S/N 2288 only Model 40 to receive stairwell steps -- (probably added by an owner ?)
EMD s/n 1134 (d/b: August 1940)
Original Owner: Electro-Motive Corporation #1134
- Other owners: Sydney & Louisberg #10 >> McKinnon Indus. #19 (1963) >> Four Star
Collieries (10/1969) >> Devco Railway #20 (1991)
- Status: Museum of Industry at Stellarton, Nova Scotia (exhibit)
 Devco #20 (slide unindentified / R. Craig Coll.)
| EMD s/n 1308 (d/b: November 1941)
Original Owner: U.S. Rubber Company n#
- Other Owners: Old Ben Coal #2 -- On-going research has uncovered no additional owners
to date
- Status: Scrapped
 Placeholder (temporary ?)
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EMD s/n 1309 (d/b: November 1941)
Original Owner: U.S. Rubber Company n#
- Other owner: Penn-Dixie Cement n# > CHS Farm Co-Operatve
- Status: Lake Superior Railroad Museum at Duluth, Minnesota (exhibit)
 Lake Superior Railroad Museum (Jeff Terry photo)
| EMD s/n 1834 (d/b: 17 April 1942)
Original Owner: Defense Plant Corp. #1
- Other Owners: U.S. Army 7403 >> Buffalo Slag 3 >> Cushing Stone 264
- Status: Stands derelict at Amsterdam, New York
 Cushing Stone (Robert Kaplan photo) |
EMD s/n 1835 (d/b: 25 April 1942)
Original Owner: Defense Plant Corp. #2
- Other Owners: American Steel Foundry #51 >> Borg-Warner >> Calumet Steel #1
- Status: Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, Indiana (Exhibit)
 Calumet Steel at Chicago Heights, Illinois (John Eagan photo)
| EMD s/n 2284 (d/b: 22 August 1942)
Original Owner: U.S. Army 7952
- Other Owners: Acme Newport Steel #1 >> Newport Steel #1 >> PLS #300
- Status: Restored at PLS
 Newport Steel at Covington, Kentucky (R. Craig photo) |
EMD s/n 2285 (d/b: 29 August 1942)
Original Owner: U.S. Army 7953
- Other Owners: Gulf South Warehousing >> American Creosote Works n# >> Coastal Sand & Gravel (1964)
- Status: Stands derelict
 Allen Stanley Collection (photographer unknown) |
EMD s/n 2286 (d/b: 29 August 1942)
Original Owner: U.S. Army 7954
- Other Owners: Sanderson & Porter Construction 7954 >> Harbor Roundhouse Museum >> Walkerville Souuthern (2002)
- Status: Active, Walkerville Southern excursion trains
 Photo courtesy of Walkerville Southern RR |
EMD s/n 2287 (d/b: 27 September 1942)
Original Owner: U.S. Navy #65-00204
- Other Owners: Harley-Davidson "Big Bill" >> AMF Industries #1 >> West Penn Power n#
- Status: Agriculture & Industrial Museum of York County
 West Penn Power (Mike Walsdorf photo) |
EMD s/n 2288 (d/b: 5 September 1942)
Original Owner: U.S. Navy #56-00323 (stencil should read #65-00323)
- Other Owners: Naval Air Station (San Diego) #4 >> Douglas Aircraft n#
- Status: Traveltown Museum (Exhibited as "Charlie Atkins" #1)
 U.S. Navy (Thomas Hirsch photo) |
EMD s/n 2289 (d/b: April 1943)
Original Owner: Electro-Motive Division (Cleveland shop switcher)
- Other Owners: EMD (Chicago Plant switcher)
- Status: Scrapped
 R. Craig photo |
Technical Data
- Engine: Detroit Diesel 6-cylinder-71 Series (two)
- Total Horsepower: 300, with a maximum speed of 30 mph
- Trucks: Rigid frame, two-axle, with a wheelbase of 13'-0" and 45" wheels
- Traction Motors: EMD (2), with a total locomotive weight of 82,000 lbs.
- Air Brake: Westinghouse 14EL
- Main Generator: EMD D7
- Total Length: 26'-01", with a Cab Heighth of 13'-2.5"
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* * * Supplemental images * * * |
 EMD s/n 1834 -- Buffalo Slag #36
at Amsterdam, New York (T.J. Starr photo) |
 EMD s/n 1835 -- Borg-Warner n# at Chicago,
Heights, Illinois (Richard Campbell) |
 EMD s/n 1835 -- Hoosier Valley RR Museum
at North Judson, Indiana (Bill Slone photo) |
 EMD s/n 2284 -- Professional Locomotive
Services at East Chicago, IN (Craig Walker photo) |
 EMD s/n 2285 -- Coastal Sand & Gravel
at Lacombe, Louisiana (Michael M. Palmieri photo) |
 EMD s/n 2286 (placeholder) -- |
 EMD s/n 2288 -- U.S. Navy #4 at
Naval Air Station, San Diego, California (Photographer unknown) |
 EMD s/n 2288 -- McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft
at Torrance, California (Tom Hirsch photo) |
 EMD s/n 2288 -- "Charlie Atkins" at
at Travel Town in California (Charles Freericks photo) |
Reference Sources:
- "Critters, Dinkeys and Centercabs" by Jay Reed
- "Early Diesel and Electric Locomotives," Rail Heritage Publications
- Extra 2200 South Newsletter (issues 45 & 53)
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