Welcome to the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Surviving locomotives and all-time roster page. 
 


 
 


 
 

 

Compiling an "all-time" roster for most railroads, especially large railroads that began in the 19th century, is very difficult.
For many railroads, such as the New York Central, its nearly impossible to accurately list EVERY locomotive ever owned by the company.
But the NYSW is probably just small enough that an accurate all-time roster shouldnt be too difficult to determine. hopefully!

The steam era of the NYSW is complicated and confusing, mainly due to the Erie railroad control between the years 1898 and 1940.
But if we divide up the NYSW steam era into it's three clear divisions, it might be managable..

Steam era #1 - Beginning of the NYSW to Erie control - 1881 to 1898. (17 years)
Steam era #2 - The Erie Years - 1898 - 1940. (42 years)
Steam era #3 - Independance to "end of steam" - 1940 - 1947. (7 years)

The following steam roster data is compiled from four different books, and issues of "Railroad Magazine"
The New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad. - by  Robert E. Mohowski
Erie Power - by Al Stauffer
Susquehanna  - by John Krause and Ed Crist.
The History of the New York Susquehanna &  Western Railroad -  by Walter Arndt Lucas, published by
                                                                                                                            the Railroadians of America in 1939
                                                                                                                            and reprinted and updated in 1980.

And from NYSW Steam locomotive rosters printed in "Railroad Magazine" April 1941, October 1943 and November 1943 issues.
Thanks to Richard Palmer for providing scans of the Railroad Magazine rosters and articles.

there are some roster discrepncies between the books!
when books disagree, I am going with the newest book (Mohowski) 
assuming the latest data is the correct data, but this may or may not be a correct assumption! ;)

There are also two other NYSW books which I do not yet have in my collection:
Susquehanna – from Shortlines to Stackpacks - by Ken Karlewicz and Scott Hartley
New York Susquehanna & Western, In Color. - Morning Sun Books.

And as always, I recieve lots of help on these lists from the great railfans and historians
at www.railroad.net, www.railfan.net and www.rypn.org. (see links below)
thanks!
 



 
 
 

Susquehanna Steam Locomotives:
 

















Steam Era #1 - 1881-1898










"Prior to Erie Control, Susquehanna operated with 87 Locomotives" - Mohowski








nearly all of these 87 locomotives were of the 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 type.








Even though the Susquehanna was not fully an Erie subsiderary until 1898, NYSW locomotives were ordered in "sub sets" of Erie locomotive orders before then,



With the same specifications as the Erie engines, but lettered "Susquehanna" on the tender, and given an independent NYSW 2-digit number series.


















4-4-0 Type











Wheel arr Road number 2nd number
 builder/date date built
 notes photo






4-4-0  1
  70
  Rogers
  Dec 1870  named "Passaic"
  






4-4-0  2  71  Rogers
  Apr 1871  named "C.A. Wortendyke"
 






4-4-0  3  72  Rogers
   May 1871  named "Pequannock"
 






4-4-0  3 and/or 4
  73  Rogers
 Jul 1871  named "Deckertown"
 






4-4-0  4 and/or 5
  74  Rogers
 Aug 1871  named "Charlotteburg"
 






4-4-0  6  76  Rhode Island #549
  Dec 1873
  named "Hackensack"
 






4-4-0  7  77  Rhode Island #550  Jan 1874
  named "Paterson"
 






4-4-0  8  78  Rhode Island #551  Jan 1874  named "Pompton"  






4-4-0  9  79  Rhode Island #552  Jan 1874  named "Wyckoff"  






4-4-0  10  80  Rhode Island #531  Dec 1873
  named "Middletown"  






4-4-0  11  81  Rhode Island #532  Dec 1873  named "Jersey City"
  






4-4-0  12 (1st)
  82  Rhode Island #533  Dec 1873  named "Campgaw"  






4-4-0  12 (2nd)
    Rogers #4870
 May 25, 1893
  Class D-25
  






4-4-0  13  83  Rhode Island #534  Dec 1873  named "Stockholm"  






4-4-0  14  84  Rhode Island #536  Dec 1873  named "Phoenix"  






4-4-0
 85  Rogers  Aug 1872
  (leased, probably from the Erie)
  






4-4-0  15
    Danforth 1093
  1879    






4-4-0  16
  86  Rogers #2620
  July 1880
    






4-4-0  17
  87  Danforth #1165
  July 1880
    






4-4-0  18
    Rogers #4304
  May 23, 1890
  Class D-26
  






4-4-0  19
    Rogers #4528
  June 27, 1891
  Class D-26
  






4-4-0  20
    Rogers #4718
  June 20, 1892
  Class D-26
  






4-4-0  22
    Rogers #4969
  June 1, 1894
  Class D-25
  






4-4-0  23
    Rogers #4982
  August 23, 1894
  Class D-25
  






4-4-0  29
   Baldwin #13786
  Oct 1893
  Class D-0
  






4-4-0  32
    Rogers 3448
  Dec 31, 1883
  Not sure if 4-4-0 or 2-6-0.
  








     
 
















































2-6-0 Type












Class F25 - 22 locomotives, all 22 in the class built for NYSW - Rogers 1881-1889, numbers 18-42, but not inclusive, there were gaps in the number series.



Class F26 - 7 locos built for Erie, Numbers 45-51,Rogers, 1892 & 1893, 4 of the 7 assigned to NYSW.(which four were NYSW is currently unknown)




Class F27 - 14 locos built for the Erie, Numbers 52-65, Rogers 1894-1897, 12 of 14 assigned to NYSW.(which 12 were NYSW is currently unknown) all locos in this class were Camelbacks

Class F28 - Rogers 1894-1895. Number of NYSW locos in this class currently unknown.







- all data from Stauffer











39 of the 87 pre-Erie NYSW locos can be confirmed as 4-6-0's..based on data so far.







Wheel arr road number class builder/date retired/scrapped notes photo






2-6-0 49 F27 Rogers 1894-1897   camelback  






2-6-0 57 F27 Rogers 1894-1897   camelback  






2-6-0 63          






2-6-0 65        







2-6-0 77          






             












































































Steam Era #2 -The Erie Years - 1898 - 1940






















The Erie fully controlled the NYSW during these years, but the NYSW had its own locomotives lettered "Susquehanna"







and NYSW locos also had an independant number series from the Erie, NYSW locos generally had 2-digit road numbers, (except for the Russians) while Erie locos had 4-digit numbers. 

This is going to be the most difficult era to straighten out when it comes to what locos were actually assigned to the NYSW..it’s quite nebulous because of the Erie control.


For the purposes of this webpage, I am going to include any locomotive that was ever lettered "Susquehanna" on the tender, regardless of if it was leased or owned.




The following is the best I can do so far for a complete NYSW roster
for the years 1898-1940, it includes the 1905 Susquehanna Roster from the 1939 Walter Arndt Lucas book. Which shows a mix of original  NYSW locos, plus some new ones from the Erie.
Class names are Erie classes, not the original NYSW classes. In addition to the 1905 roster, other locos
that were known to be on the roster before 1940 are below. A total of xx locos are on this 
1898-1940 roster, however not all operated at the same time!

"The greatest number of locomotives owned at any one time by the NYS&W was 101. This number was reached in 1911 and continued until 1916, finally diminishing to the insignificant two owned in 1938."
-Lucas, 1939.

"In 1920, 92 locomotives were in use on The Susquehanna" - Mohowski

The roster below, for 1898 to 1940, includes locomotives on the roster *before* 1898,
which remained on the roster *after* 1898, and many of the same locomotives are seen in the roster above.

Only 13 locomoties are listed below! While it is said that the NYSW had 101 locomotives in 1911!
Clearly this is the most nebulous of the NYSW steam locomotive eras.
Its also possible a good deal of those 101 locomotives were actually owned by the Erie,
and leased to the NYSW..perhaps even leased, but still lettered for the NYSW.










Wheel arr road number class builder/date retired/scrapped notes photo






4-6-0 21











4-6-0 25 G-odd Rogers, 1893   named "Phillip T. Nixon"  






4-6-0 26      
 






4-6-0 27          






4-6-0 29          






4-6-0 30        orig Erie 899, retired 1938






4-6-0 31          






4-6-0 32        






4-6-0 33          






4-6-0 34    Baldwin, 1891    orig Erie 289/975/1893, retired 1938






4-6-0 35        scrapped 1929  






4-6-0 36          






4-6-0 37  
 
 






4-6-0 38  
 
 






2-10-0 ???? J2     16 of the 75 Erie Russians assigned to NYSW before 1940 (see below)  












































































Steam Era #3 -Independence to "end of steam" - 1940-1947







The NYSW gained it's independence from the Erie in 1940.









Between 1940 and 1947, NYSW leased/owned a total of 31 Steam Locomotives in four wheel arrangements:







Five 0-6-0












Eight 4-6-0












Two 4-6-2 (but we have photos of FOUR!..perhaps renumburing? Or were there were actually four? Or..two were "Erie Years" pre-1940, and twp were Post-Erie)



Sixteen 2-10-0 (were they the SAME sixteen from pre-1940? Unknown..)








This era is more straight-forward and well documented, we should be able to figure it out with accuracy.







Wheel arr road number  class builder/date retired/scrapped notes photo






0-6-0 69  B-5      






0-6-0 75  B-5      






0-6-0 101  B-6  Erie Meadville-1912      






0-6-0 104  B-6  Erie Meadville-1912      






0-6-0 107  B-6  Erie Meadville-1912    






             






             






4-6-0 953  G-15b  Baldwin 1903/1904    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944  






4-6-0 960  G-15b  Baldwin 1903/1904  .  leased, never purchased  






4-6-0 961  G-15b  Baldwin 1903/1904    leased, never purchased






4-6-0 963  G-15a  Baldwin 1903/1904    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944  






4-6-0 966  G-15a  Baldwin 1903/1904    leased, never purchased  






4-6-0 969  G-15a  Baldwin 1903/1904    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944






4-6-0 970  G-15a  Baldwin 1903/1904    leased, never purchased  






4-6-0 972  G-15b  Baldwin 1903/1904    leased, never purchased








         






             






             






4-6-2 2451          






4-6-2 2514  K1      Purchased from Erie - 9-30-1943






4-6-2 2518          






4-6-2 2539  K1      Purchased from Erie - 9-30-1943






             






             






2-10-0 2433  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943






2-10-0 2435  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944  






2-10-0 2443  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943  






2-10-0 2445  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944  






2-10-0 2451  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943  






2-10-0 2452  J-2  1917    leased, never purchased






2-10-0 2454  J-2  1917    leased, never purchased






2-10-0 2461  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943






2-10-0 2472  J-2  1917    leased, never purchased  






2-10-0 2475  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943  






2-10-0 2476  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943  






2-10-0 2481  J-2  1917    leased, never purchased






2-10-0 2484  J-2  1917    leased, never purchased  






2-10-0 2490  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 12-1-1944  






2-10-0 2492  J-2  1917    Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943  






2-10-0 2495  J-2  1917  see *note3  Purchased from Erie - 2-4-1943













































































































































































Numbers in RED indicate that specific locomotive is documented, with a photograph, as having been lettered for the Susquehanna.

