Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives
Missing Locomotives Page


This list is an on-line appendix for the book Comprehensive Guide To Industrial Locomotives

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What is known : This is a Plymouth DE model formerly working for Purdy Metals (Seattle, Washington).

Serial #4785

Date Built 5-45

Question :
This scrapyard was closed and leveled around 1994, what became of the locomotive?

(Scrapped... J. Taubeneck)

What is known:
This GE 44ton was replaced at Utah Power & Light's Hale Station near Castle Gate, Ut. in 1977 and seems to have disappeared.


The Question is:

Being the former Rio Grande #41, somebody must know its fate. Any ideas ?

(Scrapped 1985... J. Eagan)

Missing locomotive list.


Al Tech Specialty Steel (Watervliet, N.Y.) : GE 50ton EC (32494, 3-57)
ABB Canada (Cornwall, On.) : Brookville 16ton BCL (5900, 1-73)
ABC Coke #600 : SW1 (18441, 5-53) To BR&L (1990). then ?
American Crystal Sugar (East Grand Forks, Mn.) : Davenport 35ton (extensively r/b)
Anderson Corp. (Bayport, Mn.) : Davenport 10ton (3246, 3-50)
Andersons (Maumee, Oh.) : GE 70ton (31169, 10-51) (to scr. e-'80's.... R. Sims)
Archer-Daniels-Midland (Southport, N.C.) : GE 45ton (15712, 7-42)
Arch of Kentucky #1101 (Corbin, Ky.) : SW7 (10976, 5-50) (ex SR #1101, nee GS&F #8203)
Arkansas Lime (form. Batesville White Lime) (Limedale, Ar.) : Plymouth WDT (5706, -53)
Benham Coal #6000 (Benham, Ky.) : S1 (76569, 3-49) (ex VEPCO #6000)
Berman Bros. Iron & Metal : GE 65ton (13158, 9-41)
Berman Bros. Iron & Metal (Birmingham, Al.) : Whitcomb 25ton 25DM35a (40270, 9-43)
Berwick Forge & Fabricating (Berwick, Pa.) : GE 25ton (32625, 4-56)
Black Hills Power & Light (Kirk, S.D.) : Whitcomb 80ton (60086, 10-41) (on Black Hills Central (tourist)....Mark Vana)
Bonneville Transloaders, Inc. #207 (Shoshoni, Wy.) : SW8 (15743, 12-51)
Butler Bros. Mining (Cooley, Mn.) : Whitcomb 65ton (60428, 4-44)
Cargill #3 (Chesapeake, Va.) : S6 (81723, 3-56)
Carondelet Coke (St. Louis, Mo.) #12 : GE 44ton (13096, 8-41)
Carondelet Coke (St. Louis, Mo.) #8 : Plymouth 50ton DE (5601, 3-52)
Chevrolet Div. / GMC (Tonawanda, N.Y) . #96 : SW1001 (4623-1, 4-72)
Cities Service Co. (form Tennessee Corp) (New Albany, In.) : Plymouth DGT (5657, 12-52)
Clark Equipment (Lima, Oh.) : Plymouth MDT (5500, 3-50)
Coastal Chemical Corp. (Yazoo City, Ms.) : GE 65ton (15662, 1-42)
Columbia Cement (East Fultonham, Oh.) : Plymouth MDT (6049, 7-57) to Plymouth, then ?
Combustion Engineering (Conrwall, On.) : Brookville 16ton BCL (5900, 1-73) (to ABB Canada (same)... C. Churcher)
Consumers Co. (McCook, Il.) (plant now VM) : Plymouth 65ton KC6
Co-Op Farm Chemicals (Lawrence, Ks.) : S3 (78510, 11-50)
CPS Chemical (West Memphis, Ar.) : GE 45ton (15061, 12-41) for sale 2003, to ?
Derby Tank Car (Ekron, Ky.) : GE 45ton (15153, 1-42)
