Bicentennial Locomotives

Roster (Part 2 -Other Rail Operations)

Revised: 30 March 2016 John C. Benson photo at Hollidaysburg, PA on 30 April 1977 (Thomas C. Ayers collection)
- Data Formatted by: R. Craig

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Owner Road # Bldr & Model B/N & Date Notes and / or Slogan
Agrico Chemical 97 Brookville BFA 2543 - 10/40 "Old Dixie", nee E.I. DuPont de Nemours
Alcoa Aluminum (Terminal) 5 Alco S1 73583 - 8/45 "Happy Birthday USA"; nee Point Comfort & Northern 5
Allied Chemical 3 GE 80-Tonner 27830 - 4/45 Nee US Army 7391
Allied Chemical 3A Alco S4 81998 - 8/57 Spirit of Independence 76"; nee Baltimore & Ohio 9113
American Brick 1776 Plymouth DGT 5782(?) - 1/48 -
American Cast Iron Pipe 102 EMD NW2 5263 - 1/48 Nee Lake Terminal 1009
American Cast Iron Pipe 103 Alco HH900 68788 - 3/37 Nee Birmingham Southern 82
American Grain & Cattle 2302 Alco HH600 68804 - 7/37 Nee ATSF 2302
Armco Steel Corp. 76 Lima 1200 9486 - 2/51 Re-#d during Bicentennial from E128 to 76; nee B&O 9394
Atlantic Steel -- Whit. 25DE 61189 - 1/52 Nee US Navy 65-00330
Avondale Shipyards 1353 GE 80-Tonner 15741 - 10/42 "Avondale 38th Birthday", nee Stone & Weber Engng 2
Avondale Shipyards 1651 BLH S12 76121 - 12/1955 "Avondale 38th Birthday", nee New Orleans Public Belt 62
Avondale Shipyards 2372 BLH S8 75252 - 5/1951 Nee New Orleans Public Belt 51
Babcock & Wilcox 1776 BLH/Whit 50-Ton 76022 - 9/1954 Nee New Orleans Public Belt 51
Becker Sand & Gravel (NC) 3 GE 80-Tonner 27994 - 3/1945 Ex-Marine Corps 152145
Becker Sand & Gravel (SC) 3 Alco S1 75126 - 1/1947 Ex-Texas City Terminal 31
Becker Sand & Gravel (SC) 4 Alco S1 73914 - 8/1946 Ex-Des Moines Union 4
Becker Sand & Gravel (SC) 76 Alco S2 76173 - 9/1948 Re-#d during Bicentennial from 7 to 76; ex-Frisco 291
Bendix 28 Skagit 50-Tonner ? - 1950s Ex-Des Moines Union 4
Berwind Corporation 76 GE 44-Tonner 29961 - 7/1948 Ex-Pennsylvania RR 9328
Blaw-Knox Steel 1554 GE 65-Tonner 15234 - 5/1942 Ex-US Army 7353
Buick/GMC) 1776 EMD SW900 19703 - 2/1955 "Free Spirit"; Re-#d during Bicentennial from 818 to 1776
Cambria & Indiana 36 EMD SW9 16557 - 3/1952 "The Spirit of 76"
Charleston Chapter NRHS 76 Porter 45-Tonner 8231 - 9/1949 Nee US Army #?
Chevrolet/GMC 1776 EMD SW1001 4623-1 - 4/1972 "The Spirit of Freedom"; re-#d during Bicentennial from 96 to 1776
Cleveland Electric Illum. 1776 Alco S2 76188 - 11/1948 Re-#d during Bicentennial from EL 518 to 1776
Clincfield Coal 100 EMD SW600 24745 - 9/1958 -
Continnal Grain 1528 Alco S4 80061 - 7/1952 Ex-ATSF 1528
Crucible Steel 76 GE 95-Tonner 30795 - 9/1950 -
Danville Industries 5 GE 43-Tonner 12502 - 3/1939 "Spirit of '76"; nee Port Everglades Belt 300
Dietsch Scrap Metal 10 Whit 65-Tonner 12502 - 3/1939 Nee US Army 8457
Depeca, Inc. 120 P-3 Plym 15-Tonner (JHG) 5449 - 6/1949 Nee A.M. Byers Co. D4