Sadly, ALL steam locomotives listed above have been scrapped.
The current Susquehanna 2-8-2 #142 was built in 1989 in China.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Susquehanna Motor Cars:
 
 



Photo Road No. Model Status Heritage Location Notes









  100 Inspection car scrapped built by Buda, new in 1940 for NYSW. sold early 60's to Liberia.   4-wheel inspection car, not a revenue vehicle.

  1001 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Built new for NYSW - 1940    

1002 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Built new for NYSW - 1940    

  1003 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Originally Illinois Central 131, built 1940, bought by NYSW in 1943    

  1004 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Originally Illinois Central 130, built 1940, bought by NYSW in 1943    

  1005 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Originally Illinois Central 140, built 1941, bought by NYSW in 1947    

  1006 ACF MotoRailer scrapped Originally Illinois Central 141, built 1941, bought by NYSW in 1947   MotoRailers operated 1940-1949

3001 Brill model 250 ??? Original B&M 171, built 1926, bought by NYSW in 1940   3001 and 3002 were sold to Cuba in 1949..dispo unknown.

  3002 Brill model 250 ??? original Cumberland & Pennsylvania , bought by NYSW in 1942   3001 and 3002 were sold to Cuba in 1949..dispo unknown.

  5011 EMD ??? built 1930 - probably *not* painted and lettered for NYSW..(lettered Erie)    

5012 EMD preserved built 1930 - painted and lettered for NYSW  Ohio  future uncertain - see this link.

M1 Budd RDC preserved ex-NJTR 5196 - 558 - NJDOT 558 - CNJ 558 - nee NYS&W M1 (blt 1950) Phillipsburg, NJ. owned by URHS, leased to NYSWTHS.    

  M2 Budd RDC preserved ex-NJTR 5197 - 559 - NJDOT 559 - CNJ 559 - nee NYS&W M2 (blt 1950) Phillipsburg, NJ owned by the NYSWTHS.

  M3 Budd RDC operating Ex-Kasten Railcar, N.J. Dept. of Transportation 5109, CNJ 560, nee-NYS&W M-3 (blt 1950)   At the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad


M4 Budd RDC preserved ex-NJTR 5199 - 560 - NJDOT 560 - CNJ 560 - nee NYS&W M4 (blt 1950) Phillipsburg, NJ Privately owned, kept with NYSWTHS collection.

M5 Budd RDC
ex NYSW M5 - MNCR 18 - AMTK 18 - PC 68 - nee NH 23 (blt 1952) NH Sold to Conway Scenic in 2008


M6 Budd RDC OOS ex-MNCR 11 - AMTK 11 - PC 37 - nee NH 37 (blt 1953) Utica  


M7 Budd RDC
ex NYSW M7 - MNCR 43 - PC 43 - nee NH 43 (blt 1953) NJ Sold to SRNJ in 2008.

  M8 Budd RDC OOS ex-MNCR 65 - PC 65 - nee NYC M465 (blt 1953) Utica  

















































































 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 

Susquehanna Diesel Locomotives:
and surviving locomotives, and all-time diesel roster.





Photo Road No. Model Year Built Status Heritage Location Current Paint Notes











101 Alco RS3 1952 scrapped   CVSR - RLW 4088 - NYSW 101 - DO 101 - CNY 101 - née D&H 4088     Scrapped at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, 1996

104 Alco RS3 1952 scrapped   CVSR- RLW - NYSW 104 - Adirondack 29 - R&S 29 - née D&H 4117     Scrapped at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, 1996











116 EMD NW2  1948 operating Ex-CR 9264 - PC 8684 - NYC 9501 -née NYOW 116 Arkville, NY
 NYO&W Restored in NYO&W paint











120 EMD SW9  1953 operating Ex-C&O 5091 Dansville, NY AMP blue
 sold to AMPI, September 2006, is now the AMPI shop switcher.











142 2-8-2 steam. 1989 operating Built by TangShan, China, in 1989.Ex - Connecticut Valley RR 1547 Phillipsburg, NJ    owned by the NYSWTHS











150 20T Whitcomb 1942 preserved ex NYSW 150 (bought 1946),  US Army 7720 - née-QMC 2084 Whippany, NJ NYSW red/grey Preserved at Whippany Railroad Museum 

  151 20T Whitcomb 1942 ??? ex NYSW 151 (bought 1946),  US Army 7723 - née-QMC 2092      both sold by NYSW in 1960.











200 GE 45ton 1958 operating bought 1958. - now Quebec Iron & Titanium #24     see *note 4 for whitcomb and GE 45tonner info.











202 Alco S2 1941 scrapped née NYSW 202     First NYSW diesels- Alco S2 pair 202 and 204 - 1941

203 Alco S2 1942 scrapped née NYSW 203      

  204 Alco S2 1941 scrapped née NYSW 204      

  205 Alco S2 1942  scrapped née NYSW 205      

206 Alco S2 1942  Preserved née NYSW 206 URHS of NJ NYSW red/grey  only  remaining S2 on the property in 1979.

  208 Alco S2 1942  scrapped née NYSW 208      











  230 Alco RS1 1944 scrapped née NYSW 230      

231:1 Alco RS1 1942 preserved US Army 8000 - née NYSW 231:1  (see *note 2)  Dallas, TX  TXI white see *note2

  233:1 Alco RS1 1942 scrapped Alaska RSD1 1085 - Alaska 1057 - US Army 8001 - née NYSW 233:1 - scrapped 1965-67     see *note2

231:2 Alco RS1 1943 scrapped née NYSW 231:2     see *note2

  233:2 Alco RS1 1943 scrapped G&W - née NYSW 233:2     sold to Genesee & Wyoming, used for parts.

  232 Alco RS1 1945 scrapped née NYSW 232     The arrival of these four units in 1947 ended steam operations.

  234 Alco RS1 1945 scrapped née NYSW 234      

236 Alco RS1 1945 scrapped née NYSW 236      

238 Alco RS1 1945 scrapped née NYSW 238      Was a yellowjacket in 1985.

240 Alco RS1 4-1945 scrapped  Tioga Central 240 - née NYSW 240, sold to Tioga Central in 1984.
   Scrapped in Wellsboro, PA, August 2014.


242
 Alco RS1
 194545
 scrapped née NYSW 242



  244 Alco RS1 1945  scrapped née NYSW 244       

246 Alco RS1 1947  preserved IMC-Agrico 207 - Tennessee RR #6 - née NYSW 246 Fort Meade, FL  IMC scheme  sold to Tennessee RR as their #6 (7/63)

  248 Alco RS1 1947  scrapped née NYSW 248      

  250 Alco RS1 1947  scrapped Vermont Ry - née NYSW 250      sold to Vermont Ry as their 250 (11/65) then traded to EMD (9/66)

252 Alco RS1 1947  scrapped née NYSW 252     scrapped 1988. Bicentennial unit, was also a yellowjacket.

  254 Alco RS1 1953 scrapped née NYSW 254      

  256:1 Alco RS1 1953 scrapped née NYSW 256:1      scrapped 1979











1778 EMD SD45   scrapped was Norfolk & Western 1778, bought as a NYSW parts unit      never operated with NYSW, parted out and scrapped.











1800 EMD GP18 1962 Operating bought new by NYSW - 8/1962 - sold to the East Penn Railway, April 2010.
 Kennet Square, PA Yellowjacket Currently ESPN1800

1802 EMD GP18 1962 Operating bought new by NYSW - 8/1962 - sold to the East Penn Railway, April 2010. Kennet Square, PA Yellowjacket Currently ESPN 1802

1804 EMD GP18 1962 Operating bought new by NYSW - 8/1962 - sold to the East Penn Railway, April 2010. Kennet Square, PA ESPN yellow/blue
 Currently ESPN 1804, Repainted by ESPN in 2014.






The three GP18's are the first Yellowjackets! (before them, the Alco S2's and RS1's were in the Maroon and grey/silver scheme)



2000 Alco C420 1966 scrapped Maryland and Delaware #50 - née L&N 1312. (low hood)   was a yellowjacket scrapped Little Ferry late 80's

2010 Alco C420 1964 Stored current BS 2010 - (NYSW 2002, re# 260, re# 2010) - V&M 202, née LIRR 221 Hamburg, NY BSOR green. Currently Buffalo Southern 2010











2012 EMD GP38 1967 operating Currently NSHR 2017, ex NSHR 2012, NYSW 2012, née B&O 3800 - sold by NYSW April 2010. Newberry, PA NSHR scheme.
 Currently NSHR (North Shore) number 2017.











2062 EMD GP20 1961 scrapped Ex-TPW 2062 - TPW 2010 - ATSF 3040 - ATSF 3140 -née ATSF 1140
   Scrapped in Binghamton, July 2014

2064 EMD GP20 1961  scrapped Ex-TPW 2064 - TPW 2013 - ATSF 3068 - ATSF 3168 -née ATSF 1168
   Scrapped in Binghamton, July 2014

2066 EMD GP20 1961  scrapped Ex-TPW 2066 - TPW 2008 - ATSF 3051 - ATSF 3151 -née ATSF 1151
   Scrapped in Binghamton, July 2014











2300 GE B23-7 1978  OOS
 FGLK 2300 - EX-NYSW 2300 - P&W 2214 - CSX 3126 - SBD 5127 - née L&N 5127 Geneva, NY
  P&W scheme  Sold by NYSW to FGLK, October 2011

2302 GE U23B  5/1977 operating Currently LRWY 2302 - Ex-NYSW 2302 - BDLX 2208 - P&W 2208 - née CR 2794 Towanda, PA
 LRWY Black
 Sold by NYSW to LRWY, December 2008

2304 GE U23B  5/1977 operating Currently LRWY 2304 - Ex-NYSW 2304 - P&W 2207 - née CR 2796 Towanda, PA LRWY Black Sold by NYSW to LRWY, December 2008











2400 EMD E9 1954  OOS Ex-BN 9921 née CBQ 9991 Hyannis Mass.
  NYSW Maroon Sold by NYSW to Larrys Truck & Electric in 2006.
sold by Larry to Cape Cod Centrail (Iowa Pacific) in 2013.