Eagle Energy, Inc. #9063 (Marnie (Van), W.V.) : SW7 (13065, 1-51)
Empire-Reeves Steel #4 (Mansfield, Oh.) : GE 80ton (30992, 7-51)
Erie Stone (Huntington, In.) : Plymouth 40ton MDT (5890, 11-55)
Everist (L.G.) #13477 : Plymouth MDT (6099, 3-58) (Andesite Rock, Commerce City, Co.... N. Metcalf)
Farmland Ind. (Fairfax (Kansas City), Ks.) : S3 (69596, 10-41)
T&K Evans Grain (Elliott, Ia.) : SW9 (19310, 12-53) (to DTE (D) c.2004... R. Sims)
Fresa Construction (coal mining) #6037 : GP9 (21527, 4-56) (Ex C&O #6037)
Friedman Steel (Greenville, Ms.) : GE 45ton (IV) (34909, 6-67) (Trailer-Train, Hamburg, S.C.... T. Lawson)
Garvey International (Ottawa, Il.) #400 : SW1 (2384, 2-43)
General Electric #1 (Appliance Park East, Columbia, Md.) : GE 80ton (37607, 12-70) To ??? (1991)
General Electric #251 (Hornell, N.Y.) : GE 25ton (II-B) (29040, 8-47) To ??? (c.1982)
General Electric #442 (Hornell, N.Y.) : GE 44ton (II-B4) (30136, 4-49) To ??? (c.1982)
General Electric #126 (College Park, Va.) : GE 45ton (15049, 4-41) To ??? (1993)
General Electric Plastics (Selkirk, N.Y.) : S2 (r/p) (ID unknown)
Georgia Pacific (Port Edwards, Wi.) #19 : S6 (81823, 11-56)
Georgia Pacific (Port Edwards, Wi.) #22 : S6 (80928, 5-55)
Granite Rock (Aromas, Ca.) : GE 65ton (31331, 2-52)
Hall Street Industrial Park (St. Louis, Mo.) : Whitcomb 45ton (61092, 8-49)
Holnam Inc. (cement) (Clarksville, Mo.) : GE 45ton (30755, 7-50)
Illinois Power Co. (Alton, Il.) : GE 45ton (29344, 3-48)
International Harvester (Benham, Ky.) : GE 25ton (15006, 11-41)
International Paper (Wiggins, Ms.) : GE 25ton (31776, 1-53) : To BR&L (D), then ?
Iola Ind. #1 (Iola. Ks.) : GE 23ton (box) (12447, 6-38) (Midland Ry. Historical Assoc., Baldwin Kansas....J. Campbell)
Kansas City Public Freight Operations #3 : GE 45ton (17849, 6-43)
Koppers Corp. (Denver, Co.) : GE 25ton (36" ga.) (29241, 1-48) (stored on Yreka Western ....Fred K. Harrison)
Koppers Corp. (Denver, Co.) : GE 25ton (36" ga.) (32248, 11-54)
Koppers Corp. (Montgomery, Al.) : GE 35ton(IV) (34609, 7-63)
Koppers Corp. (Nashua, N.H.) : GE 25ton (29362, 4-48)
Koppers Corp. (Nashua, N.H.) : GE 25ton (32115, 2-54)
Koppers Corp. (Port Newark, N.J.) : Whitcomb 15ton (40624, 6-48)
Lafarge Corp. (Iola, Ks.) : S3 (80293, 10-53)
Lansing - Board of Light & Power (Lansing, Mi.) : RS1 (77472, 3-50)
Malvern Gravel (Malvern, Ar.) : Plymouth MDT (5789, 3-54)
Mississippi Lime – Bluff City Div. (Alton, Il.) : GE 80ton (32660, 8-56)
Mississippi Lime – Bluff City Div. #23 (Alton, Il.) : GE 80ton (32368, 9-55)
Martiki Coal #031 (McClure, Ky.) : NW2 (6088, 2-48)
North American Coal - Jessie Mine (Powhatan Point, Oh.) : Whitcomb 45ton (60226, 11-42)
Northwestern States Portland Cement #2 (Mason City, Ia.) : GE 80ton (III) (33432, 2-59)
Ohio Lime (Millersville (Gibsonburg), Oh.) : BLH / Whitcomb 35ton SH2225 (76149, 9-56)
Ohio Valley Electric Corp. (Cheshire, Oh.) : Brookville 15ton BMD (3906, 5-53)