Duke Power 105 GE 80-Tonner 38934 - 5/1973 Walnut Grove NC
Eastern Coal Assn 1776-1976 Mine loco ? --
Erman Corp. 1776 BLW DS44-750 74398 - 11/1940 Re-# during bicentennila from 629 to 1776; ree ATSF 529
Farm Bureau Coop - Plym MDT (45T) 6099 - 3/1958 Nee Rohm & Haas #B
Farmers Feed Coop Assn - Plym MDT (45T) 6270 - 6/1961 Ex-Indiana Grain Group
France Stone 1776-1976 GE 45-Tonner 15866 - 9/1942 Nee Green River Ordinance R2
General American Transp. 1704 GE 80-Tonner 32891 - 4/1957 Re-#d during Bicentennial from 46704 to 704
General Electric 76 GE 110-Tonner 39115 - 7/1976 Demonstrator
General Electric (OH) 1776 GE 25-Tonner 29040 - 8/1947 --
General Electric (GA) - GE 45-Tonner 32533 - 5/1956 --
Georgetown Loop 15 GE 47-Tonner 27538 - 10/1943 Nee Oahu 15
Great Lakes Steel 58 EMD SW1000 4615-1 - 9/1960 "76" on cab
Hawaiian Rwy Assn 7750 GE 25-Tonner 15811 - 9/1942 "76" on cab; nee US Army 7750
Hercules Power 58 Plym FL ? "1776-1976"
High Country RR 4 Plym FL (6T) 3784< - 5/1935/td> "The Ant"; ex-Dupont 4
Ideal Cement 028 GE 45-Tonner 27631 - 2/1944 Nee US Army Transportation Corps. 7924
Ideal Cement 029 GE 44-Tonner 12913 - 9/1940 Nee Arkansas Valley Interurban Rwy 93
Ingersoll-Rand 90 GE 45-Tonner 27634 - 3/1944 Nee US Army 7929
Ingersoll-Rand 91 AGEIR 60-Tonner ? - 6/1926 Nee Delaware Lackawanna & Western 3001
Inland Steel 76 EMD SW1 13547 - 11/1950 "Inland Salutes 76"
International Minerals & Chemicals 1200-1202 Alco S2 74479-81 - 6/1946 #1200 re-#d 200 for Bicentennial; nee Ontario Northland 1200-1202
Iowa State Univ. 90 GE 45-Tonner 18042 - 1/1944 "Happy Birthday USA"; Nee US Army 8534
Jones & Laughlin Steel (MI) 76 GE 45-Tonner 27634 - 3/1944 Re-#d during Bicentennial from 81 to 76; nee Rotary Electric Steel 1
Jones & Laughlin Steel (PA) 108 Alco S4 81993 - 8/1957 "1776 - 1976"; nee B&O 9108
JKennecott Copper(UT) 1 GE 80-Tonner 30006 - 7/1949 -
Kennecott Copper(UT) 1 Alco RS3 78372 - 11/1950 "Spirit of 76"
Kennecott Copper(UT) 778 GE 125-Tonner 33348 - 4/1958 "KCC Salutes USA 76
Kennecott Copper(AZ) 801 GE 35-Tonner 33104 - 9/1957 "Spirit of 76"
Kopel Bulk Term. 2128 BLH S12 75776 - 20/1952 "76" on hood; nee SP 2128
Lubrizol Corp (TX) 43010 Alco S1 69861 - 3/1943 "LZ76" on cab; nee US Army 7136
Lubrizol Corp (OH) 20 MLW S3 76434 - 3/1954 "LZ76" on cab; nee CN 8485
Lukens Steel 41 GE 90-Tonner 32590 - 6/1956 "76" on cab; ex-Shell Oil 10
Martin Marietta 801 Plym 50-Tonner 5714 - 9/1953 "Spirit of 76"
Masonite Corp 102 GE 110-Tonner 34620 - 4/1963 --
Massachusetts Elect. Const. 801 Dav. 15-Tonner 3388 - 2/1952 --
Missouri Portland Cement 1 EMD SW900 24573 - 5/1958 --
Monticello & Sangamon Valley 801 Dav. 44-Tonner 2301 - 6/1940 Nee John Morrell & Co. 6
National Rwy Museum 0702 Plym. JGT (20T) 5515 - 6/1950 Ex-Wisconsin Public Service 0702