2402 EMD E9 1955  OOS Ex-BN 9915 née CBQ 9985 Hyannis, Mass.
  NYSW Maroon Sold by NYSW to Larrys Truck & Electric in 2006.
sold by Larry to Cape Cod Centrail (Iowa Pacific) in 2013.











3000 Alco C430 1967  operating Currently WNYP 430 - NYSW 3000 - Conrail 2050 - PC 2050 - née NYC 2050 Falconer, NY  LAL black/yellow Currently with Livonia, Avon & Lakeville. (WNYP)

3002:1 Alco C430 1967  scrapped NYSW 3002 - Conrail 2052 - PC 2052 - née NYC 2052     wrecked 2/3/87, scrapped at Binghamton 1995.

3004 Alco C430 1967  scrapped NYSW 3004 - Conrail 2051 - PC 2051 - née NYC 2051     wrecked 2/3/87, scrapped at Binghamton January 1989

3006 Alco C430 1967  operating Currently WNYP 433 - NYSW 3006 - Conrail 2056 - PC 2056 - née NYC 2056 Lakeville, NY  yellowjacket Currently with Livonia, Avon & Lakeville. (WNYP)

3008 Alco C430 1967  scrapped NYSW 3008 - Conrail 2055 - PC 2055 - née NYC 2055     c-shaft failure 1986, scrapped at NIMX (Little Ferry NY) Jun-1986.











3010 EMD SD40-2 1978  OOS - Bing
 (was briefly NYSW 3002:2) Ex-UP 8590 - SP 5397 née DRGW SD40T-2 5397 Binghamton  Yellowjacket Rebuilt - AMP, Dansville NY -10-2006 -was repainted.
Still in her SD40T-2 carbody, but reclassed as a SD40-2 by NYSW


3012 EMD SD33-ECO 1980  operating ex NYSW SD40T-2 3012 - née SP SD40T-2 8242  NYSW  Yellowjacket  Rebuilt in 2016 from a SD40T-2 into a SD33-ECO.

3014 EMD SD40T-2 1978  operating née SP SD40T-2 8321 NYSW  Yellowjacket  Rebuilt - AMP, Dansville NY -3-2007 -was repainted


3016 EMD SD33-ECO 1979  operating ex NYSW SD40T-2 3016 - née SP SD40T-2 8542  NYSW  Yellowjacket  Rebuilt - AMP, Dansville NY -3-2007 not repainted.
Rebuilt in 2016 from a SD40T-2 into a SD33-ECO.











3018 EMD SD40-2 1978  operating Ex-BDLX 3267, NS 3267, née Southern SD40-2 3267 (was a high hood) NYSW  Yellowjacket  leased '02-'03 - bought 2004, rebuilt dansville 2006, nose chopped.











3020 EMD SD40 1966  scrapped Ex-BDLX 1603 - NS 1603 - née N&W 1603 (high hood)
   high hood - leased 2002/2003 - bought 2004,
scrapped in Utica, September 2014.

3022 EMD SD40-2 1966  operating Ex-BDLX 1605 - NS 1605 - née N&W SD40 1605 (not a dash-2) (was a high-hood) NYSW  Yellowjacket  rblt Dansville 2006, nose chopped.  leased 2002/2003 bought 2004.
Still in her original SD40 carbody, but re-classed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.











3040 EMD GP40 1970  Operating Ex-NYSW 256:2 - CRL 256 - CSXT 6652 - SBD 6652 - née AWP 732 NYSW    

3042 EMD GP40 1966  scrapped Ex-BDLX 1355-NS 1355 - née N&W 1355
   was originally a high-hood, got the low nose from NYSW 3612,.
scrapped in Utica, September 2014.











6360
 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped née BN 6475 - would have been, but never operated as NYSW 3610
 BN green  NYSW parts unit, parted out and scrapped in Utica - 1992

3612 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped  Ex-NYSW 6362 - née BN 6480       scrapped in Utica.- 2004

3614 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
Ex-NYSW 6364 - née BN 6480.
  Went to Dansville for work, was unfixable. Off the roster 10/2007. scrapped in Dansville.

6366 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 632 - Ex-NYSW 6366 - née BN 6489 - would have been, but never operated as NYSW 3616.
  Was Montana Rail Link 362, scrapped 2007.

3618 EMD SD45  1971 Operating Ex- NYSW 6500 -née BN 6500 Binghamton  yellowjacket Rebuilt - AMPI, Dansville NY -9-2006 - was not repainted

3620 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 365 - Ex-NYSW 3620 - NYSW 6503 - née BN 6503
  Was Montana Rail Link 365 - leased to KCS in 2006, scrapped 2007

3622 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 364 - Ex-NYSW 3622 - NYSW 6509 - née BN 6509
  Was Montana Rail Link 364 - leased to BNSF in 2006, scrapped 2007

3624 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 360 - Ex-NYSW 3624 - NYSW 6513 - née BN 6513
  Was Montana Rail Link 360, scrapped 2007

3626 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 359 - Ex-NYSW 3626 - NYSW 6361 - née BN 6514
  Was Montana Rail Link 359 - leased to BNSF in 2006, scrapped 2007

6515 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped MRL 366 - Ex-NYSW 6515 - née BN 6515 - would have been, but never operated as NYSW 3628
   Was MRL 366, scrapped 11/2006 in Livingston, MO.

3630 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 363 - Ex-NYSW 3630 - NYSW 6521 - née BN 6521
  Was MRL 363, was ICE 363, scrapped 2007

3632 EMD SD45  1971 scrapped
MRL 361 - Ex-NYSW 3632 - NYSW 6525 - née BN 6525

Was Montana Rail Link 361 - leased to BNSF in 2006, scrapped 2007

3634 EMD SD45  1971 OOS - Bing Ex-NYSW 6542 - née BN 6542 Binghamton  yellowjacket  Rebuilt Dansville '06-early '07, back in service Jan 07, repainted.











3636 EMD F45 1971  scrapped Ex-NYSW 6640 - née BN 6640
 yellowjacket  scrapped in Utica, September 2014.

3638 EMD F45 1971  stored Ex-NYSW 3638 - NYSW 6370 - née BN 6644 Montana  MRL blue currently Montana Rail Link 390 - leased to BNSF in 2006.
Sold in 2014, possibly being preserved by a museum.











3660 Alco C636
 1968
scrapped ex NYSW 3660 - ex RRPX 78, ex Cartier 78, exx-MK 5402, née Alco 636-2 (Alco C636 demonstrator!)
 
  scrapped in Cohocton NY, January 2015

3662 Alco C636
 1968
scrapped ex NYSW 3662 - ex SIXX 77-Cartier 77- MK 5403, née Alco 636-3 (Alco C636 demonstrator!)

   scrapped in Cohocton NY, January 2015

3664  MLW M636  1970 Operating ex NYSW 3664,  ex SIXX 41, ex Cartier 41, née CN 2300 Olean, NY
 Currently RRPX 41, leased to WNYP

3666  MLW M636  1970 OOS ex NYSW 3666, ex NYSW 6366, ex SIXX 45, exx Cartier 45, née CN 2304 Olean, NY
 Currently WNYP 636

3668  MLW M636  1970 Operating ex NYSW 3668, ex SIXX 47, ex Cartier 47, née CN 2312 Olean, NY
 Currently WNYP 637

3670  MLW M636  1970 Operating ex RRPX 43, ex NYSW 3670, ex NYSW 6370, ex SIXX 43, exx Cartier 43, née CN 2302 Olean, NY
 Currently WNYP 643

3672  MLW M636  1973 OOS ex NYSW 3672, ex SIXX 75, née Cartier 75  Olean, NY
 Currently WNYP 638

3674  MLW M636  1975 Operating ex RRPX 85, ex NYSW 3674, ex RRPX 85, née Cartier 85 Olean, NY
 Currently  WNYP 685











3800 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9016 - née EMDX 9016 NYSW  Yellowjacket To NYSW in 2012

3802 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9044 - née EMDX 9044 NYSW  Yellowjacket To NYSW in 2012

3804 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9061 - née EMDX 9061 NYSW  Yellowjacket To NYSW in 2012

3806 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9067 - née EMDX 9067 NYSW  Yellowjacket To NYSW in 2012

3808 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9082 - née EMDX 9082 NYSW  Yellowjacket To NYSW in 2012

3810 EMD SD60 1986
operating ex GMTX 9094 - née EMDX 9094 NYSW  Yellowjacket  To NYSW in 2012











4002 GE B40-8  1988 operating Currently P&W 4004 - sold 2004 - née NYSW 4002
 New England  P&W scheme  

4004 GE B40-8  1988 operating Currently P&W 4001 - sold 2004 - née NYSW 4004
 New England  P&W scheme  

4006 GE B40-8  1988 operating Currently P&W 4003 - sold September 2005 - née NYSW 4006
 New England  P&W scheme Was the last B40-8 on NYSW-

4008 GE B40-8  1988 operating Currently P&W 4002 - sold February 2005 - née NYSW 4008
 New England  P&W scheme  

  4010 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5930 - née NYSW 4010
 CSX system  CSX bc See *Note 1

4012 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5931 - née NYSW 4012          CSX system  CSX bc  

  4014 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5932 - née NYSW 4014
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4016 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5933 - née NYSW 4016
CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5933 in 2010.

4018 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5944 - née NYSW 4018 CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5944 in 2010.

  4020 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5934 - née NYSW 4020
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4022 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5935 - née NYSW 4022  CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5935 in 2010.

4024 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5945 - née NYSW 4024
 CSX system  CSX yn3  

  4026 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5938 - née NYSW 4026
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4028 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5939 - née NYSW 4028  CSX system  CSX bc  tconverted o CSX B20-8 5939 in 2010.

  4030 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5940 - née NYSW 4030
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4032 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5941 - née NYSW 4032
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4034 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5946 - née NYSW 4034
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4036 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5943 - née NYSW 4036  CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5943 in 2010.


