railroad (UP)-Display at the Ogden Union Station in Ogden, Utah

Formerly preserved, scrapped

U25B

Works no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateLast seenScrap dateNotesReferences
34996New York Central 2510May 1964U25B- Glenmont, New York 2022 [30] [31]

See also

References

  1. "Hartford Electric Light 25-ton 52". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. "Handy Diesel Locomotive". Denton FarmPark. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  3. "Southern Pacific #5119". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  4. McKinney, Chad (2024-10-09). "Ohio Central donates diesel locomotive #4092 to the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum". Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  5. "Naugatuck U23B 2203". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  6. "Rolling Stock of LSRHS". lakeshorerailway.com. Lake Shore Railway Historical Society.
  7. "Milwaukee Road 5056". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  8. Krueger, Paul (2025-05-30). "The 5057 Project is moving again! - Cascade Rail Foundation". www.milwelectric.org. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  9. "TTI 260". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  10. "WPRM - WP 3051". www.wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  11. Grabowski, Ray (21 August 2018). "1970 "U-Boat Locomotive" Transferred to Lake Shore". lakeshorerailway.com. Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  12. "Burlington Northern 5383". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  13. "Restoration effort begins for last surviving U34CH". Trains. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  14. 1 2 "Lake Shore Railway Historical Society Receives Restored Vintage General Electric Dash-7 Locomotive". Lake Shore Railway Historical Society and Museum. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  15. "Providence & Worcester B23-7 2201". Railroad Museum of New England. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  16. "Kentucky Steam Heritage Adds L&N C30-7 to Collection". Diesel Era. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  17. Franz, Justin (2022-04-26). "L&N Lives: CSX Paints Donated C30-7 For Kentucky Steam". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  18. "No. 539". Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  19. "No. 558". Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  20. "No. 561". Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  21. "Rolling Stock of LSRHS". lakeshorerailway.com. Lake Shore Railway Historical Society.
  22. "Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: UP donates B40-8 to Illinois Railway Museum | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  23. "Locomotive #537 – ATSF | Railroading Heritage of Midwest America" . Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  24. "Canadian National donates 'Draper Taper' unit to museum". Trains. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  25. Franz, Justin (2022-03-24). "Wabtec Donates GE AC6000 Locomotive to Lake Shore Railway Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  26. "Chicago South Shore & South Bend 803". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  27. "Penn Central 4715". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  28. "Conrail 4601". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  29. "Union Pacific 18". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  30. "Museum works to save two rare New York Central electric locomotives". Trains. 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  31. Franz, Justin (2022-04-21). "While Rare Electrics Prepare For Move, Future Grim for Nearby Diesels". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-16.