Patapsco & Back Rivers 147 BLW S12 74640 - 12/1949 "1776 1976" on hood; nee BLW DS44-1000 #1
Pillsbury Co. 801 GE 45-Tonner 28323 - 10/1945 Ex-Lehigh Portland Cement 2
Pittsburgh Plate Glass 9 GE 95-Tonner 30830 - 2/1951 "Spirit of 1776
Port of Palm Beach 238 EMD SW1 1396 - 9/1941 Nee Elgin Joliet & Eastern 238
Pullman Standard 9 GE 65-Tonner 13675 - 1/1951 "1776, 1976" on hoods; nee US Army 7154
Railway & Industrial Services 9 Whit 65-Tonner 61169 - 11/1951 "Spirit of 1776"; nee American Steel & Foundry #?
Rayonier Timber 76 BLH AS616 75472 - 5/1952 "Spirit of 1776"; nee SP 5276
Repbulic Steel 141 EMD SW900 20960 - 1/1956 Re-#d during Bicentennial from RT 96 to 141
Repbulic Steel 200 EMD SW9 14556 - 8/1951 Re-#d during Bicentennial from 334 to 200
Sahara Coal 9 EMD SW1 18721 - 9/1953 --
Sharon Steel 8 BLH S8 75426 - 2/1953 "76" on hood
W.A. Smith Const. 1776 GE 44-Tonner ?? --
A.E. Staley Corp. 1776-1976 Plym. MDT 6608 - 12/1967 EX-Swift & Co.
Texas Industries 1776 Alco RSD1 72149 - 2/1945 EX-US Army 8656
United Tank Car 6 EMD SW1 8424 - 8/1949 "In the Spriit of '76"; ex-US Army 8656
US Corps of Engineers -- GE 25-Tonner 15688 - 6/1942 Nee Alcoa 2
US Steel (UT) 29 BLW DS44-1000 73608 - 8/1948 "The Spirit of 1776"
US Steel (CA) 76 BLH S12 75912 - 10/1953 "Happy Birthday America"; re-#d during Bicentennial from 16 to 76; nee McCloud River 30
US Steel (NY) 76 Whit. 35-Tonner 60813 - 5/1948 Nee Oliver Iron Mining 3501
US Steel (IL) 115 GE 65-Tonner 28830 - 4/1946 Nee Carnegie-Illinois Steel
US Steel (AL) 200 EMD SW7 11988 - 7/1950 "1776-1976" on hood; ex-T&P 1022/ MP 1217
US Steel (PA) 202 GE 100-Tonner 32499 - 5/1956 --
U.S. Steel- Michigan Lime Stone 110 Alco S2 69563 - 9/1941 "1776" on hood
U.S. Steel- Michigan Lime Stone 124 Alco RS2 75267 - 9/1947 "1776" on nose; nee Oliver Iron Mining 1100
Weirton Steel 224 Alco S4 78798 - 6/1951 Ex-Minnesota Transfer 102
Westinghouse Electric 2 Plym. MDT (40T) 6323 - 6/1962 --
Westinghouse Electric 76 EMD SW900m 695 - 10/1956 Re-#d during Bicentennial from 106 to 76 and then to 12; ex-Lehigh Valley 106 (reblt from SW #106)
Weyerhauser Co. 309 EMD GP7 18415 - 5/1953 Nee Reading 615
Wheeling-Pittburgh Steel 1268-1269 EMD SW1200 20368-69 - 5/1955 "1776-1976" on cab; nee Wheeling Steel 1268-1269
Woodward-Walker Lumber -- Plym. JLB (18T) 4299 - 1/1942 Nee US Naval Station #?
Youngstown Sheet & Tube (IN) 805 BLW S8 75332 - 2/1953 "The Spirit of '76"
Youngstown Sheet & Tube (OH) 1002 Alco S2 75241 - 6/1947 "Happy Birthday USA"

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Sources:

Extra 2200 South Locomotive Newsletter (Issues 63 and 64); and Diesel Era, Railroad & Railfan, and Trains magazines

Thanks also to the following contributors for additions / corrections: Clint Chamberlin

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