4038 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5942 - née NYSW 4038 CSX system  CSX bc  


4040 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5947 - née NYSW 4040
 CSX system  CSX bc  

  4042 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5936 - née NYSW 4042 CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5936 in 2010.

4044 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5948 - née NYSW 4044  CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5948 in 2010.


4046 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5949 - née NYSW 4046 CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5949 in 2010.

4048 GE B40-8  1989 operating Currently CSX 5937 - née NYSW 4048 CSX system  CSX bc  converted to CSX B20-8 5937 in 2010.











4050 EMD SD70M 1995  operating
currently NS 2797 - née NYSW 4050
 NS system
  NS built new in 1995 as NYSW 4050 - Sold to NS, September 2014

4052 EMD SD70M 1995  operating
currently NS 2798 - née NYSW 4052 NS system
  NS built new in 1995 as NYSW 4050 - Sold to NS, September 2014

4054 EMD SD70M 1995  operating
currently NS 2799 - née NYSW 4054 NS system
  NS built new in 1995 as NYSW 4050 - Sold to NS, September 2014
















































































































All-Time Diesel Roster Breakdown:
(in approxmate chronological order, by builder)



(in order by number of units)


Total - 116 units.
* Two units are listed twice in the two lists immediately above, 3012 and 3016, as both a SD40T-2 and as a SD33-ECO.

Of those 116, today (April 2016):
15 are on the NYSW roster:

- 13 operating on NYSW
- 2 OOS 

43 still exist, but not on the current NYSW roster.
45 are confirmed scrapped.
Only one is  "status unknown"
 
   
 


Current Susquehanna Roster, as of April 21, 2016:
(more detail on each locomotive, including heritage, is in the main roster above)

3010 - EMD SD40-2           - oos/stored serviceable, Binghamton.  Still in her SD40T-2 carbody, with her long snoot nose, but re-classed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.
3012 - EMD SD33-ECO    - operating. A former SD40T-2 tunnel motor, rebuilt into a SD33-ECO.
3014 - EMD SD40T-2        - operating. The only one of the original four still classified as a SD40T-2.
3016 - EMD SD33-ECO    - operating. A former SD40T-2 tunnel motor, rebuilt into a SD33-ECO.

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating - built new as a SD40-2.
3022 - EMD SD40-2 - operating - Still in her original SD40 carbody, but reclassed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating

3618 - EMD SD45-2 - operating. (originally a SD45, re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.)
3634 - EMD SD45-2 - oos/stored serviceable, Binghamton. (originally a SD45, re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.)

3800 - EMD SD60 - operating
3802 - EMD SD60 - operating
3804 - EMD SD60 - operating
3806 - EMD SD60 - operating
3808 - EMD SD60 - operating
3810 - EMD SD60 - operating

Fifteen units on the roster.
Thirteen operating, two stored OOS.

 
 
 

Notes:

*Note 1
4010 - 4048, twenty B40-8's, were built in 1989 and financed with help from CSX to operate the stack trains.
(Susquehanna was temporarily operating the D&H, and the stack trains were run over the Conrail southern tier main via D&H traffic rights)
With the loss of the stack trains when CP took over the D&H, these 20 units were returned to CSX around 1991.
4010 - 4048 only operated with NYSW a few short years between 1989 and 1991.

The other four B40-8's 4002, 4004, 4006 and 4008, operated with NYSW all through the 1990's and into the 21st
century, until being sold to the P&W in 2004 and 2005.

4006 (now P&W 4003) was in NYSW yellowjacket paint in July 2006, was repainted into P&W scheme by December 2006.
was the last yellowjacket B40-8. 

 All 24 B40-8's were built new in NYSW Yellowjacket paint.
 

*Note 2
231:1 and 233:1  were NYSW's first road diesels.
They were both requisitioned by the US govt and sent overseas for WWII.
(All 1941 Alco RS1 production was shipped overseas by the US govt for the war effort,
and all were rebuilt into RSD-1 types, with 6-axle trucks, including our two NYSW units)

They were replaced by 231:2 and 233:2 in 1943.

231:1 survives!
she went overseas in WWII along with sister 233:1, both converted to RSD1's (6-axle trucks)
231:1 returned to the USA after the war..her history is:
originally NYSW RS1 231:1 - then US Army 8000 - then to U.S. Navy 65-00575, then to Texas Industries 8000; Donated to the Age of Steam Museum in Dallas, Texas.
the "Age of Steam Museum" in Dallas is now called the "Museum of the American Railroad"

233:1 - Alaska RSD1 1085 - Alaska 1057 - US Army 8001 - nee NYSW 233:1 - scrapped 1965-67

see this page for more info on the WWII RSD's, including our two Susquehanna units.
 
 

*Note 3
Russian 2-10-0 notes.
2492 was the last decopod to operate, last day of operation - October 2, 1947
2454, 2472, 2481, and 2484 were returned to the Erie and sold, 2/4/1943, to Seaboard Air Line.
2435 and 2492 sold for scrap in september 1948, last two operating Russians.
 

*Note 4
Whitcombs 150 and 151, and GE 45 tonner 200,
all switched the Edgewater Seatrain operation.
200 replaced the two whitcombs in 1958.
200 was then sold to a mining operation in Quebec (Quebec Iron & Titanium) when the edgewater facility was shutdown. (year?)
200 was bought new in 1958, and survives today as Quebec Iron & Titanium #24
150 is preserved, the current fate of 151 is still unknown.
 

*Note 5
The eight Cartier Alcos and MLWs first arrived in Cohocton, NY in late 2002.
They sat there through all of 2003,
and in October 2004, the first unit arrived on the Susquehanna.
By August 2005 all eight were on the Susquehanna.
Click Here for the complete Cartier unit timeline on NY Alcos

The Cartier units operated with NYSW from 2004-2007, and in 2007 all eight were sold by NYSW to leasing companys RRPX and Alco-C,
who then leased them to the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville railroad.
 
 

*Note 6
Concerning U23B 2209.
I have recieved a few emails letting me know im missing "NYSW 2209" from the roster..actually im not..
because there has never been a NYSW 2209! ;)
The unit was always BDLX 2209 when it operated with NYSW..
BDLX is "Big Dog Leasing", related to RMDI in Pittston, PA.
The unit was never actually owned by NYSW..there are several references to "NYSW 2209" floating around the internet,
and some photos labeled as NYSW 2209..those are simply mistakes, errors, mislabeled photos.."NYSW 2209" has never existed.
In April, 2009 BDLX 2209 was being used a test bed in Utica.
 
 
 

LINKS

Roster sources:
The Diesel Shop - NYSW Roster
New York Alcos
http://206.225.93.88/alco/DISP3485-99.html
Joshua Blay's NYSW SD45 photo roster.l
www.railfanusa.com/rosters/shortlines-richadams06-10.xls
NYSW Roster from the "Unofficial NYSW Railfan page"
NYSW Alco RS1 discussion

Other relevant links:
New York Susquehanna & Western Railway - Official Site
New York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society
The New Unofficial New York Susquehanna & Western Railfan Page

Susquehanna Forum on Railroad.net
Susquehanna Forum on Railfan.net
Susquehanna Forum on Yahoo
Railway Preservation News

Susquehanna Photos on George Ellwood's fallenflags.org
Susquehanna Photos on railpictures.net
Susquehanna Photos on NERAIL North American Photography Archive
Susquehanna Photos on rrpicturearchives.net
CSX Photo Archives -B40-8

US Army RSD1 roster

Museum of the American Railroad-formerly "Age of Steam Museum" Dallas, Texas - home to NYSW 231:1
United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey - Is trying to save NYSW doodlebug 5012.
 
 
 
 

CVSR - Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
DO - Delaware Otsego System
ICE = Iowa Chicago & Eastern
P&W = Providence & Worcester
R&S -  Roberval & Saguenay
RLW - Rome Locomotive Works
 
 







1941 - First diesels arrive on the NYSW in the form of Alco S2 pair 202 & 204.

1942 - First road diesels arrive, Alco RS1's. (S2's and RS1's were all built new for NYSW by Alco)

1947 (end of steam) to 1962 - NYSW operates with a 22-unit all-Alco fleet,  six Alco S2 switchers and sixteen Alco RS1 road switchers.

1962 - First new locomotives since the 1940's arrive, GP18 1800, 1802 and 1804. (still on the roster, and operating, 45 years later in 2007!)

1960's and 1970's - Susquehanna operates with only the three GP18's and a few remaining S2's and RS1's.

1982 - Two Alco RS3's arrive, units 101 and 104

1983 - Susquehanna buys the famous Alco C430's - 3000, 3002, 3004, 3006, and 3008
  All five were originally New York Central units, (then PC, then Conrail) and came to NYSW from Conrail.

1986 - The Susquehanna SD45 fleet arrives, they are 1971-vintage locos bought from Burlington Northern.
             Thirteen operating SD45's (from BN) plus one parts unit (from NS)...in 2007 only three remain on the roster.

             Also arriving with the SD45's are two F45 cowl units, also from BN, they become 3636 and 3638.
             There was a third F45, leased by NYSW for a short time, which was never officially on the NYSW roster, this was number 6635.

1989 - the GE B40-8 fleet arrives, new from GE.  24 units, to power the NYSW stack trains between Buffalo & Binghamton on the Southern Tier Main.
            The first brand new units on the roster since the GP18's of 1962.
            Twenty of the 24 were returned to CSX in 1991, only two years afer they arrived. (CSX helped finance them)
            The other four remained on the roster until 2004/2005.

1995 - Susquehanna buys three EMD SD70m units, new from EMD, SD70m  4050, 4052 and 4054.
  around 2001 NYSW began leasing these units out to other railroads, today (2007) they are on lease to the Indiana & Ohio Railway.

19?? - some SD45's and one F45 sold to Montana Rail Link.

1995 - The two E-units arrive, E9 2400 and 2402

1999 - the three GP20's arrive.

May 2001 - the last two Alco C430's on the roster, 3000 & 3006, are sold to the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville and depart from Binghamton.
                     (the other three were already scrapped by this time.)

For the first time since railroads have existed, there are no Alco locomotives in Binghamton, NY!
Binghamton will remain Alco-free for three years, until the Cartier units arrive.

November 2002 - The Tunnel Motors arrive! Four of them, they become NYSW 3010, 3012, 3014, 3016.