Oil-Dri Co. (Ripley, Ms.) : GE 45ton (29017, 11-48)
Pacific Northwest Sugar Co. (Wheeler, Wa.) : GE 65ton (30962, 6-51)
Pacific States International Steel #4 (Union City, Ca.) : GE 45ton (13065, 3-41)
Peabody Coal Co. #44 (Bee-Veer Mine, Bevier, Mo.) : Whitcomb 44ton (60091, -41) (scr. 1989...R.Keller)
Peabody Coal Co. #5 (Jasonville Shops, Midland, In.) : Whitcomb 80ton (60089, 11-41)
PLM Railcar (Pauline, Ks.) #421 : C415 (3451-10, -66) (ex RI #424, not 421)
PLM Railcar (Pauline, Ks.) : BLH / Whitcomb 40ton SH2300 (76141, 1-56)
PPG Ind. (Natrium, W.V.) : GE 25ton (17767, -43)
Quincy Soybean (Helena, Ar.) : GE 25ton (18138, 12-43) [ever here ?]
Railway Material Co. #213 : S2 (69537, 7-41)
Red Fox Coal #600 (Colson, Ky.) : S1 (75350, 7-47)
Rescar (Cicero, Il.) : GE 25ton (31784, 4-53) (now @ Arkansas RR Museum, Pine Bluff, Ar... Ed Bowers)
Rescar (Dubois, Pa.) : Davenport 25ton (2899, 11-45)
Riceland Foods (Stuttgart, Ar.) : GE 25ton (15812, 9-42)
Riceland Foods (Stuttgart, Ar.) : GE 45ton
Riceland Foods (Helena, Ar.) : BLH / Whitcomb 35ton (76150, 12-56) St. Louis Auto Shredders : GP7 (17981, 4-53)
St. Paul Terminals (St. Paul, Mn.) : Mack 12ton ([trans. to La Crosse, Wi. ?]...Robert Moen)
Santee Cooper (S.C. Public Serv.) #2 (Winyah Steam Sta. Pennyroyal, S.C.) : S4 (80470, 5-53)
South East Coal #300 (Irvine, Ky.) : S2 (72904, 2-45) (ex B&O #9042)
Southern Precision Steel #15 (Gulfport, Ms.) : GE 44ton (17924, 3-43)
Southern Precision Steel (Gulfport, Ms.) : Whitcomb 80ton (60087, 10-41)
Sprouse Creek Processing #2108 (Lobata, W.V.) : SW8 (16353, 3-52) (ex N&W #2108)
Standard Oil of Indiana (Amoco) #555(1st) (Whiting, In.) : Whitcomb 35ton (40749, 6-53)
Standard Slag (New Boston, Oh.) #47 : BLH / Whitcomb S3 (76132, 11-55)
Standard Slag (new Miami, Oh.) : GE 80ton (30044, 10-49)
Stimson Lumber (Libby, Mt.) : GE 70ton (30845, 3-51) (still in service... T. Lawson)
Supreme Sugar (Supreme, La.) : Plymouth 35ton MDT (5514, 11-50)
Swift Chemical (Beaumont, Tx.) : GE 45ton (15864, 9-42)
Taylor Wharton Iron & Steel Co. (High Bridge, N.J.) : GE 45ton (29050, 9-47)
Timken Roller Bearing #5911 (Canton, Oh.) : S1 (77486, 5-50)
Transitank (East Camden, Ar.) : Plymouth WDT (5609, 6-52)
Transitank (Fordyce, Ar.) : Porter 45ton (7449, 7-43)
Utah Power & Light #41 (Hale Plant, Castle Gate, Ut.) : GE 44ton (15128, 9-42) (scr. 1985... J. Eagan)
Vepco #6350 (Bremo Station, Bremo, Va.) : S3 (78318, 9-50)
Vulcan Materials (Enka, N.C.) : GE 65ton (17887, 8-43) (r/b / sold in South America... Dave Wilkerson)
Vulcan Materials (South Bend, In.) : GE 45ton (13011, 5-41)
Vulcan Materials (West Lafayette, In.) : GE 45ton (27934, 12-46)

If you have any information as to the whereabouts of these locomotives, please share it. Answers will be appreciated and posted.
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