Morristown & Erie

(** A RRPX Affiliate Railroad)

MOTIVE POWER

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Revised: 21 June 2026 Photograph by: John Durant
AAR Mark: ME Roster by: Stephen Kay
Bldr/Model Road No. Bldr No. Bldr Date Notes
EMD SW1500 20 32156 10/66 Ex-NEC 1500 < ACWR 1500/1315, < CSXT 1315 < nee RF&P 91
EMD/M-K TE50-4S 22 19875 9/54 OoS; ex-Morrison Knudsen 5001 < nee UP 278
EMD GP15-1 24 767038-14 7/77 Ex-UPY 603 < UP 1603 < nee MP 1603
25 787183-6 9/79 Ex-UPY 620 < UP 1620 < nee MP 1620
EMD MP15DC 26 767051-7 6/77 Wears 250th Commemorative Scheme; ex-ME 2354 < NS 2354 < < nee Sou 2354

* * * Dispositions * * *
Alco S4 14 79786 4/52 Purchased new; sold to Linden Chlorine (1986)
Alco RS1 15 72817 8/44 Ex USN 65-00078 (USN 6); sold in 1985 to Connecticut Valley RR Museum > then to Central New England RR (and stripped for parts)
Alco C430 16 3494-05 12/67 Ex-Conrail 2054 < Penn Central 2054 < nee New York Central 2054; sold to Western New York & Pennsylvania as #432 (in 5/2001)
17 3494-04 12/67 Ex-Conrail 2053 < Penn Central 2053 < nee New York Central 2053; sold to Western New York & Pennsylvania as #431 (in 5/2001)
Alco C424 18 3382-01 9/64 (see Note A); ex-Toledo Peoria & Western 800
19 3382-02 9/64 (see Note B); ex-Toledo Peoria & Western 801
Alco RS-1 21 80853 12/54 OoS & owned by RRPX; ex-Pook Valley 21 < AM 21, Ware Shoals 21 < Mass. Central 21 < MDDE 21 < nee SOO 350
EMD FL9 484 21975 11/57 Ex-Amtrak 484(2nd) < Amtrak 491 < Amtrak 242(2nd) < PC 5029 < nee NH 2029
485 21956 8/57 OoS & owned by RRPX; ex-Amtrak 485 < Amtrak 236(2nd) < PC 5010 < nee NH 2010
486 21959 9/57 OoS & owned by RRPX; ex-Amtrak 486 < Amtrak 237(2nd) < PC 5013 < nee NH 2013
487 21960 9/57 OoS & owned by RRPX; ex-Amtrak 487 < Amtrak 238(2nd) < PC 5014 < nee-NH 2014
EMD SSB1200 557 & 559 18090 & ? 5/53 & ? Units wears M&E colors with RRPX logo; ex-Amtrak 557 < ATSF 1224(2nd) < nee ATSF 2424
563 18098 5/53 Units wears M&E colors with RRPX logo; ex-Amtrak 563 < ATSF 1232(2nd) < nee ATSF2432(1st)
EMD SW1 739 11216 11/50 Off roster ?; ex-Amtrak 739 < Wash. Terminal 739 < nee PRR 9422
EMD GP9 764 19186 3/54 Unit is on Maine & Eastern; ex-Amtrak 764 < nee UP 185
MLW M420W 3562 M6092-03 ?/76 Loco is being scrapped; ex-Maine Eastern 3562 < St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3562 < CN 3562 < nee CN 2562(1st)
3573 ?? ?/76 Ex-Maine Eastern 3562 < St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3562 < CN 3562 < nee CN 2562(1st)
MLW C424 4216 84854 11/65 Status ?; ex-CP 4216; Leased to Tropicana
4223 84861 11/65 Status ?; ex-DL 4223 < QGRY 4223 < nee CP 4223; an RRPX unit, it is on lease to WNY&P
4228 84861 11/1965 Status ?; ex-Delaware Lackawana 4228 < QCRY 4228 < nee CP 4223
4231 84869 12/1964 Slated for scrap yard; ex-M&E 21(1st) < nee CP 4231
4240 M3436-08 ?/66 Ex-CP 4240; Used for parts
Alco RS11 7205 82042 10/1956 Slated for scrap yard; ex-M&E 7212 < nee Erie Mining 7212
7210 82038 10/1956 Status ?; ex-Erie Mining 7210-310
7215 82954 7/58 Stored serviceable; unit still wears M&E colors; ex-Erie Mining 7215 < BN 4190 < nee NP 910
* * * Steam Powered * * *
2-8-0 1 Alco J - 45087 2/1908 Sold to Toledo StLouis & Western 136, then to NKP 836
2-4-4T 2 Rhode Island Works 1894 Purchased in 1908, ex-Forney #2 < Originally built as a 0-4-0T for Chicago South Side Elevated; loco sold in 1922 to Hanover Brick, scrapped in 1936/span>
2-6-0 3 -- 1870 Scrapped in 1927
0-4-6T 4 Rhode Island - 1557 1885 Ex-ew hven 177 / 777 (2114), nee Boston & Providence 24,"CH Wheeler"
2-8-0 6 5/1898 Ex-PL& E 9314 (135)
2-4-0 7 Alco - 30744 4/1905 Ex-Lake Champlain & Moriah 14; scrapped 1952
2-8-0 8 BLW - 21178 10/1902 Ex-Hocking Valley 244
2-8-0 9 Alco B - 30134 10/1904 Ex-SI& E 2195, nee BR&P 328
2-8-0 10 Alco P - 30744 12/1909 Ex-Monongahela 116
2-8-0 11-12 Alco P - 51592-93 7,8/1912 Ex-Monongahela 130-32
4-6-2 148 Alco S - 6174 6/1920 #148 was on the propoerty but not owned by M&E. It was ex-United States Sugar Co, nee 148 FEC 148. The loco was eventually sold to Adirondack 148, then to Valley 148
Note A - #18 sold in April 2018 to the Illinois Railway Museum-it's currently undergoing restoration to operating condition and to become TP&W 800 again.

Note B - #19 Sold to the Tri-State Railway Historical Society in April 2017, and is stored in operating condition in Boonton, NJ. Tri-State and the URHS -the other tenant at Boonton Yard - use it as their heavy switcher, as it's currently their most powerful fully operational locomotive.

General Notes: ** Morristown & Erie and Maine Eastern locomotives are owned by RRPX; thus motive power is assigned/leased as required.

Several other Alco units were acquired but never operated on the M&E; they may have been a parts source. (?):

  • Erie Mining Co 308-7208  82036  10/56
  • Erie Mining Co 311-7211  82041  10/56
  • Erie Mining Co 313-7213  82050  12/56 
  • Erie Mining Co 314-7214  82051  12/56

Abbreviations:


ATSF             Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
BN               Burlington Northern
CN               Canadian National
CP               Canadian Pacific
DL               Delaware Lackawanna
MDDE             Maryland & Delaware
NH               New Haven
NP               Northern Pacific
PC               Penn Central
RF&P             Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac
SP&S             Spokane Portland & Seattle
 

Additional information/updates provided by: Sandy Burton (via Alco Diesel), Andrew Dick, John Komanesky, John Murray, Bob Van Derveer, and Jack Grube

Book Sources: Rails Through The Hanover Hills by Steven P. Helper, and The Morristown & Erie Railway by Bob Pennisi.

Internet Sources: "www.hawkinsrails.net/shortlines/wnyp/wnyp.htm" and "www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9955&p=90705".

New: 28 December 2009

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