Summer 2003 - SD40T-2's 3012 and 3016 are repainted into Yellowjacket colors, first of the four tunnel motors repainted.

2004

April 2004 - B40-8 4002 sold to the P&W
April 2004 - B40-8 4004 sold to the P&W

July 2004 - GP18 1800 is rebuilt and returns to service.

August 23, 2004 - SD45 3618 is returned to service in Utica.

October 2004 - The Eight ex-Cartier Alcos-MLW's begin to arrive! click here for the complete Cartier unit timeline.

October 17, 2004. - first report of one of the ex-Cartier units in Binghamton. number 78.

November, 2004 - SD45 3634 is returned to service in Utica.

November 21, 2004. ex-Cartier 45 spotted in Binghamton, second Cartier unit to arrive.

December 20, 2004 - ex-Cartier 41, 45 and 78 are all confirmed with Susquehanna, only 78 is operating.

sometime in 2004 - SD45 3612donates her nose to BDLX GP40 1355 (later to become NYSW 3042)
                                  and her crankshaft to F45 3636, 3612 is then scrapped in Utica. :(
                                  leaving only three SD45's on the roster - 3614, 3618, 3634.

sometime in 2004 - SD40-2 3018, SD40 3020 and SD40 3022 are bought.

2005

January 20, 2005.  ex-Cartier 47 and 77 reported on NYSW property. that makes five!

As of February 2005, Five of the ex-Cartier units are with the Susquehanna in Binghamton, 41,45,47,77,78
and three remain in Cohocton. 43,75,85.

February 2005 -     B40-8 4008 sold to the P&W
September 2005 - B40-8 4006 sold to the P&W - this was the last of the B40-8's from 1989 on the NYSW roster.

April 16, 2005
three of the Cartier units, 41,47,78,  make a run on the CSX mainline between Utica and Buffalo!
they did it again May 1 and 2, 2005
they sat outlawed for 2 days near Batavia.

On June 3, 2005,
the sixth ex-Cartier unit,  #43 left Cohocton and was interchanged with NS at Gang Mills.
That leaves only 75 and 85 still in Cohocton as of June 5, 2005.
the other 6 units are with the Susquehanna.
3 of the units are confirmed operating, 41,47,78.
43, 45 and 77 are with the Susquehanna, but have not been confirmed operating
yet as of June 5, 2005.

June 4, 2005
Rumours have been going around that the Susquehanna plans to buy the ex-Cartier units, re-number them,
and possibly repaint them into NYSW yellow & black!!
(although repainting is probably just a rumour..it could happen, but is unlikely for awhile)

June 4, 2005
45 was reported outside the Utica shop numbured on the cab as NYSW 6366.
First ex-Cartier renumbured into the NYSW number scheme.
but still wearing the original Cartier colors.
She was being load tested, operating, nearly ready for service.

June 6, 2005
Cartier 43 confirmed operating.
77 was reported possibly operating a few months ago, that was false, she has not yet been operating.

It has been reported in past months that ex-Cartier 75 and 85 may be of interest to the WNYP.
but it has also been rumoured that WNYP doesnt want them, and they will also go to
the Susquehanna..which way is true isnt certain yet.
stay tuned....
 

August 1, 2005
2 of the ex-Cartier units were briefly renumbured in the 6300 series. and are now in the 3600 series.
Cartier 45 was the first renumbured, to 6366, photographic proof of renumbured 6366 taken on June 4, 2005.
                   On July 30, the unit was spotted renumbured a second time, this time to 3666.
                   So this unit went from Cartier 45 to NYSW 6366 to NYSW 3666. hopefully settled down now.
Cartier 43 was very briefly renumbured to 6370..perhaps only a few weeks in July 2005. by late July she was renumbured to 3670.
                   this unit went from Cartier 43 to NYSW 6370 to NYSW 3670.

Current ex-Cartier unit numbering status as of August 1, 2005:

41      - still #41, operating with NYSW
3670 - was briefly numbured 6370, perhaps only a few weeks in July,
            was Cartier 43, operating with NYSW
3666 - was numbured 6366 for approx 2 months, June and July
            was Cartier 45, operating with NYSW
47     - still #47, operating with NYSW
75     - still in Cohocton, not operating.
77     - with NYSW, but has not operated yet.
78     - still #78, operating with NYSW.
85     - still in Cohocton, not operating.

five of the eight are operating!
three still await a return to service.
 
 

August 19, 2005

The final two ex-Cartier units that remained in Cohocton, 75 and 85, arrived in Binghamton on 8-17-05.
they were renumbured to NYSW 3672 and 3674 before they left Cohocton.
that makes it official! all EIGHT of the "things" are now with Susquehanna!
as of 8-19-05, it isnt clear if 3672 and 3674 are operating yet.
The units were towed to Binghamton, not operating.
They never actually operated as SIXX 75 or RRPX 85,
they had those numbers "on paper", but were never physically lettered with those reporting marks and numbers,
they recieved their NYSW numbers before they left Cohocton.
 

September 19, 2005
M636 3672 first reported operating in binghamton.
 

October 10, 2005
7 of the 8 ex-Cartier units are now operating.
Only 77 is not operating, has freeze damage, still OOS in Utica.

5 of the units have been given their NYSW numbers.

3660 - 78, unrenumbured
3662 - 77, unrenumbured, only unit still OOS.
3664 - 41.
3666 - 45
3668 - 47, unrenumbured.
3670 - 43
3672 - 75
3674 - 85

above list accurate as of 10/10/05
 

December 31, 2005

final update for 2005!
7 of the 8 Cartier units are operating, and all 7 operating units have been renumbured.
Only 77 remains unrenumbured, and remains OOS.

3660 - 78,
3662 - 77, unrenumbured, only unit still OOS.
3664 - 41.
3666 - 45
3668 - 47,
3670 - 43
3672 - 75
3674 - 85
 
 

2006

January  2006 - F45 3636 returns to service, repaired at Utica.

April 2006 - SD40T-2 3012 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding, the first of the NYSW Dansville rebuilds. was already in yellowjacket paint, so not repainted there.

June 2006 - SD40T-2 3012 is back in service.

June 14, 2006
       got a report from our intrepid Binghamton reporter Andy B. that
       the big Susquehanna Alcos/MLWs arent doing well,
       and some are currently OOS..although they might still return to service.
       At the beginning of 2006 all 7 (of 8) of the Cartier units were operating,
       (except for 77, which never operated with NYSW and has apparently become the parts unit.)
       As of June 14,  only 3664, 3672 and 3674 are operating.
       although hopefully the four dead units may return to service.
       3664 - operating
       3670 - OOS
       3666 - OOS
       3668 - OOS
       3672 - operating
       77     - parts unit
       3660 - OOS
       3674 - operating
 

July 05, 2006 - SD40-2 3018 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding.
July 05, 2006 - SD40    3022 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding.
July 27, 2006 - SD45    3614 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding
July XX,2006 - SD45 3618 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding.

July 29,  2006 - M636 3668 is spotted back in service.

????, 2006  - SD40T-2 3010 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding.
????, 2006  - SD45 3634 arrives in Dansville for rebuilding.

Summer 2006 - GP40 3042 is purchased from BDLX.

September 10, 2006 - SD45 3618 returns to service from Dansville, was not repainted at Dansville. (was already in yellowjacket paint)
September 10, 2006 - SW9 120 goes to Dansville and is sold to AMPI to become their shop switcher. - off the NYSW roster September 2006.

October 9, 2006 - SD40T-2 3010 returns to service from Dansville, unit was repainted at Dansville into NYSW yellowjacket scheme from SP bloodynose scheme.

October 2006 - M636 3672 broke down on the road, and was set off on a siding at Warwick.
Unit broke down while on the move, and was dragged, creating a flat spot on one set of wheels.
Axle changed out, and unit was towed to Little Ferry on or around November 18, 2006.

November 2006 - E9 2400 sold to Larry's Truck and Electric, McDonald, Ohio.
November 2006 - E9 2402 sold to Larry's Truck and Electric, McDonald, Ohio.

December 2006 - SD40-2 3018 returns to service from Dansville, nose chopped and repainted at Dansville, into yellowjacket scheme from N&W black.
December 2006 - SD40    3022 returns to service from Dansville, nose chopped and repainted at Dansville, into yellowjacket scheme from N&W black. now classed as a SD40-2

December 2006 - GP38 2012 returns to service after a time OOS in Utica.

2007

Snapshot of the Susquehanna Roster at the beginning of 2007:

click here for the January 2007 Roster table.

35 units on the Roster in January 2007

Susquehanna Utica Main (originally DL&W) is OOS between Chenengo Forks and Sherburne, due to flooding in June 2006.  see map here.
The line will likely be abandoned and not rebuilt.

January 2007 - SD45 3634 returns to service from Dansville, repainted into new yellowjacket scheme from previous yellowjacket scheme, now classed as a SD45-2.

March 2007 - U23B 2302 joins the NYSW roster, purchased from BDLX (formerly BDLX 2208 and P&W 2208) - still wearing the P&W scheme in early 2007.
March 2007 - U23B 2304 joins the NYSW roster, former P&W 2208 - still wearing the P&W scheme in early 2007.
                        both originally Conrail units, and among the very last U-boats built. built new for Conrail in May 1977. Units had their trucks changed at some point
                        from the original AAR-B trucks, to the FB2 trucks the units are currently wearing.

March 2007 - SD40T-2's 3014 and 3016 head to Dansville for rebuilding.

May 2007 - Confirmed that Alco C636 "SIXX 77" has actually been officially NYSW 3662 "on paper" all along.
                     and owned by the NYSW, same as the other Cartier units.
                     However it has never operated as, or been renumbured as, NYSW 3662. It's still OOS and has never operated with NYSW, it's a parts unit in Utica.

May 8, 2007 - M636 3666 spotted back in service. she was given new dynamic brakes from a GE dash-7 or dash-8, and a new computer.

May 14, 2007 - F45 3636 reported OOS with a blown traction motor.

July 20 2007  - SD40T-2's 3014 and 3016 reported back in operation from Dansville.
                 3014 was repainted at Dansville from its SP Bloody nose scheme into NYSW yellowjacket colors. All four tunnel motors are now yellowjackets.
                           Only SD45 3614 in Dansville at this time..reports say she is too far gone, and likely will never be back in operation.

Summer 2007 - All EIGHT of the Cartier units are sold and leave the NYSW roster!
                                Sold/Leased to the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville, for use on the new WNY&P base out of Olean, NY.
                                Check the NY Alcos page for the continuing saga and timeline on the Cartiers.
                                 No one is sure when the last Cartier unit operated with the Susquehanna, but it was sometime in June or July.
                                 It seems Susquehanna's last great Alco era is over.

August  2007 -          The eight NYSW Cartier units are gathering in small herds, hopefully to  move soon to the LAL!
                                    5 units are in Binghamton, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3670, and 3672
                                    and 3 in Syracuse. 3660, 3662, and 3674.
 

August 4, 2007    - Susquehanna clears out units from the Utica shop, moving them over to Syracuse, including three Cartier units.
                                 They then move down to Binghamton.

August 8, 2007    - All Eight Cartier units gathered together in Binghamton, none operating.

August 9, 2007    -   NYSW founder and CEO Walter Rich passes away.

August 18, 2007 - The first three Cartier units arrive in Cohocton, NY - 3664, 3666 and 3668

September 14, 2007 - Two more arrive in Cohocton, 3670 and 3674

September 19, 2007 - Two more, 3660 and 77.  Now 7 of the 8 Cartier units are back in Cohocton, after being with the Susquehanna 2-3 years.
                                        Only 3672 remains in Binghamton.

September 27, 2007  - NYSW finally confirms the rumour that the Utica shop will be closing as of 12/15/07.

October 4, 2007 - GP20's 2062 & 2064 reported OOS in Binghamton.
                                B23-7 2300 also reported OOS.
 

October 5, 2007 - GP18 1804 - currently OOS Binghamton
                               GP20 2062 - currently OOS Binghamton
                               GP20 2064 - currently OOS Binghamton
                               GP38 2012 - currently OOS Binghamton
                               GP40 3042 - currently OOS Utica
                               B23-7 2300 - currently OOS Utica
                               SD45 3614 - currently OOS Dansville
 

                                27 total units on the roster,
                                7 OOS
                                17 operating on NYSW system
                                3 leased out to the Indiana & Ohio (the SD70's)
                                20 total operating units (including the SD70's)

October 6, 2007 - Former NYSW 3666 is renumbured and is back in service as WNYP 636.
                               she leaves Cohocton for her new assignment in Olean.
                               First of the 8 Cartier units to return to service with WNYP.
 

October 9, 2007 - GP20 2066 is listed dead in Binghamton.
                               For the first time, all three GP20's are dead.. :(
 

October 12, 2007 - NW2 116 (the unit in O&W paint) is off the NYSW roster.
                                 as is SD45 3614, which remains a parts unit in Dansville, never to return to service.
                                 The SD45 fleet falls by one more, down to two units remaining.

October 23, 2007 - B23-7 2300 is back in service.
 

November 8, 2007 - The last of the Cartier units, M636 3672, arrives in Cohocton.
                                    Binghamton is now 100% Alco-free again. :(
 

November 16, 2007 - SD40T-2 3014 makes her second trip to AMP in Dansville, NY. Spotted in Rochester on 11/16/2007, and in Dansville on 11/18.

December 10, 2007 - 3014 is back in service. 

2007 - All eight of the NYSW SD45's that went to Montana Rail Link have been scrapped.

End of year 2007 summary:

2007 was quite a year of change for the Susquehanna motive power fleet..and all in the "negative direction" (from a railfan perspective anyway..)

The "Last Great Susquehanna Alco Era" ended in 2007, when all eight of the big Cartier Alcos and MLW's were sold off and moved over to Cohocton, NY
with new owner LAL-WNYP.

Old NYSW power begins to be removed from service, including all three GP18's, the GP20's and other older power..
details below.

NYSW CEO Walter Rich passed away in 2007.

The NYSW roster shrunk from 35 to 25 units during 2007. NW2 116, SD45 3614, and the Eight Cartier units left the roster.
No new units arrived during 2007. (except for leased power)

Eight former NYSW SD45's, the eight that went to Montana Rail Link, were scrapped in 2007.


 

2008

 2008 begins with 25 units on the roster:

1800
1802
1804
2012
2062
2064
2066
2300
2302
2304
3010
3012
3014
3016
3018
3020
3022
3040
3042
3618
3634
3636
4050
4052
4054
 

February 14, 2008 - reports on-line that the three SD70's may be moving from Ohio to Florida. might be just a rumour.
 

March 25, 2008 - Reports reach the railfan forums that NYSW is beginning to sell off its entire passenger fleet.
                               All passenger cars and the RDC's are up for sale. 15 passenger cars, 4 RDC's and the 0-6-0 in Cooperstown.
 
 

April 16 2008 - First report that one of the passenger cars has been sold. Former NYSW Diner Lounge Car # 507 heads to its new home in Florida.
 

April 2008 - Over the last few months, a line of eight stored locomotives has developed in Binghamton.
                      The string of stored/dead units includes:

                       GP18 1800
                       GP18 1802
                       GP18 1804

                       GP20 2062
                       GP20 2066

                       U23B 2302
                       GP38 2012
                       NW2 116     (privately owned, not officially on the NYSW roster)

                       It is especially sad to see the three GP18's out of service. These were the oldest continually operating NYSW units, bought new in 1962.
                       Thats 46 years of service with the same railroad! It seems their days with the Susquehanna are now over.
                       Although the fate of all of these units is currently unknown. hopefully they will be sold and not scrapped.

                        The list of OOS units grows disturbingly long...and perhaps not coincidintally, EVERY OOS unit happens to be a 4-axle unit,
                         and all IN service units are 6-axle..
 

OOS as of May 1, 2008

1800
1802
1804
2012
2062
2064
2066
2300
2302
2304
3040
3042
 

Active NYSW as of May 1, 2008

3010
3012
3014
3016
3018
3020
3022
3618
3634
3636
(and the three SD70's - leased, still in Ohio on the Indiana & Ohio Railway)
 
 

Not counting the SD70's, the list of OOS units is longer than the list of active units. :(
 
 
 

April 30, 2007 - SD70 4052 is in Florida, heading to the FEC shop at New Symrna Beach for some work.
                            perhaps this is the source of the rumour that the SD70's are "being sold to the FEC"
                            perhaps they are only going to the FEC for some work instead.
 

Click here for the complete NYSW roster on May 1, 2008.
 

May 1 , 2008 - passenger cars 507, 508, 535, 536 and RDC M5 have been sold.

                          RDC M5 has been sold to the Conway Scenic.

May 14 , 2008 - F45 3636 is OOS..its likely she has seen her last days of operation on the Susquehanna. :(
 

June 2008 - GP18 1802 returns to service!
 

October 14, 2008 - NYSW 206, the only surviving Susquehanna Alco S2, is moved to Maywood, NJ and put on display.
                                  cosmetic restoration is underway by the Maywood Station Historical Committee.
 

Dec 18, 2008 - U23B's 2302 and 2304 are sold, off the roster.
 

2008 end of year summary:

The NYSW roster shrunk from 25 to 23 units during 2008.
Two units left the roster, 2302 and 2304.
No new units arrived in 2008.

Although the entire NYSW passenger car and RDC roster was put up for sale during 2008.
http://www.trains-trams-trolleys.com/home/NYSW/nysw.htm
status of sale as of Dec 31, 2008:

501 - Cab Car/Coach - sold, but to who?
507 - dining car - sold to CSX, to become part of CSX office car fleet.
508 - lounge - sold, but to who?
509 - Dome Observation car - sold, but to who?
510 - Observation - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
512 - Sleeper - sold, but to who?
535 - Coach - sold to NY&GL
536 - Coach - sold to NY&GL
599 - Office Car - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
1551 - Office Car - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008. (LVRR "Black Diamond", used as a NYSW office in Cooperstown)
7740 -  Bi-Level coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
7752 -  Bi-Level coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
7807 -  Bi-Level coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
7809 -  Bi-Level coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
LAL101 - coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
CACV2 - coach - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.

RDC M5 - sold to Conway Scenic.
RDC M6 - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.
RDC M7 - sold to Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
RDC M8 - listed as unsold as of Dec 31, 2008.

the 0-6-0 steam locomotive in Cooperstown has not yet been sold as of Dec 31, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

2009

 2009 begins with 23 units on the roster:

Active NYSW units as of January 1, 2009

1802 - EMD GP18

3010 - EMD SD40T-2
3012 - EMD SD40T-2
3014 - EMD SD40T-2
3016 - EMD SD40T-2

3018 - EMD SD40-2

3022 - EMD SD40

3040 - EMD GP40

3618 - EMD SD45
3634 - EMD SD45

4050 - EMD SD70M
4052 - EMD SD70M
4054 - EMD SD70M  (the three SD70's - Still leased to the Indiana & Ohio Railway)
 
  OOS as of January 1, 2009

1800 - EMD GP18 - OOS Binghamton
1804 - EMD GP18 - OOS Binghamton

2012 - EMD GP38 - OOS Binghamton

2062 - EMD GP20 - OOS Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - OOS Binghamton
2066 - EMD GP20 - OOS Binghamton

2300 - GE B23-7 - OOS Utica

3020 - EMD SD40 - OOS Utica

3042 - EMD GP40 - OOS Utica.

3636 - EMD F45 - OOS Utica.
 
 
 

January 2009 - Former NYSW U23B 2302 and 2304, recently sold the Lehigh Railway, are painted in the LRWY black scheme and begin
                           operating out of Towanda, PA with new owner Lehigh Railway.  link
 
 
April 21, 2009 - the three NYSW SD70's are back in town! :)  (well, sort-of)....the three units, after being on-lease in Ohio and Florida for many years, travel
                            back to New York State and are seen in Selkirk on April 22. They are headed to the New England Central Railroad for storage.
                            No news yet if they will ever operate with NYSW again..

May 21, 2009 - Former NYSW EMD NW2 No. 116 (privately owned for many years) made the move, by truck, from Binghamton, NY to Arkville, NY.
                           The unit now lives on the Delaware & Ulster Railroad in the Catskills.

                            


2010

 2010 begins the same way 2009 began, with 23 units on the roster:

NYSW roster on January 1, 2010

1800 - EMD GP18 - OOS Binghamton
1802 - EMD GP18 - operating, Binghamton area.
1804 - EMD GP18 - OOS Binghamton

2012 - EMD GP38 - OOS Binghamton

2062 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2066 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton

2300 - GE B23-7 - OOS Utica

3010 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3012 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3014 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3016 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating

3020 - EMD SD40 - OOS Utica

3022 - EMD SD40 - operating

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating
3042 - EMD GP40 - OOS Utica.

3618 - EMD SD45 - operating
3634 - EMD SD45 - operating

3636 - EMD F45 - OOS Utica.

4050 - EMD SD70M - stored on the New England Central
4052 - EMD SD70M - operating, occasionally, with the New England Central
4054 - EMD SD70M - stored on the New England Central

April 2010 - Four NYSW units leave the roster. the big story is the three GP18's are leaving!
                     these are very historic Susquehanna units! They were bought new by the susquehanna in 1962..48 years on the roster!
                     They were the first yellowjackets! and wore their yellowjacket schemes (with some variation) their entire NYSW careers.
                     The three classic GP18's were sold to the East Penn Railway in early 2010, and they departed Binghamton
                     for the last time on April 15, 2010. They then went to the NYSW in New Jersey, and then arrived at their new home,
                     The East Penn Railway, Kennet Square, PA, on May 5, 2010. as of August 2010 the units are stored, but it is believed
                     East Penn intends to operate them!

                     NYSW GP38 2012 (the only GP38 NYSW has ever owned! so far)
                     was also sold in April 2010, to the North Shore, she is now NSHR 2010, now with the North Shore in Newberry, PA.

                     The NYSW Roster drops to only 19 units.
                     10 oos/stored, only nine units operating!

September 2010 - Reports state F45 3636 is going to Utica to have usable parts stripped out..it is unlikely she will operate again.
                                3636 has been OOS since May 2008.

December 21, 2010 - the SD70's return home! after 10 years of being leased out, and roaming all over the country in lease service,
                                      the trio of of SD70's, NYSW 4050, 4052 and 4054 are finally back home in Binghamton...the units arrived in Binghamton
                                      under their own power.



2011

As the NYSW roster continues to shrink year after year, 2011 begins with only 19 units on the roster:
12 operating, and 7 stored.

NYSW roster on January 1, 2010

2062 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2066 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton

2300 - GE B23-7 - OOS Utica

3010 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3012 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3014 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3016 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating

3020 - EMD SD40 - OOS Utica

3022 - EMD SD40 - operating

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating
3042 - EMD GP40 - OOS Utica.

3618 - EMD SD45 - operating
3634 - EMD SD45 - operating

3636 - EMD F45 - OOS Utica.

4050 - EMD SD70M  - operating.
4052 - EMD SD70M  - operating.
4054 - EMD SD70M   - operating.


March 17, 2011 - All three SD70's are in service.

June 13, 2011 - Two of the SD70's, 4052 and 4054, are OOS, stored in Binghamton. 4050 is operating on the Northern division.

June 15, 2011 - All three of the SD70's are now OOS in Binghamton..stored.

October 2011 - NYSW 2300, GE B23-7, is sold to the Finger Lakes Railway..This was the last GE on the NYSW roster..
                           This makes the NYSW, for the first time ever, an all-EMD railroad!
November 2011 - a set of CEFX GP20D units are being leased by NYSW, CEFX 2010 and 2029.
                               these units are often mistakenly called "Gensets"..they are not gensets..they are "traditional" diesels, GP20D units.
                               highly rebuilt yes, and they have cabs that look like gensets..but they are not.

November 2011 - Five CEFX SD40M-2 units are also now on NYSW, also leased..these were originally SP and ATSF SD45's..
                               the five SD40M-2's are CEFX  3124, 3126,  3131, 3143 and 3147, all are in the CEFX blue scheme and with their original SD45 carbodies.

November 2011 - and an 8th CEFX leaser, SD40-2 CEFX 3108, in Grey.

November 2011 - and the next big "CEFX leaser" news of 2011, reports state NYSW will perhaps be buying as many as Eight SD60 units from CEFX!
                               As of November 2011, this news is all still nebulous..more details as they become available.

 November 2011 - Three more NYSW units are spotted dead in Binghamton, SD40T-2 3010, and both remaining SD45's 3618 and 3634.
                               The SD45 Era on the NYSW, which began in 1986, might be over..there are no longer any operating SD45's..

                               3010 will likely be returned to service..the SD45's? perhaps not..

November 2011 is notable because it is the first time in NYSW history that the number of leased units surpassed the number of operating NYSW units!

 
2011 will be remembured as the year the SD70's returned, but only for a short reprieve on home rails.
by the end of 2011 all three are OOS in Binghamton, fate uncertain.

And 2011 was also the year of the multiple CEFX leasers..and possibly a brace of new SD60's, coming soon..


2012


As 2012 begins, only 6 NYSW units are active! 12 are OOS (18 total on the roster) and 9 Leased units are also operating with NYSW, as discussed above.
This is the smallest amount of active units we have seen in..well..ever.
In January 2012 NYSW is running with 6 NYSW units and 9 leased units.

2012 begins with a notable roster change..with the sale of NYSW 2300 in October 2011, NYSW is, for the first time ever, an all-EMD railroad!

NYSW roster on January 1, 2012

2062 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2066 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton

3010 - EMD SD40T-2 - OOS - Binghamton
3012 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3014 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3016 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating
3020 - EMD SD40 - OOS Utica
3022 - EMD SD40 - operating

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating
3042 - EMD GP40 - OOS Utica.

3618 - EMD SD45 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
3634 - EMD SD45 - OOS/Stored Binghamton

3636 - EMD F45 - OOS/Stored Utica.

4050 - EMD SD70M  - OOS/Stored Binghamton
4052 - EMD SD70M  - OOS/Stored Binghamton
4054 - EMD SD70M   - OOS/Stored Binghamton


January 2012 - Discussion on some new SD60 leased units, coming to NYSW soon, continues.

January 2012 - PRLX 2009 (Genset) is being leased or tested by NYSW...the 9th leased unit on the property at the present time.

The Nine leased units in January 2012 are:

CEFX 2010 - GP20D
CEFX 2029 - GP20D
CEFX 3108 - SD40-2
CEFX 3124 - SD40M-2
CEFX 3126 - SD40M-2
CEFX 3131 - SD40M-2
CEFX 3143 - SD40M-2
CEFX 3147 - SD40M-2  (the five SD40M-2 units were originally SD45's, and still have their SD45 carbodies)
PRLX 2009 - PR22B Genset


NYSW SD60's.
The big news of 2012 is NEW SUSQUEHANNA LOCOMOTIVES! :)
see this thread for the whole story.
The story began in November 2011, first as a rumour, and was confirmed as a fact on December 5, 2011, by Kingfish.
The units are Six former SOO SD60's, technically being leased by NYSW, but they will be painted up in yellowjacket colors!
and will recieve NYSW road numbers..So for the purposes of this webpage, I am going to count them as "official" units on the roster,
not lease units..but its a grey area..

For awhile, there was the distinct possibility that one them could be painted in a NYSW "Heritage" scheme!
and some artwork was worked up:


(again, see the thread linked above for the full story)
This was actually being considered by the railroad..but in the end, it didnt happen, and all six units were delivered in new Yellowjacket paint.
(which is fine! they still look awesome!)

The locomotives are being rebuilt at "VMV Paducahbilt" shops, Paducah, KY" , the six units are:

EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9016 - to GMTX 9016 - to NYSW 3800
EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9044 - to GMTX 9044 - to NYSW 3802
EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9061 - to GMTX 9061 - to NYSW 3804
EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9067 - to GMTX 9067 - to NYSW 3806
EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9082 - to GMTX 9082 - to NYSW 3808
EMD SD60 - nee EMDX 9094 - to GMTX 9094 - to NYSW 3810

All built new as EMD lease units in 1986.
They were first EMDX units, "leased to Oakway"..then to GMTX, then to NYSW.
Before being repainted into NYSW Yellowjacket colors in 2012, they only wore the EMD blue & white paintscheme.
See here for photos of the units in their previous paintschemes.
And here is a beautiful builders photo of the class unit.

March 2012 - "Kingfish" began providing photos of the SD60's being rebuilt in Paducah..they were posted in the thread on railroad.net.


March 2012 - The "Trains newswire" (by Trains magazine) gave an outline of the NYSW Roster status:
                        The status of the remainder of the NYSW motive power fleet stands as follows:
                        a.. CEFX SD40-2 lease units currently assigned to road trains are scheduled to go offline in July 2012
                        b.. GP20 2062-2064-2066 are for sale or will be scrapped in 2012
                        c.. GP40 3040 will continue in service at Utica, N.Y.
                        d.. GP40 3042 will be kept stored unserviceable pending future expansion plans
                        e.. SD40-2s 3012-3014-3016-3018-3022 will remain in service with minimal out of service time dependent on traffic volumes
                        f.. SD45-2 3618 & 3634 and SD40-2 3010 will remain stored serviceable pending traffic changes
                        g.. F45 3636 and SD40 3020 are to be scrapped on site in 2012
                        h.. SD70Ms 4050, 4052, and 4054 are parked pending rebuild/lease out or rebuild and use on line decision.
                        - from the "Trains newswire"
                        (None of the rumoured scrappings happened in 2012, or 2013)


April 15, 2012 - Thefirst photo of a Yellowjacket SD60 appears online! :) (inside the shop)

April 23, 2012 - The first photos of a complete SD60, out in the sun, appear online!

May 6, 2012 - The first SD60, 3810, heads out from Paducah to travel to it's new home with the NYSW.

May 19, 2012 - After several tours of the territory between Buffalo and Selkirk, compliments of CSX, the 3810 finally reaches NYSW rails in Syracuse.

May - August 2012 - The rest of the SD60's were released, as they were completed.

August 25, 2012 - All six of the new Yellowjacket SD60's are in service with NYSW.

November 2012 -  "For everyone not in the NYSW Yahoo group, a roster update was posted this morning. To sum it up:
                                    The SD70m's and the SD45s are for sale
                                    The GP20s will be scrapped if they are not sold.
                                    SD60 3808 is apparently OOS with major problems
                                    Among 3010, 3020, 3042, and 3636 2 are reportedly going to be converted to gensets and returned to the NYSW for service, with 3042 being the top prospect for this.
                                    And on a seperate note GMTX 499 has been working in Northern NJ over the past week doing local trains with CSX 2732"
                                    - posted by "Sportsguy" in this thread.




2013

July 2013 - The two former NYSW EMD E9's, the Ex-NYSW 2400 and 2402, were sold by Larrys Truck & Electric to the Iowa Pacific,
and went to their Cape Cod Central Railroad in Hyannis, Mass.

December 2013 - SD40-2  3018 is reported OOS in Binghamton.

and that appears to be the *only* Motive Power news from 2013!
2013 was a very stable year for the NYSW roster, most likely due to the new SD60's delivered in 2012.
None of the rumoured locomotive scrappings (GP20's and F45) have yet happened as of the end of 2013.



2014

2014 begins with 24 units on the roster:

Susquehanna Roster, as of January 12, 2014:
(more detail on each locomotive is above)

2062 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton
2066 - EMD GP20 - OOS/Stored Binghamton

3010 - EMD SD40T-2 - (re-classed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.) OOS/Stored Serviceable, Binghamton
3012 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3014 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3016 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating
3020 - EMD SD40 - OOS Utica
3022 - EMD SD40 - operating

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating
3042 - EMD GP40 - OOS Utica.

3618 - EMD SD45 - (re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.) OOS/Stored Serviceable, Binghamton
3634 - EMD SD45 - (re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.) OOS/Stored Serviceable, Binghamton

3636 - EMD F45 - OOS/Stored Utica.

3800 - EMD SD60 - operating
3802 - EMD SD60 - operating
3804 - EMD SD60 - operating
3806 - EMD SD60 - operating
3808 - EMD SD60 - operating
3810 - EMD SD60 - operating

4050 - EMD SD70M  - OOS/Stored Binghamton
4052 - EMD SD70M  - OOS/Stored Binghamton
4054 - EMD SD70M   - OOS/Stored Binghamton

24 locomotives on the roster in January 2014, twelve operating, twelve OOS.


Roster update:

2014 has been a bad year for old NYSW locomotives..
SEVEN NYSW locomotives have been scrapped in 2014, and three have left the roster but will survive.

July 2014, the three GP20's are scrapped in Binghamton.
2062 - EMD GP20 - Scrapped July 2014, Binghamton
2064 - EMD GP20 - Scrapped July 2014, Binghamton
2062 - EMD GP20 - Scrapped July 2014, Binghamton

August 2014, NYSW Alco RS1 No. 240, scrapped in Wellsboro PA.

September 2014, The three NYSW SD70's are sold to NS and leave Binghamton
The only good news in this update! The SD70's have been purchased by NS, they will be rebuilt,
and will soldier on as NS units.
4050 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS, September 2014.
4052 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS, September 2014.
4054 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS, September 2014.

September 2014, three units scrapped in Utica, including the last F45 in the eastern US.
3020 - EMD SD40 - Scrapped September 2014, Utica.
3042 - EMD GP40 - Scrapped September 2014, Utica.
3636 - EMD F45 - Scrapped September 2014, Utica.

(some good news, sister NYSW F45 3638 may be preserved! see the update above from June 5, 2014 for details)

September 2014, Former NYSW GP18 1804, now East Penn 1804, was repainted from NYSW yellowjacket into a sharp new ESPN blue and yellow scheme.
All three GP18's are operating with ESPN.

October 2014, Two of the NYSW tunnel motors, 3012 and 3016, head out west for rebuilding! They are headed to Progress Rail in Tacoma, Washington state,
to be rebuilt in ECO units. 3016 was setout on a siding in Canasaraga NY, where she sat for two weeks:
http://scotlawrence.smugmug.com/Other/Susquehanna/i-L5PQ6z4/0/O/NYSW-3016-Scot-Lawrence.jpg
Sister unit 3012 continued west without her. 3016 was back on the road again from Canasaraga, heading west to Tacoma, in late October.

October 2014, The three NYSW SD70's were returned to service by NS *much* faster than was anticipated!
The locomotives were *not* rebuilt afterall, instead they recieved whatever minor repairs were necessary to get them back on the road,
all three were repainted into fresh NS paint in October, and all were in service with NS by the end of October! Only a month after they left
the NYSW in Binghamton. The work was done at the NS Altoona PA shops.
https://www.facebook.com/altoonaworks/photos/a.389322700636.358874.222359370636/10154808663900637/?type=1&theater

4050 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS by NYSW, September 2014. - repainted into NS black and in service as NS 2797, October 2014.
4052 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS by NYSW, September 2014. - repainted into NS black and in service as NS 2798, October 2014.
4054 - EMD SD70M - Sold to NS by NYSW, September 2014. - repainted into NS black and in service as NS 2799, October 2014.


Thats Nine units off the NYSW roster 2014..six scrapped and three sold. plus the old RS1 No. 240 scrapped in Wellsboro.


2015

2015 begins with 15 units on the roster, the lowest count in a decade.

3010
3012
3014
3016
3018
3022
3040
3618
3634
3800
3802
3804
3806
3808
3810

January, 2015   Sadly, the two Alco C636 demonstrators, which were NYSW 3660 and 3662 from 2005 to 2007,  were scrapped in Cohocton NY.


April 2, 2015, after about thre years OOS, NYSW SD45 3618 is returned to service by the Binghamton shops.

Susquehanna Roster, as of April 2, 2015:
(more detail on each locomotive is above)

3010 - EMD SD40T-2 - (re-classed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.) OOS/Stored Serviceable, Binghamton
3012 - EMD SD40T-2 - sent out to Progress Rail for rebuilding.
3014 - EMD SD40T-2 - operating
3016 - EMD SD40T-2 - sent out to Progress Rail for rebuilding.

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating
3022 - EMD SD40 - operating

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating

3618 - EMD SD45 - (re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.) Operating.
3634 - EMD SD45 - (re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.) OOS/Stored Serviceable, Binghamton

3800 - EMD SD60 - operating
3802 - EMD SD60 - operating
3804 - EMD SD60 - operating
3806 - EMD SD60 - operating
3808 - EMD SD60 - operating
3810 - EMD SD60 - operating

Fifteen units on the roster.
Eleven operating, two stored OOS, two sent out for rebuilding.



2016

2016 begins with the same units as 2015. 15 units on the roster.

3010
3012
3014
3016
3018
3022
3040
3618
3634
3800
3802
3804
3806
3808
3810

The big roster news of early 2016 is the return of the 3012 and 3014!
After heading out to Progress Rail in Washington state in October 2014, the two units spent all of 2015 being rebuilt,
and returned as newly rebuilt units in 2016. They lost their original SD40T-2 tunnel-motor long hoods, and returned home as SD33-ECO units.
Rebuilt with the rear 1/3 of the long hood being new, with flared radiators, many internal upgrades, and new paint.

The units kept their original frame, trucks, fuel tank, nose, cab, and first 2/3 of the long hood, back to the dynamic brake blister area..
then they received a new long hood for the rear 1/3 of the long hood, including the new flared radiators.
The main difference in the rebuild is the new rear portion of long hood with flared radiators, and of course the many internal upgrades, including new engines.

The frame of a SD40T-2 is longer than a SD40-2, but the extra-long hood of a tunnel motor took up all that space. However, the new SD33-ECO
rebuilds kept the same frame length, but the new long hood is a lot shorter! resulting in the SD33-ECO's having a very spacious "rear porch" that is
even larger than a standard SD40-2!


February 5, 2016  - Thefirst photo of the newly rebuilt 3012 appears online.

February 13, 2016  - The 3012 has returned to home rails, and is back in service with NYSW.

March 16, 2016  - And the second new SD33-ECO, NYSW 3016, is now also back on home rails and back in service.

Current Susquehanna Roster, as of April 21, 2016:
(more detail on each locomotive, including heritage, is in the main roster above)

3010 - EMD SD40-2           - oos/stored serviceable, Binghamton.  Still in her SD40T-2 carbody, with her long snoot nose, but re-classed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.
3012 - EMD SD33-ECO    - operating. A former SD40T-2 tunnel motor, rebuilt into a SD33-ECO.
3014 - EMD SD40T-2        - operating. The only of the original four still classified as a SD40T-2.
3016 - EMD SD33-ECO    - operating. A former SD40T-2 tunnel motor, rebuilt into a SD33-ECO.

3018 - EMD SD40-2 - operating - built new as a SD40-2.
3022 - EMD SD40-2 - operating - Still in her original SD40 carbody, but reclassed as a SD40-2 by NYSW.

3040 - EMD GP40 - operating

3618 - EMD SD45-2 - operating. (originally a SD45, re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.)
3634 - EMD SD45-2 - oos/stored serviceable, Binghamton. (originally a SD45, re-classed as a SD45-2 by NYSW.)

3800 - EMD SD60 - operating
3802 - EMD SD60 - operating
3804 - EMD SD60 - operating
3806 - EMD SD60 - operating
3808 - EMD SD60 - operating
3810 - EMD SD60 - operating

Fifteen units on the roster.
Thirteen operating, two stored OOS.


A note about a roster change made with the April 21, 2016 update:
Previously, I had all four of the tunnel motors listed as SD40T-2 on the roster, even though one had been re-classed as a SD40-2.
I had the SD45's listed as SD45's, even though NYSW had re-classed them as SD45-2's.
And I had the SD40 3022 listed as a SD40, even though NYSW had re-classed it as a SD40-2.
My logic was that carbody trumps reclassification in the case of invisable internal upgrades, especially when a Tunnel Motor body is so distinctive,
and there is a clear difference between an as-built SD45 and an as-built SD45-2..It made more sense to me to keep the original classifications..
However, with the arrival of the SD33-ECO's, that is no longer possible! ;) There is no way listing a SD33-ECO as a SD40T-2 can be justified..
the gray area is gone! ;) The transformation is too large..So I made the change and am now listing ALL the units as NYSW has them currently classified,
and recording their original as-built model designations and carbodies in the notes..

thanks,
Scot

May 19, 2016  - Added info about Nine of the Twenty former NYSW B40-8's being downgraded by CSX, from B40-8 to B20-8 units.
The downgrade was so that the units could be used as yard power, switchers basically, and it was done around 2010.
The units are:
NYSW 4016 - CSX 5933
NYSW 4022 - CSX 5935
NYSW 4042 - CSX 5936
NYSW 4048 - CSX 5937
NYSW 4028 - CSX 5939
NYSW 4036 - CSX 5943
NYSW 4018 - CSX 5944
NYSW 4044 - CSX 5948
NYSW 4046 - CSX 5949
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Rochester, NY
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Last updated May 19, 2016.

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